252.2007
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON CHANGE OF ZONE FOR
PROPERTIES ON DIX AVENUE AND QUAKER ROAD FROM
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ONE ACRE (CI-1A) TO HIGHWAY
COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE (HC-INT)
RESOLUTION NO.: 252, 2007
INTRODUCED BY : Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is considering a request by Warren Tire to amend
the Town Zoning Ordinance and Map to rezone property bearing Tax Map No.: 303.19-1-71 located
on Dix Avenue and Quaker Road, Queensbury from Commercial Industrial One Acre (CI-1A) to
Highway Commercial Intensive (HC-Int), and
WHEREAS, two properties on the north side of the referenced property bearing Tax Map
No.’s: 303.15-1-31 and 303.15-1-30 are surrounded on three sides by the subject property; and
WHEREAS, the current 1998 Comprehensive Land Use Plan recommends large scale
commercial uses in this neighborhood, 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, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the recently adopted revised Town Ethics Code, §14-5.
elected Town Officials shall disclose campaign contributions of
Standards of conduct, “
$100 or more from a person or entity who is specifically and significantly affected,
positively or adversely, by an action of the Town Board. Such disclosure requirement
applies to contributions made within the previous two years prior to the date of the
relevant Town Board Resolution and shall be made through inclusion within the
relevant Town Board Resolution
,” and the Town Supervisor has disclosed that Warren Tire
contributed $500 to the Town Supervisor’s campaign fund in the summer of 2005,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday, June
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4, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury to hear all
interested parties concerning the proposed amendment to its Zoning Ordinance and Map whereby
properties bearing Tax Map No’s: 303.19-1-71, 303.15-1-31 and 303.15-1-30 located on Dix
Avenue and Quaker Road, Queensbury would be rezoned from Commercial Industrial One Acre
(CI-1A) to Highway Commercial Intensive (HC-Int), 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 a 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,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further directs the Community Development Department
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to forward the proposed zoning change to the Warren County Planning Board for its review and
comment in accordance with New York State General Municipal Law §239-M, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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 21 day of May, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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