Too often we procrastinate on the things that happen in our lives to the point that it is too late to change them. This should not be one of those times. The village is about to pass zoning laws that will affect the future of all Athens Residents. They will be changing a Medium Residential area, where there are no businesses at the present time, to Commercial Resident which will allow businesses access to our waterfront areas. What this means is Businesses such as professional or business offices, retail stores and shops, hotels, banks, restaurants, savings and loan institutions.
If you do not own property in the Waterfront areas you may think that it does not affect you but you are wrong. What will compound the problem even more is the height restrictions in this area will go from (30) thirty feet to a recommend (35) feet which was originally proposed to be 50 feet.. If a builder wanted to go beyond the 35 foot height he could apply for zoning variances through the Zoning Board of Appeals. (This has been done in the past on several occasions, once with Peck ham’s oil tanks.)
If you were to Visit this website: http://planningbetterplaces.com/athensvillagezoning.html-- you can view the Minutes of the Zoning implementation Committee concerning zoning changes, the proposed zoning changes and the revised zoning changes. Protect your rights by becoming familiar with the newly proposed zoning changes, so that you can question the Village Board at the Public Hearings to accept them. This will be your only chance to voice your opinion and make it count.
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