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4.09 4.9 ZONING\\Rezoning App to Planning Board – AREC 34 LLC – 1-13-20 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN CLERK TO SUBMIT AREC 34, LLC’S PETITION FOR CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION TO QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD AND REQUESTING PLANNING BOARD TO SEEK LEAD AGENCY STATUS RESOLUTION NO.: ___________________________________________________, 2020 INTRODUCED BY: ___________________________________________________ WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: ___________________________________________________ WHEREAS, AREC 34, LLC submitted a zoning change application to the Queensbury Town Clerk’s Office on December 20, 2019 to allow for the addition of Interior Self Storage as an allowable use by Special Use Permit in the Commercial Light Industrial zoning district, and WHEREAS, Apex Capital, LLC has also submitted to the Town a site plan review application for adding new retail use, exterior storage structures and interior storage to the former Kmart property, and WHEREAS, the applications have been reviewed by the Town Planning Staff and deemed complete for purposes of review, and WHEREAS, applications for zoning changes and site plan review are subject to Warren County Planning Department review in accordance with §239-m of NYS General Municipal Law, and WHEREAS, applications for zoning changes that include projects requiring site plan review may be forwarded to the Town Planning Board for recommendations in accordance with §179-15-040 of the Town Zoning Ordinance, and WHEREAS, following such recommendations, the Queensbury Town Board will review the application and take such other action as it shall deem necessary and proper, and WHEREAS, prior to making a decision about whether to approve the zoning change, it is necessary to conduct a review under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), for potential environmental effects, and WHEREAS, the projects proposed with the zoning change application are also subject to SEQRA review and the Planning Board has the necessary knowledge and experience to conduct any necessary SEQRA review and evaluate the potential environmental impacts for both the proposed zoning change and the proposed project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward AREC 34, LLC’s application received by the Town Clerk’s Office on or about December 20, 2019 to the Queensbury Planning Board for SEQRA review, report and recommendation, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby consents to the Planning Board acting as Lead Agency for any needed SEQRA review of this project, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any necessary documents and the Town’s Department of Community Development to notify, if and when appropriate, any other Involved Agencies of the Town Board’s consent to the Planning Board serving as Lead Agency for SEQRA Review of the project and the Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and/or Department of Community Development to take any other necessary actions to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 13 day of January, 2020 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: