Clarkstown, NY Building Safety: Green Building Code (2026)

Clarkstown's Neighborhood Shopping (NS) District bulk table, Table 290-7.4A under § 290-7.4D, lets a developer pick one of two voluntary development bonuses instead of the district's default 0.50 floor area ratio (FAR): a stormwater-runoff bonus or a green-building bonus, but not both. Under the green-building option, a project that is LEED Certified may build to a 0.55 FAR, LEED Silver unlocks 0.575, and LEED Gold or Platinum unlocks the ceiling of 0.60, roughly a 20% density increase over the 0.50 baseline for an uncertified project. The stormwater alternative works the same way, rewarding at least a 5% cut in runoff with 0.525 FAR, 10% with 0.55, and 20% with 0.60.

Both bonuses ride on top of the NS District's other bulk limits set in the same table: 60% maximum lot coverage, 30% maximum principal building coverage, and building heights capped at 24 feet/2 stories for commercial-only projects or 35 feet/3 stories for mixed use. There is no mandatory green-building or LEED certification requirement anywhere in Clarkstown's code; a project may build at the base 0.50 FAR without ever pursuing certification. The NS District's other special-permit conditions, including the outdoor-dining rules of § 290-7.4G(2) and mixed-use unit-size and density caps under § 290-7.4E, still apply regardless of which development bonus, if any, an applicant selects. Certification must be demonstrated to the Building Inspector and Planning Board as part of site plan approval before the bonus FAR can be used in project calculations.