298.2007
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF NEW
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN
RESOLUTION NO. 298, 2007
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is considering adoption of a new 2007
Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for the Town of Queensbury, which Plan presents
recommendations to guide land use in the Town of Queensbury for the next five to ten years, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 426,2004, the Queensbury Town Board established and
appointed members to the Planning Ordinance Review Committee (PORC), which Committee’s scope
was to review and address inconsistencies and problems known to be at issue in, among other things,
the Town’s Zoning Ordinance and Map, Subdivision Regulations and Comprehensive Land Use Plan,
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WHEREAS, on May 19, 2005 the PORC adopted a Resolution recommending the hiring of
Saratoga Associates Landscape Architects, Architects, Engineers, and Planners, P.C. (Saratoga
Associates) to provide professional planning services to the Town, such services to include the
updating of the 1998 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Town Zoning Code, and Town Subdivision
Regulations, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 394.2005, the Town Board authorized engagement of
Saratoga Associates to prepare an update to the Town’s Zoning Ordinance and Map, Subdivision
Regulations and Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and
WHEREAS, a draft new Comprehensive Land Use Plan (Plan) was prepared by the PORC
and Saratoga Associates with the assistance of the Town of Queensbury Community Development
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staff and input from citizens and elected officials, and various information sources were also utilized,
including published materials, interviews and reports generated by local study groups and committees,
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WHEREAS, the PORC held a public hearing on the draft CLUP on July 13, 2006, and
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WHEREAS, at their meeting on July 20, 2006, the PORC made subsequent revisions to the
draft CLUP and adopted a Resolution referring the revised draft CLUP to the Town Board for its
consideration, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board prepared further revisions to the Draft Plan and held public
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hearings on such Draft Plan on October 16, November 20, and December 18, 2006, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has made subsequent revisions to the draft CLUP since that
public hearing, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the revised Draft Plan,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the
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Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 2, 2007 to
hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning adoption of the
Town of Queensbury’s proposed, new Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office to
provide at least 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the Notice of Public Hearing and
Proposed Summary of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan in the Town’s official newspaper and posting
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the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board and forwarding the Notice to all adjacent municipalities.
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Duly adopted this 18 day of June, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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