OMG what a mess.....chaotic......irresponsible......and it will keep on going.....
I rest my case...
and when they finally leave and their dung pile is left behind......Mont Pleasant will happen.....it already is.......can you smell it? can you hear it coming? can you see it?
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As for my comment about fairness - we need to have an updated comp plan, zoning map and zoning laws to be fair to BOTH residents and developers. Fair to the residents so that they know what to expect while they live in a property and what they can reasonably do with their property, etc Fair to developers so that they have some reasonable way of knowing that -- "ok, this where XYZ type of development is wanted" and "this is where XYZ type of development is NOT wanted".
So in the meantime we rely on the planning comission and town board to decide fairness? Guess your vote to rezone 3 houses on lawndale from residental to buisness was fair? A vote to rezone in my view is a vote to protect big buisness but not the homeowners, which is not fair.
So in the meantime we rely on the planning comission and town board to decide fairness? Guess your vote to rezone 3 houses on lawndale from residental to buisness was fair? A vote to rezone in my view is a vote to protect big buisness but not the homeowners, which is not fair.
I have said all that I will say about the vote on the CVS proposal -- except to add that YES .. I believe it was fair.
As for your first question - the answer is YES .. that is the role of the planning commission and the town board .. if you want more clarity and less likelihood that a future commission and board will have to make a judgemnt call on a zoning change -- than demand that the comp plan, zoning map and zoning laws be updated NOW and that provisions be put in place for periodic (every 10 year or so) updating of the plan.
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when you move to the country it's because youre avoiding the city slop.....so making it fair doesn't mean anything.....however, to develop to just develop like it has been for the past 2 generations is pathetic and very short sighted,,,hence the freakin' mess we have now.....NO FUTURE OUTLOOK.....
the WEST likes it that way....but it is expensive to live AWAY from the city crap......
the developers and the town have F'D up the east side..........thanks morons
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
and when they finally leave and their dung pile is left behind......Mont Pleasant will happen.....it already is.......can you smell it? can you hear it coming? can you see it?
Been here less then 3 years and am already looking to get out of inner rotterdam... lol I can smell it, see it, taste it, feel it, and i have to brush it off my jacket when i leave the house and go somewhere important.
I don't spell check! Sorry... If you include "No offense" in a statement, chances are, your statement is offensive.
Been here less then 3 years and am already looking to get out of inner rotterdam... lol I can smell it, see it, taste it, feel it, and i have to brush it off my jacket when i leave the house and go somewhere important.
Rotterdam was a great place to live....back in the day! It was like a quaint little hamlet if you will. It still is home to some very nice folks. Development and corruption is the problem and has been for decades. There has never been a clear vision for the town. Developments appear to just drop out of the sky and land 'where ever'. The mix of residential, mfh and commercial is reminiscent of a patch work quilt.
For example.....does rotterdam really need 2 big box CVS's, 1 big box Rite aid, big box markets and big box stores(walmart) that all fill prescriptions? Of course not! And there are many other duplicate/triplicate businesses in rotterdam.
A responsible comp plan would have a 'distance restriction' on duplicate businesses/services. A responsible comp plan would make provisions for securing a quality of life for the residents. That is not the case for rotterdam.
Of course this is just the tip of the iceberg....but at least it would be a start. There isn't much left to be developed in rotterdam......they should plan 'very very' wisely.
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Hopefully CVS got the message and will present a proposal more fitting for that area.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Picked up a copy of the plan this morning only difference from the old one is that Lawndale is a deadend street and the entrance to the CVS is from guilderland ave now as opposed to Lawndale.
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