Planning board votes to consolidate duplicate 'light industry' land-use entries, will hold public hearing

The Town of Wayne Planning Board discussed and approved a proposal to consolidate two duplicate "light industry" entries in the land-use table so that the town has a single, clear definition and permitting rubric. Moderator (S2) explained that the land-use table currently lists light industry twice (once under commercial and once under industrial) with different permitting rules, creating potential confusion for applicants. After discussion about which zones (R3, R4, R6/village shoreland) would be affected and examples such as bakeries, printing, and machine shops, S2 moved that the board "consolidate light industry entries in Land Use table, keeping the more permissive commercial light industry criteria but moving the line under the industrial section," and the board voiced support and agreed to schedule a public hearing.

Board members weighed the trade-offs: several favored keeping the more permissive commercial criteria to avoid inadvertently making existing uses nonconforming; others noted the need to specify examples and limits (for instance, whether a village general store with a small bakery would be treated as light industry). Moderator (S2) said the move would be presented at a public hearing so residents could weigh in: "We will have to make a note to schedule a public hearing for that." The motion was put forward and discussed; the transcript records a voice vote and subsequent scheduling of the hearing, though it does not provide a numeric tally.