LIVINGSTON COUNTY – The Livingston County Planning Board recommends that the Town of Conesus disapprove one of the Town's fiercely controversial proposed changes to their Zoning Code and found the other proposed change to have no county-wide impact at their meeting Thursday night. A public comment session stretched over two hours, with some speakers coming up twice to address the Planning Board. Town representatives insisted that there is … [Read more...]
Livonia Law to Address 4 Unwelcome Rentals Could Come Slowly
LIVONIA – The Town Board said at their Thursday meeting that they are prioritizing potential new policy to address the recently explosive issue of an unwelcome stretch of four rental properties, but that such change, if it happens, will have to come slowly. Livonia Town Supervisor Eric Gott committed to addressing the issue to the about 50 members of the public who attended the meeting to voice serious concerns with four rental properties in … [Read more...]
Conesus Proposes Warping Code to Allow Oversized Inn
CONESUS – Neighbors to the court-halted Conesus Inn rebuild are again offended by the Town's handling of the situation. According to a press release sent by Trish Bruckel, the Town of Conesus has planned a public hearing for June 6 at 7 p.m. to hear public comment on a change to the zoning law that neighbors interpret as 'amending the definition of a 'Legacy Business' to a 'business that existed before Zoning was adopted in the Town,' and … [Read more...]
SUN VIDEO: Our Family Diner Legally Blocks in Neighbors’ Driveway
YORK – A neighbor dispute at a diner on Retsof Road is rapidly deteriorating into a lawsuit. Neighbors say that the restaurant, which technically owns the end of the residence's driveway, had no reason to install cement blocks on either side of the driveway. "My biggest concern, being a type 1 diabetic, if in time I needed emergency personnel, I was told that they'd have to park out at the road, and have to accommodate, have to walk back … [Read more...]
Mount Morris Serves ‘Order to Remedy’ on Owners of Boarding House
MOUNT MORRIS – The Village of Mount Morris served an 'order to remedy' to the owners of a boarding house that a resident alleged was not in compliance with local code. Ken Mignemi, who owns the house with Joe Zambito, says that they will appeal the order to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and have concerns about the living arrangements of their tenants, most of whom have checkered pasts and criminal histories. "We have four homeless … [Read more...]
Avon Talks Quenching Genesee Street Smoking and Cigarrette Ads
AVON – The Village Board will soon start talks with local cigarette merchants about the potential for restricting smoking areas and banning smoking advertisements in the Village. The Board said that backing smokers off 50 feet from any public building and banning all smoking advertising might make for a healthier community. "I'm especially thinking about small kids at St. Agnes who might stop into Cook's for an ice cream and see an ad right … [Read more...]