HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-Local Law#3_ReZoning Townwide.pdfTOWN OF ULYSSES
LOCAL LAW NO.3 OF THE YEAR 2005
BE IT ENACTED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF ULYSSES AS
FOLLOWS:
RESOLUTION OF THE ULYSSES TOWN BOARD APPROVING LOCAL LAW NO.3
OF 2005
RE -ZONING TOWN WIDE THE TOWNSHIP PURSUANT TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, the Ulysses Town Board adopted a Comprehensive Plan for the Town on April 13,
1999, and
WHEREAS, numerous efforts have been made by the Town Board to enact new Zoning
consistent with said Comprehensive Plan and promote the Public Health and Safety of residents
and others in the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has solicited Public Comment in many forums; the Tompkins
County Planning Department has provided personnel to assist in drafting for the Town, the Town
has hired an expert in municipal zoning to assist the Town Board and the Town Planning Board
has extensively commented on the Draft of the Law, the Town Board has further engaged legal
opinions of Town Counsel and the opinions of the Code Enforcement Officer and hired persons
for editorial reviews of the various drafts of the Zoning Law, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has Adopted a Resolution, made findings and made a
determination on the Environmental Impact under the NYS Environmental Quality Review Act
(SEQR) and has held a public hearing under SEQR as a Type I Action; declared itself after due
notice Lead Agency; and held the required comment period open post Public Hearing; the Town
Board has made a determinant findings of no significant impact on the Environment and made a
Negative Declaration under SEQR, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board notified the Tompkins County Planning Department pursuant to
General Municipal Law § 2391 & in of the proposed Town Wide Re -Zoning, and many
comments of said Planning Board Department having been considered and adopted, and the
Section 239 1 & in Review by the County Planning Department under the General Municipal
Law having found no negative County impact nor objected to the Local Law, and therefore no
supermajority being needed for passage by the Town Board, and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held on the Town Wide Re -zoning on May 31, 2005 after
due Bulletin Board posting and Publication in the official newspaper on May 18, 2005, being the
necessary 10 days prior to the hearing as well as in the Trumansburg Free Press on May 25,
2005, and
WHEREAS, numerous Public Information sessions were held for Town residential comments,
especially during the last year, and the Town Board considered same consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Town and its residents to have a full detailed and
Comprehensive Zoning Law that promotes the Health and Safety of the Town's Community as
well as provide for responsible and needed development consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan, and
WHEREAS, due consideration has been given the full text of this Local Law which is intended
to supersede all existing Zoning as set forth therein (with the exception of the adoption of
Development District No. 22 adopted immediately prior hereto on August 23, 2005) and the
Town Planning Board and Town Board have satisfied themselves of the full contents and
purposes of this Local Law;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Ulysses hereby adopts Local Law No. 3 for Town Wide Re -Zoning as set forth herein after, to be
effective upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State as required by Law; and
BE IT RESOLVED, the following text of Local Law No. 3 is hereby enacted, by the Town
Board of the Town of Ulysses on this date of August 30, 2005.