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\•^crf^r^^'T^\-\\^^ i^^^^^^;^ • * *«rf(ri«f*-:^« •• A-\ tfy.&s.^-&tyfciifc'ib»^ty^$ti^^<*to>,i:S\-?' t The Altamont Enterprise -Thutistfayt April27,2006 Says No advertising signs allowed for Guilderland business By Jarrett Carroll GUILDERLAND — The zon- ing board said no t o advertising signs in town during last Wednesday's meeting. The board unanimously denied Nick St. Louis's application for a changeable sign at his Nextel store on the cpjrner of Route 155 and Western Avenue. Zoning Board Chairman Peter Barber cited the \Free Camera Phone\ logo on St. Louis's pro- posed new sign as the reason for the denial, saying it constituted advertising. \Are you saying I can't have a changeable sign?\ St. Louis asked the board. \I believe our codes say...changeable signs are pro- hibited,\ Barber responded. According to Barber, the board only allows signs that display business names. It does not al- low signs promoting products which the company may sell or endorse. \If it is commercial advertising it is prohibited,\ said Barber. The town's zoning code states, \No billboard or commercial ad- vertising sign shall be permit- ted.\ The town's sign regulations Volunteers needed for town's fix-up day NEW SCOTLAND — A town- wide volunteer day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on May 6. Volunteers will help those who need it with home and yard chores. Those being assisted are elderly or disabled New Scot- land residents with limited finances, living alone, and with little or no family support. Projects will include raking yards, cleaning out flowerbeds, washing windows, making minor house repairs, painting, doing light housekeeping, and installing air conditioners. Supplies will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring, if they have them, rakes, pruners, window cleaners, and paper towels. To sign up to volunteer, you can call Sue Kidder, senior contact, at 439-9038 or e-mail her at skidder@townofnewscot- land.com . Or, you can call the supervisor's office at 439-4889. Blood drive GUILDERLAND CENTER — The Helderberg Reformed Church will hold its 10th Annual Blood Drive on Saturday, May 13, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The church is located at 435 Main Street (Route 146). Call the church office for an appointment, at 861-8031, or Ken at 861-7453. Walk-ins are welcome. Relay for Life kicks off on May Day VOORHEESVILLE — The second annual Relay For Life in Voorheesville will kick off on May Day. All around the country, relay season will begin with the \Power of Purple.\ In Voorheesville, activities will center at the gazebo in Hough- taling Park from 6 to 7:30 p.m. with fun, music, and a special candle-lighting ceremony to honor and remember those who have fought cancer. The public is invited as the countdown begins for the Voor- heesville Relay on June 3, at 4 p.m. on the high school track. For further information^ call Sherry Burgoon at 765-3314, ext. 319. have recently come under attack from some small-business own- ers in town who have form,ed an organization called the Coalition for Guilderland Small Busi- nesses. The group, founded by Techniconsult President James B. Ryer, meets monthly to dis- would be pretty tough to do in the town of Guilderland,\ St. Louis said. \This is not a n issue the town board would look upon favora- bly,\ Runion told The Enterprise yesterday. 'I already had the sign made.' cuss, among other things, what members call \anti-business\ sign regulations. Supervisor Kenneth Runion told The Enterprise this week that the Coalition for Guilder- land Small Businesses has never been in contact with him to voice concerns. During last Wednesday's meeting, Barber said the zoning board's purpose is not to enforce or amend town codes and regula- tions. \You're already saying that I can't have it?\ St. Louis asked the board. Barber told St. Louis that, if he disagreed with town-sign codes, he should petition the town board to change the law. \To get something amended Runion said that businesses frequently complain about the town's sign regulation, but that they are in place for a reason. \People look to use their signs as advertising spaces,\ said Runion. \If everyone used their signs this way, it would become clutter.\ Runion added, \People seem to think that their signs should be billboards.\ St. Louis pointed out that fire departments are allowed to have changeable signs, and asked Barber why businesses could not do the same. Barber explained that under New York State Town Law, fire departments, schools, and churches are exempt from regu- lation by zoning boards in such matters. Also, he said, if zoning regulations are enacted after an existing business is already es- tablished, then the business is protected under \grandfather clauses.\ However, if a business were to put up new signs or dramatically alter its structure, then it would have to come be- fore the zoning board. Barber told St. Louis that, if he allowed him a changeable sign, then \everybody would want a changeable sign.\ \Everyone already does,\ St. Louis responded. Explaining to St. Louis that existing signs are an enforce- ment issue, not a zoning board issue, Barber said there are con- stant enforcement issues throughout Guilderland. He concluded, \We allow business signs...not advertising.\ \I already had the sign made...There's nothing I can do about it? Thanks,\ said St. Louis before walking out of the board meeting. . Just after St. Louis left, the board, with little discussion, unanimously denied a sign ap- plication for FiFi's Frocks & Frills at 2460 Western Ave., Altamont, because the sign con- stituted commercial advertising. Other business In other business, the zoning board unanimously: — Approved a variance for James and Penny Jackson's can- opy-covered carport at their 3649 East Lydius St., home. When asked by the board if any neigh- bors objected to the canopy structure, Mr. Jackson said, \The neighbor on the one side said it looked very nice...If someone was going to complain, he would be the one. He's very meticulous.\ Board member Charles Klaer said he was \reluctantly in fa- vor\ of the variance. \I'm a little concerned the car was purchased knowing it was too large for the garage,\ Klaer said, and he called the neighborhood \a vari- ance haven for vehicles and ve- hicle storage;\ and — approved an area variance for James and Ellen Box for a single-story addition, which will expand their living room and create a two-car garage, at their 2 Victor Dr. home. The town's planning board had no objections to the proposed addition and two neighbors spoke at the public hearing in support for the Boxes' addition. 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