165.2016 Setting PH - Draft Amendment TOQ Comp Plan - 2 hearing
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON DRAFT AMENDMENT
TO TOWN OF QUEENSBURY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
RESOLUTION NO.: 165, 2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. William VanNess
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Doug Irish
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Queensbury, adopted in 2007, includes
recommendations to guide land use in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, among other recommendations, the Comprehensive Plan recommends that
businesses in certain areas of Town not be allowed to have “drive-through” service windows, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board recognizes that in the nine years since the Comprehensive Plan
was adopted, more businesses have begun using “drive-through” windows and facilities throughout the
country to provide their customers with fast and convenient service in their vehicles, which can be
especially important in inclement weather and for customers who have impaired mobility or other
debilitating conditions or contagious illnesses, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board believes that allowing drive-through windows in some areas of
the Main Street zoning district under certain prescribed conditions may be appropriate, and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan also contains certain recommendations to apply the
Main Street Plan to Dix Avenue, which now seems unsuitable, impractical and inadvisable with respect
to Dix Avenue, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is considering amending the Comprehensive Plan to remove the
current recommendation against “drive through” windows and facilities in certain areas of the Town, to
remove the recommendations to apply the Main Street Plan to Dix Avenue, correct a factual error, and
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related references, and
WHEREAS, a draft of an Amendment to remove the above-referenced recommendations and
references from the Comprehensive Plan was prepared and presented at the Town Board’s meeting on
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April 18, 2016, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to receive comments, recommendations and suggestions
from the public on the draft Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §272, the Town Board duly held
a properly noticed Public Hearing on the draft Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan on Monday,
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May 2, 2016 and the Town Board heard all interested parties, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Town Law §272, the Town Board is
required to hold a second Public Hearing on the draft Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan prior to
adopting it, and the Town Board wishes to schedule the second Public Hearing,
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, May 16, 2016 to
hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning the draft
Amendment to the Town of Queensbury Comprehensive 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 in the
Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board, and
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BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is authorized and directed to make a copy of the draft
Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan available for public review and inspection in the Town Clerk’s
Office during regular business hours, and the Town Zoning Administrator is authorized and directed to
post copies of the Notice of Public Hearing and the draft Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan on
the Town’s web site as soon as reasonably possible.
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Duly adopted this 2 day of May, 2016, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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