337.2005
RESOLUTION SEEKING LEAD AGENCY STATUS AND SETTING
PUBLIC HEARING ON PETITION FOR CHANGE OF ZONE FOR
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MICHAEL’S GROUP, LLC AND
BAY MEADOWS CORP.
RESOLUTION NO.: 337, 2005
INTRODUCED BY : Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY : Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is considering a request by The Michael’s
Group, LLC and Bay Meadows Corp. to amend the Town Zoning Ordinance and Map to rezone
property/modify the Planned Unit Development at properties bearing Tax Map No.’s: 296.16-1-
2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 3.1 and 3.2, located on Cronin Road, Queensbury, New York, and
WHEREAS, before the Town Board may amend, supplement, change, or modify its
Ordinance and Map, it must hold a public hearing in accordance with the provisions of Town Law
§265, the Municipal Home Rule Law and the Town of Queensbury Zoning Laws,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday,
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August 1, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury to
hear all interested parties concerning the request by The Michael’s Group, LLC and Bay
Meadows Corp., to amend the Town Zoning Ordinance and Map to modify the Planned Unit
Development at properties bearing Tax Map No.’s: 296.16-1-2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 3.1 and 3.2 located
on Cronin Road, Queensbury, New York, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby indicates its wish to be Lead Agency for SEQRA
review of this Project and authorizes and directs the Town Clerk and/or Executive Director of
Community Development to send a copy of the Long Environmental Assessment Form Part I and
certified copy of this Resolution to any and all communities or agencies that it is necessary to give
written notice to in accordance with New York State Town Law including, but not limited to, the
Warren County Planning Board, stating the Town Board’s intention to be declared Lead Agency and
notifying the involved agencies of this rezoning application, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby refers such rezoning request to the Warren
County Planning Board for its advisory recommendation in accordance with General Municipal
Law §239-m and directs the Community Development Department to take all actions necessary to
effect such referral, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office
to provide 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the attached Notice of Public
Hearing in the Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Community
Development Department to provide the Town Clerk’s Office with a list of all property owners
located within 500' of the area to be rezoned so that the Town Clerk’s Office may send the Notice
of Public Hearing to those property owners, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office
to send the Notice of Public Hearing to the Clerk of the Warren County Board of Supervisors,
Warren County Planning Board and other communities or agencies that it is necessary to give
written notice to in accordance with New York State Town Law §265, the Town’s Zoning
Regulations and the Laws of the State of New York.
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Duly adopted this 11 day of July, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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