The Mount Pleasant Town Board unanimously approved the municipality’s Comprehensive (Comp) Plan and Hamlet Zoning Code last week amid criticisms from several residents disturbed that the decision could inundate the town with new residents and congestion.
After more than four years of analysis and discussion, the board took the action in hopes of revitalizing the commercial districts in Thornwood and Hawthorne along with portions of Valhalla. It is the first time since 1970 that Mount Pleasant has updated the document, previously referred to as the Master Plan.
Town officials have said that the primary focus of the update was to make the hamlets more attractive, particularly along Route 141 between Thornwood and Hawthorne.