078.2012 PH Amend Zoning Add Funeral Home plus Alternates RESOLUTION SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW
NO.: OF 2012 AMENDING CHAPTER 179 "ZONING" OF QUEENSBURY
TOWN CODE TO: (1) CHANGE ZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM
"MS" TO "O"AND FROM "MS" TO "NR"; (2)ADD FUNERAL HOME AS
ALLOWED USE WITH SITE PLAN REVIEW IN "CLI"ZONE AND
(3) REVISE PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF
PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
RESOLUTION NO.: 789 2012
INTRODUCED BY : Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is considering a request to amend the zoning
designations for certain properties along Luzerne Road between Veterans Road and Holden Avenue as
follows: (1) parcels 309.7-1-15, 22 and 23 from Main Street (MS)to Neighborhood Residential (NR),
and (2) parcels (a) 309.7-1-11, 12, 13 and 14, (b) 309.10-1-94, 95.1, 95.2, 95.3, 96 and 97 and (c)
309.11-2-24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 from Main Street (MS)to Office(0), and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is also considering a request to amend the Town Zoning Law to
add "Funeral Home" to the list of allowable uses with Site Plan Review within the Commercial Light
Industrial(CLI)Zone, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is also considering a request to amend Article 16,
"Administration" of the Town Zoning Law to permit the use of alternate members by the Planning
Board and Zoning Board of Appeals in circumstances other than a conflict of interest, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to consider adoption of proposed Local Law No.: of
2012 to amend Queensbury Town Code Chapter 179 by amending the official Town Zoning Law and
Map to reflect such changes as set forth above, and
WHEREAS, before the Town Board may amend, supplement, change, or modify its Zoning
Law 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,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday,
February 27ffi, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury to
hear all interested parties concerning adoption of proposed Local Law No.: of 2012, to amend the
Town of Queensbury Zoning Law and Map to: (a) change the zoning of certain properties from Main
Street (MS) to Office (0) and for others from Main Street (MS) to Neighborhood Residential (NR);
(b) add "Funeral Home" use to the list of allowable uses with Site Plan Review in the Commercial
Light Industrial (CLI) zone; and (c) revise provisions relating to alternate members of the Planning
Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, 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 website, 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 authorizes and directs the Community
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Development Department to forward the proposed Local Law to the Town Planning Board for its
review and recommendation in accordance with Town Code §179-15-040, and
BE IT FURTHER,]
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Community
Development Department to forward the proposed Local Law to the Lake George/Lake Champlain
Regional 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 and any
other communities or agencies that it is necessary to give written notice to in accordance with New
York State Town Law, the Town's Zoning Law and any other Laws of the State of New York.
Duly adopted this 6h day of February 2012, by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier
NOES None
ABSENT: None
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