PLANNING COMMISSION Meetings are held at the Town Office on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month at 7 PM

Minutes - Newfane Planning Commission, March 11, 2008, 7:00 p.m. Present: T. Bedell, C. Berdan, J. Feifel, G. Garbe, K. Robinson Guests: S. Fillion, Bill Morse 1. Chairman G. Garbe called meeting to order at 6:37 p.m. 2. Organizational meeting: G. Garbe nominates C. Berdan as chairman, K. Robinson as vice chairman, T. Bedell as secretary. Seconded by J. Feifel and passed (5:0). Meetings will continue as before, second and fourth Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Meetings to be listed accordingly in the Reformer, and posted in six locations: Newfane Town Office, Newfane Market, Newfane Post Office, W&W Building Supply, Williamsville Post Office, South Newfane Store. [The Williamsville store if it reopens.] 3. S. Fillion takes the floor and presents the full draft of the Zoning Bylaws, save Article 7 – Definitions. She had looked further into Section 560 (Mobile Home Parks) to answer questions as to how many sites to an acre--six, four, and so on. A minimum of five acres in lot area seems typical, and we so adopted, with an overall density no greater than four dwelling units per acre. Likewise, in Section 580 (Ponds), we felt we probably needed some kind of minimum cubic foot displacement to trigger need for zoning permit. Sue suggested 800 square feet in size, or 500,000 cubic foot impoundment. She then presented a map of the three districts and we revisited the resource district acreage restrictions (Section 350). We had it at 25, but that was deemed too much—open it up to ten instead? We decide to leave options open to 1. Strict ten acre 2. Strict five acre 3. Strict two acre 4. Any of these, with required cluster development --Sue recommends getting copy of draft to DRB. --GG or CB will meet with Bruce Garrow to come up with date for public meeting, will report back next meeting. --Sue offers to do power point presentation that highlights the changes made. --Definitions to be considered at next meeting. 4. There were some questions from the floor from Bill Morse and some other general discussion. 5. Minutes read from Nov. 13 and 27, 2007; Jan. 8, Feb. 19 and March 4, 2008, and accepted. (5:0) Meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m. *** Agenda for next meeting, March 18, 6:30 pm 1. To further consider draft Zoning Bylaws, particularly definitions. 2. To consider any business that may come before the Planning Commission. Tom Bedell, Secretary Calendar: --March 18, 6:30 p.m. – extra meeting --March 25, 6:30 p.m. – Regular meeting

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