Not much has
changed at the corners of East St., Bugbee Rd. and Meadowbrook Lane
in the last few months. What looked like construction work on the
property has stopped, and the status of the land use applications is
about what it was at that time.
A parking lot is
not considered a proper use of this land, in the City or the Town, so
Mr. Ranieri must apply for a use variance from both the the Zoning
Board of Appeals, in the City, and the Town Planning Board. The ZBA
has not acted, as far as I know, and the Town Planning Board
considers the application incomplete, and will not act, one would
assume, until all the elements of the application are presented.
I received a
copy of the County Planning Board's “Notice of Recommendation”
for the project last week. The Planning Board neither approved nor
disapproved, since there was 'no significant county-wide or
inter-community impacts;' this is consistent with their
responsibility in these matters. However, the document does mention
some concerns, including the impact on the community character. I
talked with Karen Sullivan, Director of the Otsego County Planning
Board, this morning, and she noted that Mr. Ranieri has not produced
the kinds of plans necessary for the various agencies to come to a
decision, so significant change up on the corner is, apparently,
still in the distant future – if at all.
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