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TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE
TOWN BOARD MEETING – MAY 3, 2023
FILED WITH THE STATE EFFECTIVE MAY 23, 2023
RESOLUTION #159 ADOPT LOCAL LAW NO. 3 OF 2023, “A LOCAL LAW
AMENDING THE TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE’S CHAPTER
178-76 ZONING CONDITIONAL PERMIT ADDITIONAL
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS”
Motion by Councilman Leach
Seconded by Councilman Donlick
VOTES: Supervisor Williams Aye
Councilman Cobb Aye
Councilman Donlick Aye
Councilman Guido Aye
Councilman Leach Aye
ADOPTED
WHEREAS, a resolution was duly adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville for a
public hearing to be held by said Board to hear all interested parties on a proposed Local Law, “A
Local Law Amending the Town of Cortlandville’s Chapter 178-76 Zoning Conditional Permit
Additional Specific Requirements”, to update the Town of Cortlandville’s zoning code
conditional permit requirements in conformity with Appendix D Fire Apparatus Access Roads,
and
WHEREAS, notice of said public hearing was duly published in the Cortland Standard, the official
newspaper of the said Town, and posted at the Raymond G. Thorpe Municipal Building, 3577
Terrace Road, Cortland, New York, as required by law, and
WHEREAS, said public hearing was duly held and all parties in attendance were permitted an
opportunity to speak on behalf of or in opposition to said proposed Local Law, or any part
thereof, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville, after due deliberation, finds it in the
best interest of the Town to adopt said Local Law, now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville hereby adopts said Local Law
as Local Law No. 3 of 2023, “A Local Law Amending the Town of Cortlandville’s Chapter 178 -
76 Zoning Conditional Permit Additional Specific Requirements”, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof, and the Town Clerk is directed to enter said Local Law in the
minutes of this meeting and in the Local Law Book of the Town of Cortlandville, and to give due
notice of the adoption of said Local Law to the Secretary of State.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Cortlandville, as follows:
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SECTION 1. TITLE.
This local law shall be known as “A Local Law Amending the Town of Cortlandville’s
Chapter 178-76 Zoning Conditional Permit Additional Specific Requirements.”
SECTION 2. STATUTORY AUTHORITY.
This Local Law is intended to be consistent with and is enacted by the Town Board of the
Town of Cortlandville pursuant to its authority to adopt laws under the New York State
Constitution, the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law, and the New York State Town
Law. It is intended and is hereby declared to address matters of local concern only and is
intended to act in furtherance of the Town’s authority with respect to existing zoning and land
use laws and its police powers, related to the planning and physical use of real property within
the Town.
SECTION 3. PURPOSE AND INTENT.
The purpose of this local law is to update the Town of Cortlandville’s zoning code
conditional permit requirements in conformity with Appendix D Fire Apparatus Access Roads.
SECTION 4. CHAPTER 178-76(A)(1)
Multifamily dwellings with over four dwelling units must have two means of egress and
ingress, unless, at the approval of the Cortlandville Code Office and Cortlandville Board of Fire
Commissioners, the building is equipped with proper fire prevention equipment pursuant to the
New York State Fire Code Appendix D Fire Apparatus Access Roads D105.1.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
invalidate the remainder hereof, but shall be confined in operation to the clause, sentence,
paragraph, section or part hereof directly involved in the controversy in which such
determination shall have been rendered.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Local Law shall be effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State in accordance
with the Municipal Home Rule Law, and shall apply to all vacant properties existing at the time
of the effective date.