357.96
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE INDIAN RIDGE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 357.96
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver
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: 73-1-22.1, 73-1-22.3, 73-1-22.4, 73-
1-22.5, 73-1-22.6, 73-1-22.7, and a portion of 73-1-21, located in
the vicinity of Aviation Road and the Queensbury Union Free School
District be designated a Planned Unit Development, to be known as
the Indian Ridge PUD (hereinafter referred to as the "Planned Unit
Development"), 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 proposal presented requested that the Town Board
of the Town of Queensbury legislate and rezone the aforesaid area
to allow the establishment of a Planned Unit Development which
would generally consist of a maximum 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 limited commercial
uses, 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 for the Planned Unit Development
had been made, 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, on or about February 14, 1996, the Warren County
Planning Board reviewed the Planned Unit Development and consented
to the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury being the lead agency
for SEQRA review purposes, and also recommended approval of the
Planned Unit Development, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with §179-57 D. of the Code of the Town
of Queensbury, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury held a
public hearing on the proposed Planned Unit Development on June 17,
1996, and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the proposed Indian Ridge Planned Unit
Development meets the purposes and objectives and all of the
provisions and requirements of Article 15 of the Town of Queensbury
Zoning Ordinance, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury,
pursuant to Article 8 of the Town of Queensbury Zoning Ordinance
and legislative authority, and subject to the specific conditions
and requirements set forth herein below, hereby approves, enacts,
adopts, and creates the Indian Ridge Planned Unit Development
District on approximately 140 acres of land in the Town of
Queensbury, the boundaries of which are set forth on a map and
plan prepared by Miller Associates Landscape Architects and
VanDusen & Steves, Land Surveyors, entitled, "Master Plan" dated
and last revised on June 28, 1996, the same being presented at
this meeting, directed to be filed in the Town Clerk's Office,
and being incorporated herein for all purposes. The Planned Unit
Development is generally described as a developed area of
approximately 78.45 acres consisting of a maximum of one-hundred
and eleven (111) single family lots, nine (9) duplex lots, sixty-
one (61) senior apartments, and a one (1) acre limited commercial
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site, and undeveloped areas consisting generally of approximatly
61.55 acres to be set aside for conservation, passive recreation
and buffer areas.
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this resolution shall not take effect until
the final execution of a Planned Unit Development Agreement by
Michael J. Vasiliou, Inc., and the Town of Queensbury, which
Agreement shall incorporate all elements of this Resolution and
set forth such other and further details and restrictions of
development of the Planned Unit Development as shall be required
by the Town Board, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this resolution and the rezoning of subject
property shall be subject to the filing and recording in the
Warren County Clerk's Office of a Declaration of Covenants and
Restrictions setting forth all conditions hereof and executed by
an authorized official of the Developer and the Town of
Queensbury, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that the Zoning Map of the Town of Queensbury is
hereby amended to provide for the creation and redistricting of
the lands contained and set forth as the Indian Ridge Planned
Unit Development, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall, within five days, cause
a summary of this legislation to be published in the Glens Falls
Post-Star, obtain an affidavit of such publication, and post the
same upon the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance and
Laws of the Town of Queensbury shall take after publication of a
summary of this legislation in the Post-Star as indicated above
and such later date as is required by the terms and provisions of
this authorizing resolution and legislation.
Duly adopted this 19th day of August, 1996, by the following
vote:
AYES : Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner,
Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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