Special Use Permits

The village of Penn Yan pays a company named DSD Webworks a lot of money to maintain the village web site. For unknown reasons, the village is unable to ask this company, to whom they pay out thousands of taxpayer dollars, to post their proposed local law changes on the village web site.

It took only 10 minutes to scan this 32 page document and post it online. No specialized computer expertise was required. How come the village can't post it on their web site?? Anyone who wanted a copy of this proposed change to the zoning code prior to the public hearing had to go into the village office during working hours and pay the village clerk $8. All proposed changes to local laws should be posted on the village web site. Why is the village paying inflated dollars for a web site and then not bothering to use it?

Special Use Permit Legislation- enabling legislation (9 pages PDF - 132KB)

Use Table - (8 pages PDF - 153KB) - NOTE - THIS TABLE IS NOW BEING REVISED!!

Special Use Permit Definitions - pages 1 - 5 PDF (74 KB)
Special Use Permit Definitions- pages 6-10 PDF (82 KB)
Special Use Permit Definitions- pages 11-15 PDF (76 KB)
Special Use Permit Definitions - pages 16-19 PDF (49 KB

The use table which was presented at the board's public hearing on July 27th contains an error. Nonprofit Membership Clubs were erroneously listed as being a permitted use in industrial districts. Current code clearly shows nonprofit membership clubs are NOT permitted in land zoned industrial. Trustee Michael Christensen acknowledged the typographical error. He also acknowledged that changing the zoning to permit nonprofit membership clubs in the industrial zone had never been discussed. The tennis club is a private nonprofit membership club. The tennis club swapped land with the village of Penn Yan and relocated to the industrial zone. The new village office is being built on land the tennis club used to own in the village center. The whole land swap deal could have fallen through because nonprofit membership clubs were not an allowed use in the industrial zone. It was because of this "small detail" that the village went to the trouble back in June 2003 to amend their zoning code and add a new use called "sports facilities". This new use was created specifically to make the tennis club legal and accommodate their relocation to the industrial zone. The move caused some controversy at the time and even resulted in a lawsuit. It was argued that most businesses in the same situation would have applied for a zoning variance, and the village showed favoritism by amending the entire code on behalf of the tennis club.

Archive - Past "What's New" Items:

Archive - Past "What's New" Items:

Ode to a Fallen Oak - August 7, 2004
Who Moved Our Sign? - August 14, 2004
Special Use Permits - August 21, 2004
What's Wrong with this Picture? - September 11, 2004
Who are You Calling? - September 19, 2004
Chronicle Express - Afraid to Ask the Tough Questions? - September 30, 2004
Who You Callin' - Volume 2 - December 27, 2004
Should Snowmobiles be Allowed in the Village? - January 2005
Revised EAF and so-called 'decibel study' - March 2005
A New Tour Boat for Keuka Lake - May 2005
Walgreens Proposal- July 2005
August Boat show - August 2005

 

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