Orange County Plans & Documents

Comprehensive Plan

  1. Orange County Comprehensive Plan (PDF)
  2. Open Space Plan, Supplemental Chapter 1, adopted 2004 (PDF)
  3. Orange County Water Master Plan, Supplemental Chapter 2, Adopted 2010 (PDF)
  4. Orange County Greenway Compact, Supplemental Chapter 3, Adopted 2013 (PDF)
  5. Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan, Supplemental Chapter 4, Adopted 2015 (PDF)
  6. Economic Development Strategy, Supplemental Chapter 5, Adopted 2015 (PDF)
  7. Transportation, Supplemental Chapter 6, adopted 2019(PDF)
  8. Orange County Bikeway Vision 9.19.23
  9. OC Comprehensive Plan_2023 Update 9.19.23

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Housing and Development

  1. Regional Housing Needs Assessment, 2009 (PDF)

ADA Transition Plan

  1. Orange County ADA Transition Plan

Environment & Sustainability

  1. CLIMATE CHANGE in Orange County, NY
  2. Mid-Hudson Regional Sustainability Plan (PDF)
  3. Dutchess Quarry Sites National Register District - Management and Conservation Report 2012 (PDF)
  4. Climate Resilience Report 9.19.23

Guidance Documents

  1. Orange County Design Manual, 2010 (PDF)
  2. Conservation Subdivisions (PDF)
  3. Form Based Codes (PDF)
  4. Green Infrastructure (PDF)
  5. Solar Farms (PDF)
  6. Mid-Hudson Sustainability and Smart Growth Toolkit, 2016 (PDF)
  7. Illustrating Smart Growth for Southeast Orange County, 2007 (PDF)
  8. Complete Streets (PDF)
  9. Complete Streets Design Projects in Newburgh and Port Jervis. 2016 (PDF)

Agriculture

  1. Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan, Supplemental Chapter 4, Adopted 2015 (PDF)
  2. Agricultural Economic Development Strategy, 2004 (PDF)

Water & Watersheds

  1. Watershed Design Guide, 2014 (PDF)
  2. Moodna Creek Watershed Conservation and Management Plan, 2010 (PDF)
  3. Wallkill River Watershed Conservation and Management Plan, 2010 (PDF)
  4. Glenmere Lake Watershed Management Plan, 2012 (PDF)
  5. Moodna Creek Watershed Atlas, 2008 (PDF)
  6. Quassaick Plan (Final) 2014

Transportation

  1. Newburgh Area Transportation and Land Use Study, 2012 (PDF)
  2. Southeast Orange County Traffic and Land Use Study - Executive Summary 2005 (PDF)
  3. Non-motorized Transportation Plan, 1998 (PDF)
  4. The Harriman Transit Supportive Development Case Study, 2009 (PDF)

View the Long Range Transportation Plan