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.