Summary
A long-running fight over whether the towing and landscaping businesses behind a North Division Street house can stay. The board ruled the use is a legal pre-existing nonconforming use and found no illegal expansion, letting both tenants remain — but their footprint is now fixed by a survey.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
The tenants keep their livelihoods; the owner avoids an estimated three-quarter-million-dollar redevelopment cost that would have added school-age residents and traffic.
The towing and landscaping tenants, the property owner, and their employees who live and spend in Peekskill.
Residents like Maria Pereira worry about added traffic making left turns off Paulding Street harder.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Work Session and Common Council Meeting - Sep 14, 2026
A 158-unit affordable apartment building with ground-floor daycare, arts space and 225 parking spots is proposed at the former White Plains Linen site. Neighbors say it's too big for the narrow streets around it; the council kept the hearing open until after October 15.
Work Session and Common Council Meeting - Jul 13, 2026
Auto Art got a 10-year special permit for minor auto repair (no painting) at the old Superior Auto Body site, with one-way traffic in off N. Division and out onto Cortland, appointment-only operation, and a ban on storing cars on the street.
Work Session and Common Council Meeting - Jun 22, 2026
A vacant former auto body shop would become a minor-repair-only auto shop with appointment-only service and 16 on-site spaces. The Planning Commission wants a 7-10 year time limit on the permit since the area is changing; no vote was taken yet.
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting - Mar 19, 2026
A long-running fight over whether the towing and landscaping businesses behind a North Division Street house can stay. The board ruled the use is a legal pre-existing nonconforming use and found no illegal expansion, letting both tenants remain — but their footprint is now fixed by a survey.
Related development
418 North Division Street Mixed-Use Affordable Housing
Could clean up a long-blighted corner and bring affordable homes plus a daycare and arts space, but the commission wants the height toned down before recommending it.
Minor Auto Repair Shop Special Permit — 301 North Division Street
Brings a long-vacant facility back to life with strict safeguards on traffic, hours, and vehicle storage.
418 N. Division Street Mixed-Use Building
Could bring significant height and traffic changes to the N. Division/Highland corridor; residents worry about parking, asbestos during demolition, and neighborhood character.
Christopher Warn Z26-001 — 711 North Division Street
The decision will determine whether a landscaping business employing 13-15 Peekskill residents and a towing operation can remain at the site.
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