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Trustees, public and planning board chairs debate zoning timeline and live-streaming of hearings
Summary
Trustees discussed the draft zoning code, a schedule for edits and whether planning and zoning board meetings should be live-streamed and allow remote public comment ahead of an upcoming joint meeting on a high-profile development.
Trustees and members of the public pressed for clarity about the zoning-code timeline and whether planning and zoning board meetings will be streamed or allow public comment at a June 11 joint hearing on a large development.
The discussion focused on two linked issues: the internal timeline for trustee review of a near-final draft zoning code and the practical, legal and staffing implications of recording or live-streaming planning and zoning board meetings. Several residents and trustees urged more public access and earlier notice ahead of a joint meeting where a controversial development proposal (125 Bath Street) will be discussed by planning and zoning.
Marilyn Stephenson, speaking for the Zoning Advisory Committee, asked when the village’s legal review of the draft zoning code would be completed and when the board would publish responses to written public…
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