David Shepler, a partner in Zero Place — the net-zero energy building on North Chestnut Street in New Paltz — came before the Village of New Paltz Planning Board last week to discuss proposed subdivision changes to the under-construction, six-unit net-zero townhomes on Cooper Street.

“It dawned on me recently, sort of a bit of a eureka, that I should have probably applied for this in the beginning,” Shepler said during the Tuesday, October 7 meeting of the planning board. “It’s a subdivision so that I don’t have to resort to the very cumbersome construct of a condominium here for the future owners of these units.”

The current project complies with municipal zoning codes and has already received approval from the planning board as a condominium development covering three lots (6, 8 and 10

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