Planning & development
The Zoning Board of Appeals approved a privacy fence and a front setback Tuesday, both 5-0. A request to park a food truck in a backyard was tabled to December at the applicant's request.
Planning & development
The agenda for Tuesday's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting says Waterview Apartments Phase 3 is tabled to September. A fence, a food truck and a front setback are the three scheduled matters left on the docket.
Government
Police, highway, the library and the town's zoning line came to Webster's second and last 2027 budget workshop. Three of the biggest levy lines are flat, falling or zero. None got there by spending less.
Webster homeowners get two tax bills a year, and each is a stack of separate governments. Here is how the town, county, school, and special district pieces fit together, and the math behind every line.
Moving to Webster means joining a community with its own civic rhythms. None are complicated, but a few will surprise you if you don't know to look. 1. There are two governments, and they overlap Webster has a Town government and a Village government. The Village of Webster
You have more power at Webster Town Hall than you might think. Here is exactly how to use it.
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Webster's sewer plant brought its 2027 budget to the Town Board on Thursday. The combined per-unit charge falls $8.89. The revenue that makes that possible is not contractually guaranteed, the department told the board.
The draft resolution posted with the agenda would have granted relief. No one moved it. A motion made from the floor to deny recited the same findings in the negative and carried unanimously.
Item 8 would grant hardship relief from the town's development moratorium for a proposed recreation facility on Five Mile Line Road. The draft resolution is posted with the agenda. The applicant's submission is not.
The site plan approval for Cobblestone Place Phase 2 was set to expire Wednesday. A four-member board granted a one-year extension Tuesday night, after a public hearing at which nobody spoke.
The board takes public comment Tuesday night on extending the Cobblestone Place Phase 2 site plan approval, which runs out the next day. Also on the docket: 36 more Aberdeen lots and a building addition on Ridge Road.
Six town departments and the justice court brought opening 2027 requests to the Town Board. None include raises, which are still being negotiated.
A follow-up to our May primer on town and village government, focused on the concrete places the two actually meet: a tax fund that splits by law, a wastewater permit that split in 2024, a five-party economic development partnership, and a summer vote that put a boundary change to Village voters.
The correction window on Webster's revaluation mailers is closing soon, per the town. Here's what the mailer covers, how to fix it, and what the 2027 timeline looks like from here.
Willink Middle School is the only WCSD building the district describes as under construction this summer, part of Webster's $85 million bond. Work at Schroeder is already finished, and more is bid for future summers.
The town's draft Comprehensive Plan is still taking public input, with hearings and formal adoption ahead. Here's what's in it and what residents said.
Webster has two public parks on Lake Ontario, plus nearby options for a lifeguarded beach and a boat launch. Here's what each spot offers, and where to call about camping or rental reservations.
Three boards, three different jobs. A plain-language guide to which one rezones land, which one approves a subdivision, which one grants a variance, and who to petition for what.