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By KANDEA MOSLEY
Journal Staff
LANSING — Lansing resi-
dents delivered a mixed mes-
sage to town officials
Wednesday night. They were
grateful for work done by the
planning board, but disappoint-
ed by some of their proposed
changes.About 30 residents attended
the information session at Town'
Hall.
who lives on
Chris Barrett,
Brookhaven Drive near Farrell
Road, thanked the board for its
hard work. But he also asked
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why he and his neighbors
weren't consulted before the
planning board proposed mov-
ing a nearby industrial
iderial
ct
and a high-density
district close to his neighbor-
hood.
is
"Five hundred yardsaway
going to be an industrial district.
That's not exactly preserving the
quality of the neighborhood,"
Barrett said, referring to com-
ments made by Deputy
Supervisor Bud Shattuck in a II
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story in Wednesday's Ithaca
Journal.
Shattuck hadthe
pro-
posal tries to protect
neighborhoods while planning
for future growth.
The most significant changes
the amendment proposes is
establishing a high-density resi-
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dential district at the southeast
• end of the town, dividing the I
business district to create a town i
center, and pushing Lakeshore
zoning an additional 1,000 feet
back from the shoreline.
Supervisor Steve Farkas and
• Shattuck told Barrett that the
proposed zoning revisions for
southeast Lansing were in
response to development
already occurring there.
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La ? sing
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(Continued from Page 1B) posal, Fidders Green would
become a part of the Lakeshore
I Farkas said residents had an oppor- District that allows for a veterinary
tunity to give input earlier in the hospital and a bed-and-breakfast
three-year process at planning board under certain conditions.
work sessions. Barrett maintained "Imagine if you put a veterinary
that people in neighborhoods that hospital in Fall Creek, it just would-
may undergo the most change n't make any sense," Miller said
should have been directly consulted. outside of the meeting.' Miller said
Bill Miller and Jim Eyster, of he was also displeased that lot sizes .
Fiddlers Green, said they want the would shrink to 20,000 square feet.
neighborhood zoned for low-densi- Farkas asked residents to submit
ty residential use just as the Cayuga their comments, concerns and ques-
Lake Highlands and East Lake tions to the Town Hall so they can
neighborhoods are zoned. be taken into consideration as the
Miller said he represented the 38 planning board works on a final
residents of the moderate-density draft. He also invited residents to
community who have asked Town join town committees.
officials to zone their community Farkas said he wanted the new
for low-density use. zoning law passed by the end of
h Under the planning board's pro- July.
CLEARING THE RECORD •
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Lansing's Autumn Ridge a low-density zone
A map on Page 1B Wednesday incorrectly labeled the proposed zon-
ing for an area of the Town of Lansing. The Autumn Ridge area will
• remain zoned as a low-density residential district.
The Journal attempts to correct errors in its news columns. To report a need for a cor-
rection or clarification, call 272-2321 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Lansing Planning Board has proposed a new zoning ordinance that anticipates residential and business growth and the
creation of a new "village"for community activity and business. The rural agriculture district remains a majority of the town's land.LI`rnt pC1�
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and farming-related businesses S Cayuga lake property with � � w ' t
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are predominant and desired tf. R continued residential and limned ry b i#� x-�3 I -
Rl Residential Low Density: Historically Vit,nettcnonresidential developments AA, ��
used for agriculture, now primarily used as , 1 R1 ' R1 t Commercial MixedUse: Areas � F, �
residential r\ R2 ; where development will be encouraged ; g R $� } riff; I
to be an identifiable focal point for ' .s , Rl rti
Residential Moderate Density Mixture ofF Y P
servicesandsomewhatdenserresidentialland commerceandcommunity K
Ns i RZ m; BZ Commercial General Business: Areas of (J7
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RcJ Residential Mixed Use Transitional: Areas l = businesses that may not be compatible with Bi "'
where land use will change from traditional �-¢ l VILLAGE businesses, such as repair and storage services "4; ;1%11171
community use to the most dense residential ` OF LANSING g � a� VILLAGE
development depending on introduction of R2 ; Industrial Research: Li ht manufacturing .
waterandsewers. '. fabrication, assembly or research, mining and ,� ; yr; OF LANSING
power utilities
Source: Town of Lansing •
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RONSON SLAGLE/Journal Staff
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-Information session set for tonight Bud Shattuck, the deputy discusses the development of an
isy KANDEA MOSLEY supervisor of the town, said "identifiable focal point" or cen- .
Journal Staffrelated businesses comprises another important change is ter of town. Commercial Mixed
• • the majority of the town. that the Residential Moderate Use (B1) District, that spreads
LANSING — An infortita- • One significant change Density (R2) District will out from the intersection of
tion session on the town's pro- under the proposal is the expand into the Residential -Aubun Road and Woodsedge
posed zoning ordinance amend- expansion of the Residential Low (R1) Density District at Drive, is the proposed location
I ment that would expand resi- Mixed Use Transitional (R3) the southern end of the town. for the new "village."
dential zoning and develop a District. The R3 District The change would address The formation of a second
town center is scheduled for 7 would be zoned for the most housing needs and the concerns business district for retail, ser-
tonight at Lansing Town Hall. dense residential development of Triphammer Road area res- vice and repair businesses, light
Proposed by the Town of although that growth would idents who opposed the apart- industry and other commercial
Lansing Planning Board, the depend on the availability of ment complex proposed by development is also discussed ]
• ordinance anticipates residen- municipal water and sewer. Developer Ron Ronsvalle
in tial and business growth over • Under the current ordi- three years ago, Shattuck said. Ongoinge plan. _ .
the next 20 years. revisions to zoning
nance, the R3 District sur- "What we wanted to do was laws are increasingly becoming
R The amended ordinance is rounds Bower and Conlon . to save the predefined neigh- apart of the way towns conduct ;
intended to help planners roads'. In the new proposal, borhoods — that people built business, Shattuck said. The
direct development in ways the R3 District also covers and bought based - on the town's zoning regulations were
that protect Cayuga Lake and land bounded by Collins, knowledge they would have a
the. town's rich agricultural Farrell, Peruville and Scofield certain kind of neighbor-g hbor- last updatedow2001.
and
land, town officials said. Land roads. That land is currently hood," Shattuck said. The town board will further
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The new land use zoned for fanning and farm- zoned for agricultural use. Lan also discuss the proposed ordinance
P when it meets on June 18.