245.96
RESOLUTION SETTING DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON
INDIAN RIDGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 245.96
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Betty Monahan WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, on or about March 29, 1996, Michael J. Vasiliou,
Inc., submitted a letter of intent together with an Environmental
Assessment Form with exhibits, and requested that certain parcels
of land, bearing tax map numbers: 73-1-23, 73-1-22.1, 73-1-22.3,
73-1-22.4, 73-1-22.5, 73-1-22.6, 73-1-22.7, and a portion of 73-1-
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Union Free School District be designated a Planned Unit Development
(PUD) in accordance with, and by virtue of, the provisions of
Article 8 of the Zoning Laws of the Town of Queensbury, the same
being a part of Chapter 179 of the Code of the Town of Queensbury,
and
WHEREAS, the PUD as proposed would generally consist of 111
single family lots, 9 multi-family lots (18 duplex units), 7.1
acres for senior apartments (61 units), and a 1 acre site for a
community service, day care, medical office, and
WHEREAS, on or about the 27th day of December, 1995, the Town
Board of the Town of Queensbury adopted a resolution indicating its
desire to be lead agency for SEQRA purposes and authorizing
notification of all other involved agencies that the aforesaid
letter of intent and application had been made, and
WHEREAS, on or about April 15, 1996, the Town Board of the
Town of Queensbury adopted a resolution authorizing the submission
of the aforesaid request concerning the Planned Unit Development,
to be submitted to the Town of Queensbury Planning Board for a
report and recommendation, and
WHEREAS, on or about the 14th day of May, 1996, the Planning
Board for the Town of Queensbury adopted a resolution whereby it
recommended a favorable report for the PUD to the Town Board with
the condition that the single family lots be sized at a minimum of
one-half acre, and
WHEREAS, the Warren County Planning Board has reviewed the
project and has consented to the Town Board of the Town of
Queensbury being the lead agency for SEQRA review purposes, and is
in the process of reviewing the revised project, and
WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing, and in accordance with
§179-57 D. of the Code of the Town of Queensbury, the Town Board of
the Town of Queensbury desires to set a date for a public hearing
on the proposed Planned Unit Development, and
WHEREAS, the applicant has submitted as part of the PUD
application, a site plan bearing a revision date of April 1, 1996,
which indicates a Town Park of 8.79 acres in area which is to be
dedicated to the Town, and
WHEREAS, the site plan revised on April 1, 1996 indicates that
52.76 acres of land will be preserved as a conservation area in
order to restrict further development and protect its ecological
qualities, and
WHEREAS, the site plan revised on April 1, 1996 indicates that
portions of lots 12-17, 18-24, 51-63, 65-70, 93-96, and 111 will
include deed references to cutting restrictions, and
WHEREAS, lots 71-85 as shown on the site plan bearing a
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revision date of April 1, 1996 will have a "no build" area in the
rear-yard of each lot which measures at least forty feet (40') in
depth,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
acknowledges that the applicant for the Planned Unit Development
has submitted a revised Part I Long Environmental Assessment Form
and a number of exhibits, and that as a result of previous
notification of agencies ascertained to be involved in the project,
there is no objection to the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury
being lead agency for purposes of SEQRA review, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, as lead agency for the SEQRA review process, the
Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby determines that it
would be appropriate to wait until after the public hearing in this
matter, prior to making any determination as to whether the project
is appropriately granted a positive or negative declaration, as the
Town Board feels that further information may come forth at the
time of the public hearing which would assist the Town Board in
making a determination with regard to SEQRA, and the Town Board
also notes that no action can be undertaken or commenced with
regard to the project, until such time as the Town Board shall
grant a Planned Unit Development status and that this cannot happen
until after a public hearing, and therefore, setting and holding
the public hearing prior to making the aforedescribed SEQRA
determination does not commit the Town to any definite future
course of action in granting a permit or allowing the project, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury
determines that it shall hold a public hearing, at which time all
parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be
heard, upon and in reference to the proposed Planned Unit
Development identified in the preambles hereof, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the said public hearing shall be held on the
17th day of June, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., at the Queensbury Activities
Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, Warren County, New York, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury is
hereby authorized and directed to give at least ten (10) days
notice of said public hearing by publishing the notice presented at
this meeting for purposes of publication in an official newspaper
of the Town and by posting on the Town bulletin board outside the
Town Clerk's Office said notice, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Community Development Department to
ascertain a list of the names and addresses of all property owners
within 500' of the area proposed to be legislated as a Planned Unit
Development, and arrange for a copy of the aforesaid notice to be
mailed to all said property owners a minimum of 15 days prior to
the scheduled date of the public hearing, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Community Development Department is also
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hereby authorized and directed to give written notice of the public
hearing on the proposed Planned Unit Development in accordance with
the written notice presented at this meeting, to be delivered at
least ten (10) days prior to the following: Warren County, by
service upon the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and such other
communities or agencies that it is necessary to give written notice
to pursuant to §264 or §265 of the Town Law of the State of New
York, the Zoning Regulations of the Town of Queensbury, and the
Laws of the State of New York, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Community Development Department is also
hereby authorized and directed to give notice of said public
hearing on the proposed Planned Unit Development to the Warren
County Planning Agency and the Planning Board of the Town of
Queensbury, and to the Adirondack Park Agency, if necessary, in
accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the State of New
York and the Adirondack Park Agency.
Duly adopted this 3rd day of June, 1996, by the following
vote:
AYES : Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mr.
Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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