The Fleming Town Council agreed to a pair of public hearings in June after denying preliminary approval for a townhouse development near Owasco Lake this week.
The Mallards Crossing proposal drew a crowd of residents Monday concerned with the environmental and social impact of building 23 townhouse units on what is now the West Lake Road Mobile Home Park.
Many urged the town to take more time considering the project that could eventually join with a lakefront subdivision of 28 single-family homes still in the early planning stages.
A six-month moratorium on multi-unit development in the town's lakeshore district that the board defeated 3-2 Monday will be reconsidered at a special meeting June 25.
Councilman John Sroka made the motion to revive the moratorium resolution following the Mallards Crossing hearing.
“This will afford the opportunity to consider new information that's coming out,” Sroka said Tuesday, using a study on Owasco Lake due in July as an example. “Let's have a time out, let's approach this thing with intelligence.”
Developers Thomas and Christine Izzo are uncertain about the project's future. The moratorium is the latest board proposal that seems to target the couple, Christine said Tuesday.
“You can own land in Fleming, but apparently you can't do what you want with it in Fleming,” Izzo said.
Town Supervisor James Young said it might seem that way because the Izzos' projects are unique now.
He voted against the moratorium.
“It's my feeling that the current laws we have do exactly what the proposals are,” Young said, noting that traffic and environmental studies are a part of the building process.
The board will also discuss a tabled resolution to amend the lakeshore district boundaries at the June 25 meeting.
On another housing front, Sroka introduced a resolution to establish a permit system for rental properties. The Izzos rent three properties on the lake in Fleming.
The permits would require inspections every two years or with each change in occupancy.
In addition, permits would not be issued to those renting properties for less than a month with the exception of hotels, motels and bed and breakfast inns.
The measure is intended to protect the integrity of neighborhoods by ensuring properties are kept in good condition and that visitors stay long enough to have a stake in the community, Sroka said.
“Someone who stays a month or longer becomes a part of that neighborhood,” he said.
The rental law will get a public hearing at 7:45 p.m. June 11.
“I hope for these hearings we get just as many people out as we did last night,” Young said. “We'd like to hear from both sides.”
Staff writer Shane Liebler can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or shane.liebler@lee.net
If you go
Public hearings at Fleming Town Hall:
June 11: Rental law at 7:45 p.m.
June 25: Building moratorium at 7:30 p.m.
Many urged the town to take more time considering the project that could eventually join with a lakefront subdivision of 28 single-family homes still in the early planning stages.
A six-month moratorium on multi-unit development in the town's lakeshore district that the board defeated 3-2 Monday will be reconsidered at a special meeting June 25.
Councilman John Sroka made the motion to revive the moratorium resolution following the Mallards Crossing hearing.
“This will afford the opportunity to consider new information that's coming out,” Sroka said Tuesday, using a study on Owasco Lake due in July as an example. “Let's have a time out, let's approach this thing with intelligence.”
Developers Thomas and Christine Izzo are uncertain about the project's future. The moratorium is the latest board proposal that seems to target the couple, Christine said Tuesday.
“You can own land in Fleming, but apparently you can't do what you want with it in Fleming,” Izzo said.
Town Supervisor James Young said it might seem that way because the Izzos' projects are unique now.
He voted against the moratorium.
“It's my feeling that the current laws we have do exactly what the proposals are,” Young said, noting that traffic and environmental studies are a part of the building process.
The board will also discuss a tabled resolution to amend the lakeshore district boundaries at the June 25 meeting.
On another housing front, Sroka introduced a resolution to establish a permit system for rental properties. The Izzos rent three properties on the lake in Fleming.
The permits would require inspections every two years or with each change in occupancy.
In addition, permits would not be issued to those renting properties for less than a month with the exception of hotels, motels and bed and breakfast inns.
The measure is intended to protect the integrity of neighborhoods by ensuring properties are kept in good condition and that visitors stay long enough to have a stake in the community, Sroka said.
“Someone who stays a month or longer becomes a part of that neighborhood,” he said.
The rental law will get a public hearing at 7:45 p.m. June 11.
“I hope for these hearings we get just as many people out as we did last night,” Young said. “We'd like to hear from both sides.”
Staff writer Shane Liebler can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or shane.liebler@lee.net
If you go
Public hearings at Fleming Town Hall:
June 11: Rental law at 7:45 p.m.
June 25: Building moratorium at 7:30 p.m.
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