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Moreau protests town fees PART-TIME ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE WA By Rachel Dutil NEW SCOTLAND - David Moreau, a large landowner in town, complained to the town board last week about the\ fees he has to pay to divide his land \Because of my zone, I need to go before the planing board In- stead of $200,1 pay $1,500,\ Mo- reau told the board Moreau owns about 85 acres in a commercial zone on You- mans Road Because of his zoning, Moreau is subject to higher lot fees when subdividing his land. The lot fees were raised tin Dec; 8, 2004, Paul Caritliift the. town'ss zoning administrator tod chief building inspector told The-Enterprise. According to the current lot fees, Cantlin said). \Any subdivi- sion that falls within a commer- cial or industrial zone that is five acres or more, or 500 feet of road frontage, must go before the planning board.\ The current fees are, as Mo- reau said, $200 for minor subdi- visions, and $1,500 if it goes be- fore the planning board, Cantlin told The Enterprise. All subdivisions, both minor and major, had a set $200 lot fee prior to the board's 2004 decision to raise them, Cantlin said this week. Currently, Moreau wants to divide a 36-acre' plot that is al- ready divided by Youmans Road. One side of the road would be about 33 acres, and the other side of the road would be about three acres. Moreau's main problem with the fees is that there is no dis- tinction between subdivision types. \Some projects, no matter how trivial, go before the plan- ning board,\ jVIoreau told The Enterprise \That is not a good gauge to measure intensity of a project.\ His current subdivision project would fall under the category of a minor subdivision, he told the board. A minor subdivision, by the town's definition, is one that re- quires no town-run public utili- ties, creates or extends no town road, and has four or fewer lots. A major subdivison requires public utilities, extends or cre- ates a town road, and has more than four lots. \They should be called minor- impact subdivision and major- impact subdivision,\ Moreau told The Enterprise. Supporting the parks R. Mark Dempf, the town's engineer, explained at last Wednesday's,-meeting that \lot fees for this town are established' to go to park funds.\ The cost of maintaining the parks far exceeds money that is brought in from lot fees, Cantlin told The Enterprise, adding that there is a line item for the parks in the budget as well 'They can change this by resolution.' The money.provided by lot fees must be used for the parks^ Cantlin said. \It cannot go into the general fund,\ he said. Douglas LaGrange, a board member who took office seven months ago, told The Enterprise, \Rules are the rules. We can't ca- ter to one individual.\ Town supervisor Ed Clark told The Enterprise this week, \I think the lower fee should be raised instead of the higher fee being lowered.\ Both LaGrange and Clark are Republicans; Democratic town- board members could not be reached for comment, or declined comment this week. Moreau has never had to pay the $1,500 lot fee, and has 60 days to do so, Cantlin explained. Moreau told The Enterprise that, in his opinion, \A minor subdivision, should be treated with a lower rate, and a major subdivision with a higher rate.\ Cantlin said it is unclear from last week's meeting what action the board will take on this mat- ter. \They can change this by resolution,\ he said. Proposed developments The board heard about two major development proposals that will require town board ac- tion to go forward. Charles M. Carrow Sr., presi- dent and chief executive officer of Carrow Real Estate Services, spoke of plans for a senior housing community on New Scotland Road at the old Tee- Time Golf site. The plans are for 30 single-story units, each with a two-car garage that will sell for $250,000 to f $300,000. The homes will be for people 55 years ancTolder. \Carrow was requesting that the town adopt a senior overlay zoning regulation. An overlay zone is an additional\ zone that lays over the existing zone,, and has additional requirements the development must satisfy s Dean Devito of Maldel, LLc requested a Planned Unit Devel- opment for ^ A .•|»^:^e\i^t|'^:inix^l^^dihg •:,tj^!a;;iijri4\ ^fl ! :us|||?cj|u|tered buildings/ r artd ho^|Jhg. units. Twenty, builjiiings «f : ?six units eac}i;Sr ; e ^a^ned^^vvest of Sdhoblhipuse Rtiad; e^lh.unit will eeljl'ipii?-: between $lij6,6<)0 and $350,000; The tov%-toard will consider the: proposal next month. ,.\\. Other business _ In other business airits August . meeting, the bo^rd: ^~ V - Authorized issuing serial bonds for a Clarksville Water District extension; - Renewed the bond anticipa- tion notes for the water-district van; - Amended the section on compensatory time in the town's employee policy manual to con- form to the Fair Labor Stan- dards Act; - Adopted a right-to-farm law; - Adopted a noise-control law; - Scheduled a public hearing regarding . the suspension of large-scale development in me- dium-density residential and residential two-acre zones for Sept. 13, at 6 p.m.; - Appointed Eileen Mulderry as dog warden; - Renewed its contract with Affordable Waste for one year; - Granted permission to sell two highway-department tru'cks; - Heard from the town asses- sor, Julie Nooney, on the proce- dure for an inventory update over the next three years; - Announced the town's par- ticipation in a special program to commemorate the fifth anniver- sary of 9/11 initiated by the Voorheesville Public Library; - Approved probationary membership for Amy Siegfried in the New Salem Fire Depart- ment; - Announced that Clarksville will host Clarksville Heritage Day on Aug.26; and - Announced that Feura Bush will be hosting this year's Plum- festonSept.16. 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