HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-06-21 REGULAR MEETING OF THE 0ANBY PLANNING BOARD
June 21 , 1967
Meeting called to order at 8 : 40PM .
Minutes of ghe last meeting read =+ nd passed .
Discussion :
Junk cars : gener .11 consensus : removing of same
proceeding very satisfactorily .
Billboards aced signs : Mr . Muzzy agreed to see Mr .
Hatfield periodically to check .
Moved and passed that all signs and billboards be prohibited
from now on unless in compliance with zoning .
Reports and Letters : Mr . Arsenault on the request for • trailer
park on the Coddington Road . According to the map , a portion of
the land is not suit : ble . Residents passive for the most p rt .
One lady reported she failed to sell a parcel of her land because
of the report that a trailer park was to be constructed .
Mr . Short read a letter from Mr . Kantor representing
Mrs . Margery Treat . (Copies attached ) Mr . Short also reported
a discussion with Mr . Ligouri , who stated "not without special
sewerage treatment o = and an ok from the Board of He : lth . "
Discussion followed .
Moved by Darwin Geuther , seconded by George Arsenault
that the Denby Planning Board does not approve of trailer p : rks
anywhere in Denby . Motion passed . The Board took cognizant of an
article appearing in the April Issue of the New York State
P lanning News . Three p = ragraphs are attached to the minutes .
The Board went on record as being in favor of
continued membership in the "New York State Federation of
O fficial Planning Org : nizations . " Bill for the $ 25 . 00 has
been submitted to the Town Clerk for approval and payment by
the Town Board .
A letter from Mr . Joyce C X . Wang , Planning Consult : nt ,
of Troy , New York requesting copies of the Denby 701 plan was read
by Mr . Short . The Bo == rd agreed that the booklets should be sent .
A copy of a letter which was sent to Mr . Corturight was
also read by Mr . Frank Ligouri concerning the Sanitary Land Use
B ill .
OTHER Motions Passed :
( 1 ) That minutes of the Town Board Meetings be made
available to members of the Denby Planning Board .
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Other Motions Continued :
( 2 ) that the Town Clerk , at a set fee , be made available
for the taking. :' and typing of minutes of the Danby Planning Board
meetings .
( 3 ) That the ; Planning Board be authorized by the
Town Board to acquire options on properties on both sides of
the Town Hall . . and across the road . If authorized Mr . Muzzy will
negotiate .
MEMBERS PRESENT : Arsenault , Geuther , Muzzy , Weitzel ,
Chairman Short
Minutes submitted by Nit Weitzel and Mr . Short .
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FROM APRIL " NEW YORK STATE PLANNING NEWS "
The original cost of a new mobile home 1
is rarely that of the average house, and
the market value of a used mobile home
depreciates each year at least 5 percent of
1 its original cost. In contrast, in the pres-
ent state of our economy, other types of
real property typically tend to appreciate
in value or at least to hold their original
\value over a long number of years . Thus,
§ t is not to be unexpected that taxpayers
and even town officials should sometimes
think that mobile home owners are not in
fact paying their fair share of real estate
taxes .
Considering these facts, what is the
best approach for the town ?
• The short term one is manifest : the
community can be educated that a prop-
erty tax on a mobile home, even if per-
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fectly administered , will not raise as much
revenue as a property tax on a conven-
tional home . It could be that the mobile
'home is a more desirable type of neces-
sary cheap housing for a town than other
t`'pes ( i .e . , slums ) which also do not pro-
duce as much tax revenue as single family
lousing.
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A long term approach might be to
. change the type of tax to one which pro-
duces more revenue . For example, Cali-
fornia and Colorado, two states with ap-
preciably more mobile homes than New
York State, impose " in lieu " taxes which
are only partly based on value . Accord-
ing to recent studies , these taxes , which
are administered by the State, produce
more revenue than local ad valorem tax-
ation would have produced .
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Mr , Joseph Short , Chairman
Town Planning Board
2478 Danby Road , R0 D0 .
Wil s eyvill e , New York
Dear Sir :
I enclose herewith copy of map showing premises of Francis
Caswell and others ,
My client , Mrs , Margery Treat , is about to purchase the
property from Mr , Caswell * We are informed that the land is
presently zoned " commercial * " This information comes from Mr ,
Heffermotz , Highway Superintendent ,
We are informed that we may legally use property zoned
commercial for a trailer park and trailer sales , Your health
officer , Mr , Liguori , has declared himself in favor of the pro -
posed use and so is Mr , Heffermotz ,
I have marked the property about to be purchased with a T
on the map * Would you kindly advise me in writing whether or
not we may use these parcels for a trailer park and trailer
sales , For your information the property adjoins a present
trailer park operated by Dorothy Kirchgraber , If there has been
any change or my information is not correct , kindly advise what
steps are necessary to be taken in order to use the property as
above desired ,
I would appreciate a prompt reply *
Very truly you s ,
vett;s .
HARRY KANTO
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