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    Smart growth

    It was very nice to witness the 4 board members vote 'YES' on a Smart growth resolution DENYING the preliminary plat plan application which was a revision from the original. The revision included eliminating an access road from the subdivision.

    THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS OFFERED
    BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM, WHO
    MOVED ITS ADOPTION, SECONDED BY
    COUNCIL MEMBER, TO WIT

    WHEREAS, the Town Board has received a Subdivision Preliminary
    Plat Plan Application from Windsor Ridge Partners (“The Applicant”) for the purpose of
    developing a 193 +/- lot subdivision on property identified as SBL Nos. 127.01-2-21, 127.01-
    3-22, 127.01-3-21.1, 127.01-3-19, 127.01-3-20 & 127.01-3-16 known as “Windsor Ridge
    South Subdivision Phase 2”, in the Town of Lancaster, New York; and
    WHEREAS, the Town Board referred the subdivision preliminary plat
    plan to the Planning Board for review and recommendation pursuant to Town of Lancaster
    Code § 50-42(A)(2); and
    WHEREAS, pursuant to Town Law Section 276(5)(d)(i), the Town
    Planning Board held a public hearing on the preliminary plat application; and
    NOW, THEREFORE,
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Lancaster that:
    1. The Applicant’s Subdivision Preliminary Plat Plan Application
    is DENIED for the following reasons:
    The Applicant’s modified design of the subdivision plat to remove an access road to Brunck
    Road creates significant traffic impacts. The revised design, which has not previously been
    evaluated by the Town Board, removes a vital ingress/egress point for residents in the
    subdivision that will increase traffic at other ingress/egress points. This is a significant change,
    given the density of the proposed subdivision plan. The cumulative traffic impacts, resulting
    from Phase 1 of the development and the proposed Phase 2, make this additional impact
    significant and the access road to Brunck Road critical.
    2. This resolution is effective immediately.
    When did the board ever vote against the developer in favor of the Lancaster taxpayer residents?
    Great job. Hopefully, during the development of the new Comprehensive plan the community's best interest will come before the developers' wallets.

    Councilman Abraham did good on this one. I just hope he wasn't just throwing a bone to the taxpayers because it's election year for him.

    Georgia L Schlager

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    I am pleased to see that they are taking the whole picture into consideration.

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    "The whole picture"

    That is one thing many "politicians" don't do.

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