Planning & development
Where the Webster Comprehensive Plan stands
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.
Planning & development
Planning Board, ZBA, site plans, subdivisions, comprehensive plan, zoning, development moratoriums, specific projects (cell towers, factories, redevelopment). The default for any project-or-parcel story.
Planning & development
Webster ZBA denies Solar Garden appeal, tables Waterview Phase 3 again
The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied a citizen appeal of the Webster Solar Garden's industrial-use classification Tuesday, and separately pulled back from a vote on Waterview Apartments Phase 3 rather than risk it failing.
Business
7 Brew wins final approval for Hard Road drive-through
The Webster Planning Board unanimously granted final site plan approval for the 7 Brew drive-through coffee stand on Hard Road, with conditions.
Planning & development
Webster ZBA revisits the solar farm appeal, and a timeliness question could end it
The citizen appeal of the Webster Solar Garden's permit classification is back before the Zoning Board of Appeals, which may first decide whether it was filed in time.
Planning & development
How a project gets built in Webster: site plan, SEQR, and the approval gauntlet
Sketch plan, SEQR, lead agency, negative declaration, special use permit. A plain-language walk through how a development moves from application to final approval in Webster.
Planning & development
Webster Planning Board extends Sienna Reserve subdivision approval by one year
The board granted the one-year extension for the 10-lot Orchard Road subdivision Tuesday, after a public hearing in which Blue Creek Drive neighbors described a history of flooding and questioned the drainage plan.
Planning & development
Webster's zoning rewrite is coming: where the comp plan stands, and the state grant that would pay for it
The town wants $150,000 from New York State to overhaul zoning rules that date to 2003, to match the Webster 2040 plan now nearing a vote.
Planning & development
7 Brew's final vote, and what else is on Webster's Planning Board docket July 7
The board takes up final site plan approval for the Hard Road drive-through Tuesday, along with a subdivision extension request, new signs and more.
Business
7 Brew drive-through coffee wins preliminary approval for Hard Road
7 Brew won unanimous preliminary site plan approval for a drive-through coffee stand on Hard Road, with conditions still to clear.
Planning & development
Webster Planning Board approves 66 new homes at Bella Terra Phase 3
The Webster Planning Board approved Bella Terra Phase 3 on May 5: a 66-lot single-family subdivision on 21.2 acres south of Bellora Way.
government
Webster Names New Wastewater Chief; Cell Tower Review Pushed to July
The Webster Town Board appointed a new wastewater treatment plant chief and joined a state cybersecurity program June 18, while holding off on an independent review of two proposed Verizon cell towers until July.
government
Town Board Begins Environmental Review of Transportation Project, Weighs Zoning Grant Bid
Webster officials took up the environmental review of a major roadway project and heard a pitch to seek $150,000 in state funding for zoning code revisions at a June 18 workshop.