By Peter Calvert
Town of Andes held a Public Hearing June 8th, on Proposed Local Laws to Regulate Commercial Tent Campsites and Transient Rentals. Meeting held both in the Andes Town Hall and Via Zoom
Present representing the Town: Supervisor Wayland “Bud” Gladstone, Councilmen Shayne Moshier, Dale Cole, Ritchie Gabriel, Thomas Hall. Planning Board Chairman Frank Winkler. Town Clerk Kimberly Tosi, Code Enforcement Officer Al Mohr, Highway Superintendent John Bouton.
Public: William Duke, Linda Jones, Christopher Dewey, David Levesque, Vinny Lopez, Jack Ballo, Banx Sherman, Gary Feazell, Melissa Darling, Cyndi Wright, Liz Ratto, Mark Pezzati, Debbie Marmaro, Ryan Abbate, Jason Ostrow, Jacqueline Gosdigian, Robyn Ciccone, Ryann Holmes, Bob Abbate, Leigh Infield-The Reporter, Peter Calvert-Andes Gazette.
Supervisor Gladstone began the public hearing with the following statement: “We will be taking all comments and concerns into consideration for both local laws. The Town Board, Planning Board and the Code Enforcement Officer will hold a workshop on June 16th, at 6 pm to review these concerns and to make the best decision for all homeowners, residents, taxpayers and all others involved. Kim does an excellent job of recording and taking notes of our meetings and will help to ensure we address every comment.” Public Comments/Questions: Commercial Tent Campsites (CTCs) And Transient Rentals.
The lengthy comments and responses from the Town Board, Planning Board and CEO are well chronicled in the Minutes of the meeting written by Kimberly Tosi and published June 10, on the Town of Andes website. townofandes.com. Please read them to gauge the tenor of the robust discussion that lasted nearly two hours. Letters received prior to the public hearing from Mark Gosdigian/Jacqueline Gosdigian/Jason Ostrow, David Levesque, and Skip Parcell are available to read on the minutes Kimberly Tosi published on June 10.
The follow-up workshop on June 16 held by the Town Board, The Planning Board, The Town Zoning Board and the Code Enforcement Officer was again well attended, both in person and
Levesque, Vinny Lopez, Jack Ballo, Banx Sherman, Gary Feazell, Melissa Darling, Cyndi Wright, Liz Ratto, Mark Pezzati, Debbie Marmaro, Ryan Abbate, Jason Ostrow, Jacqueline Gosdigian, Robyn Ciccone, Ryann Holmes, Bob Abbate, Leigh Infield-The Reporter, Peter Calvert-Andes Gazette.
Supervisor Gladstone began the public hearing with the following statement: “We will be taking all comments and concerns into consideration for both local laws. The Town Board, Planning Board and the Code Enforcement Officer will hold a workshop on June 16th, at 6 pm to review these concerns and to make the best decision for all homeowners, residents, taxpayers and all others involved. Kim does an excellent job of recording and taking notes of our meetings and will help to ensure we address every comment.” Public Comments/Questions: Commercial Tent Campsites (CTCs) And Transient Rentals.
The lengthy comments and responses from the Town Board, Planning Board and CEO are well chronicled in the Minutes of the meeting written by Kimberly Tosi and published June 10, on the Town of Andes website. townofandes.com. Please read them to gauge the tenor of the robust discussion that lasted nearly two hours. Letters received prior to the public hearing from Mark Gosdigian/Jacqueline Gosdigian/Jason Ostrow, David Levesque, and Skip Parcell are available to read on the minutes Kimberly Tosi published on June 10.
The follow-up workshop on June 16 held by the Town Board, The Planning Board, The Town Zoning Board and the Code Enforcement Officer was again well attended, both in person and
nd the Code Enforcement Officer was again well attended, both in person and via Zoom.
After an hour of reflection and discussion and evaluation by the Town officials and members of the public, the Town Board unanimously passed the following Motion:
To move forward with requiring the Commercial Tent Campsites and Transient Rentals to go through the Special Use Permit Process (like all other Town residents engaging in home businesses) with the Planning Board, but the Town Board will still have to work on a local law to determine what requirements must be met for a Special Use Permit to be awarded. In the future, the Town Board will need to take further action to give the Planning Board more definitive rules to follow in the Special Use Process. The Town Board will not be moving forward with the two proposed Local Laws as they stand presented, after the Motion at the June 16th workshop.
Stay tuned to the townofandes.com site for updates.~