“The Common Council on Tuesday tabled action on legislation to rezone the former Pine Brook Golf Club property on South Main Street from residential to commercial after a neighboring homeowner questioned the implications of reclassifying the 150 acre parcel.
The Common Council conducted a public hearing during Tuesday’s meeting on a proposed local law to amend city code in order to rezone the former Pine Brook Golf Club at 280 S. Main St. from R1 residential to commercial.
The local law would be subject to a proposed resolution to adopt a negative declaration relative to rezoning under State Environmental Quality Review indicating that the action would not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts. The Common Council declared itself lead agency under SEQR during the Aug. 27 meeting
Language included in the local law necessary to enact the reclassification of the 150 acre parcel states, “the properties bordering the subject parcel are presently situated in a ‘C’ zone.” However, as neighboring property owner and resident Jeffrey Ashe pointed out during Tuesday’s public hearing, only the portion of the property with frontage on South Main Street is bordered by commercially zoned parcels.
“The parcel borders many residences, particularly around the northern side of the parcel, on the eastern side of the parcel and on the western side of the parcel it’s mostly vacant land, but that’s all zoned residential. The area that’s zoned commercial is limited to that area that’s by South Main Street,” Ashe said. “I would ask you to take a closer look at the implications of rezoning a large parcel like that.””
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Onyon, Ashley. Leader Herald 11 September 2019.