Quoted from 1216

So no super majority - no zone change.

Quoted from senders

http://www.ecode360.com/?custId=RO0175

learn....get educated......use the language the legal begals use.....

Quoted from TippyCanoe

reading some past posts on this subject i found this tidbit from the dailygazette.com

notice the section below in bold

i would say fdg was wrong or was pulling hard on the wool

a pillar of our community - that man FDG

but he will be a hero on the unveiling of the monument

thanks to google the text of this zoning change will out live his monument




ROTTERDAM
Consideration of project awaiting engineer’s report
Supervisor decided to forgo review others still sought
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.

    Tom DeLorenzo has asked Rotterdam officials to withhold a decision on his controversial zone change request until the result of a town-designated engineer’s report can be reviewed.
    Apparently unaware of the project’s status, board members argued at length over who decided to remove DeLorenzo’s proposed zone change from the agenda for their business meeting last week. They also questioned Supervisor Frank Del Gallo’s apparent decision to forgo a report from a towndesignated engineer reviewing the validity of DeLorenzo’s claim that he could construct a four-unit apartment building on the property even without the zone change.
    DeLorenzo is asking to change 2.7 acres off Floral Avenue near Walnut Avenue from a mix of zoning to multifamily residential. Residents living in homes adjacent to the property have opposed the proposal, claiming the building would significantly reduce their privacy and diminish the values of their homes.
    Initially, some board members expected to address DeLorenzo’s proposal during their regular business meeting last week. In anticipation of a forthcoming vote, board members Nicola DiLeva and Gerard Parisi both asked for a report they believed town-designated engineer John McDonald was preparing for the town.
    But Del Gallo said he didn’t see a need to “waste taxpayers’ dollars” on creating a report. He said he was under the impression DeLorenzo wasn’t pursuing the zone change any longer.
    “It’s all over with,” he said during the board’s agenda meeting last week.     Yet both Parisi and DiLeva pressed him for a report. Both indicated they had expected some kind of official recommendation from McDonald when they asked to hire an engineer last month.........................>>>>.....................>>>>.....................................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01400&AppName=1

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But Del Gallo said he didn’t see a need to “waste taxpayers’ dollars” on creating a report. He said he was under the impression DeLorenzo wasn’t pursuing the zone change any longer.
    “It’s all over with,” he said during the board’s agenda meeting last week.  

Quoted from bumblethru

I don't think FDG was equipped for rotterdam's super. But the dems and cons dressed him up and sold him like the first loaf of sliced bread. Rotterdamians can thank both the dem and con parties for their mis-representation of the man. Rotterdamians should beware the next time they see a dem or con endorsed candidate.............BEWARE!!!

However.............It doesn't appear that FDG was 'pulling the wool' over on anything. It appears that he 'really' doesn't understand how things are done!

Quoted from 1216

It is essential to the maintenance of a democratic society that the public business be performed in an open and public manner and that the citizens of this state be fully aware of and able to observe the performance of public officials and attend and listen to the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy.  The people must be able to remain informed if they are to retain control over those who are their public servants.  It is the only climate under which the commonwealth will prosper and enable the governmental
process to operate for the benefit of those who created it.

This legislative declaration clearly sets forth the intent of the Open Meetings Law and the STATE's idealistic goals for LOCAL governement.

from the NYS Conducting Public Meetings and Public Hearings

Quoted from 1216

Where a nonconforming building or structure exists at the effective date of the adoption of or amendment to this chapter, such nonconformity may be continued as long as it remains otherwise lawful.  No such nonconforming building or structure may be enlarged or altered in a way that increases its noncomformity.  Such enlargement or alteration shall not increase any inherent nuisance, nor shall such enlargement or alteration violate any provision of this chapter regarding yards, lot area, or lot coverage for the district in which it is situated nor increase any violation of such provision.

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altered in a way that increases its noncomformity

Quoted from TippyCanoe

i wonder

wiill we have a supervisor's report on this subject this wednesday???