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Town Board unanimously approved Transit Road rezoning

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:54:40 +0000

On July 14, 2010, The Clarence Town Board unanimously approved the Planning Board’s two year old recommendation to downzone Transit Road between Roll Road and Clarence Center Road.

Read the entire meeting’s minutes on the Town’s web site at: http://www.erie.gov/clarence/pdfs/minutes/TBM2010-07-14.pdf

Town Board to address Planning Board recommendation for Segment B

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:12:51 +0000

This Wednesday’s July 14th at 7:45 the Town Board will be voting on the downzoning of Segment B. Please plan on attending and voicing your support for the Planning Board’s recommendation. If you can not attend, please consider at least sending the stock email below. Even if you have done this before please take a few minutes again and email Scott Bylewski, he needs to read your support before the Town Board takes final action on this important vote;
sbylewski@clarence.ny.us

_______ email below ______________

I support the Planning Boards recommendation that Transit Road from Roll Road to Clarence Center ROad, known as Segment B, be downzoned to commercial.
This is based on sound planning principles and good data. I recommend that the Town Board adopt this zoning amendment recommendation.

Thank you for your time and support.

Town Board resets date for Segment B public hearing

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:15:07 +0000

At last night’s Town Board meeting, the Town Board reset the public hearing date for the MasterPlan amendment for Segment B to July 14, 2010.

The MasterPlan amendment is the 2 year old recommendation by the Town Planning Board to rezone the segment of Transit Road known as Segment B (from Roll Road north to Clarence Center Road). The Town Planning board’s recommendation is to rezone that stretch of Transit Road from Major Arterial to commercial zoning.

The new zoning will align the zoning of the properties with their current uses.

UPDATE: Segment B hearing RESCHEDULED for future date

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:41:54 +0000

The Clarence Town Board will NOT be considering the Town Planning Board’s recommendation on Wednesday, May 26. Please see the email being sent from Supervisor Bylweski’s office below:

Thank you for your e-mails regarding the public hearing on amending Master Plan 2015 as it relates to Segment B. Your e-mails are part of the public record and will be considered as part of our review.

Please note that this item is not on the agenda for Wednesday, May 26, 2010, due to the need to send out a correct notice of public hearing for publication. The new hearing date will probably be Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Please stay in touch with our Planning/Zoning Office to find out the correct date.

We will keep everyone updated if the date is ACTUALLY July 14th. This might also explain why the agenda wasn’t posted as of this morning when the initial post was made.

Town Board to consider long standing Planning Board recommendation

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:46:11 +0000

The Clarence Town Board will once again consider the long standing recommendation to change the zoning of Transit Road between Roll Road and Clarence Center Road (what has been come to be known as Segment B) this Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 7:30.

This change has been tabled for over two years. Segment A, C and D were rezoned from Major arterial to commercial zoning almost two years ago. The recommendation by the Town Planning Board is one in which is based on thorough studies and sound planning principles which are inline with the Town’s MasterPlan.

All are encouraged to attend and participate in the 2010 MasterPlan amendment process.

If you can not attend the meeting in person, please take a moment to contact our Town Supervisor, Scott Bylewski (sbylewski@clarence.ny.us) and voice your support for the Town Planning Board’s long standing recommendation.

Town Board to address Planning Board recommendation

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:44:42 +0000

On Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm, the Town of Clarence Town Board is to address the Town Planning Board’s recommended changes to the 2015 Master Plan.

The Town Planning Board’s recommendation has been pending since May 8, 2008 and is to down zone the major arterial zoning, on Transit Road north of Roll Road and South of Clarence Center Road (Segment B) to commercial zoning. The commercial zoning is reflective of the current land use and was adopted for the other three focus areas (Segment A, C, and D) over a year and a half ago.

Please plan on attending and participate in the process which helps shape the future of the Town of Clarence.

Planning board sticks to recommendation

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:28:01 +0000

At Wednesday night’s meeting, the Town Planning Board unanimously voted to forward their May 2008 recommendation to down zone Segment B back to the Town Board. It is now up to Town Board to decide to take action on the Town Planning board’s recommendation.

We will continue to keep you updated on any new developments.

Planning Board Meeting: April 7

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:54:55 +0000

On April 7, 2010 at 7:30 pm, the Town of Clarence Planning Board will be addressing the Masterplan 2015 amendments for this year. They include:

Master Plan 2015 Amendment Segment B-Transit Road Corridor north of Roll
Road.
Master Plan 2015 Amendment Increased Depth of Major Arterial Zone along
Transit Road south of Roll Road (West Herr).

ClarenceFIRST will be in attendance to show our support for the Planning Board’s original recommendation to DOWNZONE Segment B from major arterial to commercial. We hope that if you are not able to attend the meeting to show your support that you send an email to the Town Planning Board to show your support for their work and their decision to downzone segment B.

The Town Planning Board members are:

Al Schultz-Chairman
Wendy Salvati-Vice-Chairperson
Timothy Pazda
George Van Nest
Richard Bigler
Gregory Todaro

Send your emails the board members c/o Carolyn Delgato (cdelgato@clarence.ny.us).

Thank you for your continued support.

Wegmans drop plans for expansion in Clarence

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:03:45 +0000

Wegmans has officially dropped their plans to expand in the Town of Clarence. They will be expanding their current store to meet their needs for a bigger store.

Read the article in the today’s Business section of the Buffalo News:
Wegmans drops Clarence plans, will enlarge Amherst store

ClarenceFIRST would like to thank everyone for their support during the last year and a half. It is clear that without the strong opposition to this project on Segment B, the end result would have been different.

We will continue to keep a watchful eye on the development along Transit as well as the MasterPlan changes and look forward to keeping you up to date with new developments in our community.

Thank you.

Update: MasterPlan 2015 Review 2010

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:22:53 +0000

At last night’s annual review for the MasterPlan 2015, the Town Board read into the record a letter that was sent to the Town Board from an officer of ClarenceFIRST. This letter outlined the ClarenceFIRST Homeowners Association support of the Planning Board’s 2008 recommendation to DOWNZONE Segment B.

It also expressed concern regarding the use of reporting time during the Town Board meetings to bring motions regarding MasterPlan 2015 amendments that are currently under debate. The letter requested that any motions regarding master plan amendments be placed on the formal agenda from now on so that they are brought to the public’s attention for comment and review.

Also at last night’s review: West Herr of Clarence submitted a request to extend the major arterial zoning behind their Saturn dealership on Transit Road a further 220 feet deeper into their property. This will leave a 440 feet buffer between their vehicle storage lot and adjacent properties on Via Marina Drive.

Both the West Herr proposal and the Segment B downzoning will most likely be on the next Planning Board agenda on March 17.