“We’ve been contacted by multiple residents interested in ADUs,” Kenneth Kovalchik, the town’s planner, told the board. “But it’s just we’ve got to get our code updated to match what people want to do.”
The 90 parking spots approved for 1671 Western Ave. are nearly triple the number of spaces the town’s zoning code allows but resolve what had become a persistent operational problem for the popular restaurant The Scene.
Altamont’s proposed tax rate for next year would rise to $2.29 per $1,000 of assessed value, up from $2.24 per $1,000 this year — a five-cent increase.
William Delanoy told the zoning board that he wasn’t looking for sympathy; he was looking for the board to act. “We’re working-class people,” he said, “and we rely on you guys to protect us.”
“The Vojnar Family Trust is in the process of evicting those tenants through counsel, and that process is ongoing. We have worked hand-in-hand with the Trust’s eviction attorney to ensure that the tenants’ legal rights are respected as that process plays out,” says the chief legal officer at Carver Companies.
The school board here will decide at its March 10 meeting on a $1.7 million vehicle-purchase proposition that does not include electric buses and on a capital-reserve proposition that would allow a maximum of $20 million in funding.
