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Planning & development
Webster's Zoning Board of Appeals granted Waterview Apartments Phase 3 its two area variances 4-1 Tuesday night, with John Accorso the lone no. The board also granted all five residential requests, capping a Klem Road chicken permit at seven hens where the agenda noticed eight.
Planning & development
Webster's Zoning Board of Appeals closed the public hearing on both Verizon tower applications Tuesday night and voted to table them to its October meeting without deciding either. Residents who did not speak have no further opportunity before this board unless it reopens the hearing.
Planning & development
Webster's Zoning Board of Appeals meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday with eight applications on the agenda. Each Verizon tower application asks for an area variance from the town's 100-foot height limit, and Waterview Apartments Phase 3 is listed for a fourth straight meeting.
Planning & development
The board voted 4-0 to close environmental review of the road and trail package tied to the Xerox campus. Five people spoke during Open to the Floor, one of them urging the board to require an environmental impact statement instead.
Planning & development
The vote would end environmental review for the Webster Transportation Infrastructure Project. Thursday's 6:30 p.m. workshop is canceled; the 7:30 p.m. meeting is on.
Planning & development
The Planning Board tabled both Verizon cell tower applications to Oct. 6 on 5-1 votes, after the town's own radio-frequency consultant told members there is a real service gap at both sites. The Lake Road public hearing was left open.
Planning & development
Webster caps communications towers at 100 feet. A guide to the three questions the Planning Board has to answer on a tower application, what the code says about camouflage and co-location, and why health effects cannot be the ground for a denial.
Planning & development
Both Verizon tower applications are on the Planning Board's Tuesday agenda, each scheduled for a public hearing. Every earlier appearance was a sketch plan review. The town's own engineering reviews are now on file.
government
School starts Wednesday. The Planning Board holds three public hearings Tuesday, Sept. 1. Thursday's 6:30 p.m. Town Board workshop is canceled, and the 7:30 p.m. meeting is still on.
Planning & development
The 5-0 vote Aug. 20 was one of two consents the annexation needs. What General Municipal Law Article 17 requires next, who decides, and what changes for the 28-acre parcel.
government
Bills go out this week. Full payment runs penalty-free through Oct. 1, the installment plan disappears if the first payment misses Sept. 20, and installments two and three go to the county, not Town Hall.
government
What needs a permit in the Town of Webster, what it costs, and who inspects the work.