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3. The Jamesville Community supports this legislation and was grateful for <strong>the</strong> opportunity<br />

to participate in <strong>the</strong> process <strong>of</strong> drafting this legislation.<br />

4. This Board takes note <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> findings <strong>of</strong> Syracuse Onondaga County Planning Agency<br />

which found no countywide negative impact with respect to this legislation.<br />

5. This Local Law comes with <strong>the</strong> recommendation with <strong>the</strong> Zoning Update Committee’s<br />

subcommittee and <strong>the</strong> Hamlet Committee following <strong>the</strong>ir thorough study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se matters.<br />

Adopted 6 Ayes<br />

Motion by Councilor Mannion, seconded by Councilor Baker.<br />

<strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong><br />

Local Law #8 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Year <strong>2008</strong><br />

Hamlet Zoning Provisions<br />

Be it enacted by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> as follows:<br />

Section 1.<br />

Title<br />

This local law shall be referred to as "Hamlet Zoning Provisions". For reference, this is a Local Law<br />

which modifies Chapter 192 <strong>of</strong> Zoning <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Code <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> which was recently fully<br />

revised and adopted on January 1, <strong>2008</strong> pursuant to <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> Local Law #6 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 2007.<br />

Section 2.<br />

Purpose and Intent<br />

Pursuant to <strong>the</strong> statutory powers vested in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> (also referred to herein as <strong>the</strong><br />

"<strong>Town</strong>") to regulate and control land use and to protect <strong>the</strong> health, safety and welfare <strong>of</strong> its residents,<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> adopted a Comprehensive Plan in 2002 and in said Plan<br />

authorized a thorough updating <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1967 Zoning Ordinance and related land use portions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>DeWitt</strong> Code. By <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> Local Law # 6 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year 2007, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong><br />

implemented <strong>the</strong> Comprehensive Plan which Local Law repealed Chapters 37,86,97,114,130,151,167<br />

and 192 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Code <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> in <strong>the</strong>ir entirety and adopted a new, reenacted Chapter<br />

192. As part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dictate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Comprehensive Plan <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> also undertook a<br />

thorough review <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> zoning districts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> town and ultimately adopted <strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> Local<br />

Law # 3 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> year <strong>2008</strong>. The Zoning Update Committee appointed by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Board to make<br />

recommendations relative to <strong>the</strong> adoption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two above-mentioned Local Laws continued its<br />

work in a subcommittee, “The Hamlet Zoning Committee", to review zoning code sections, with a<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional consultant, in light <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> particular characteristics and zoning concerns <strong>of</strong> a part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Town</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>DeWitt</strong> referred to in <strong>the</strong> Comprehensive Plan <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Town</strong> as "The Hamlet" and/or "The<br />

Jamesville Hamlet".<br />

Section 3.<br />

Legislative Findings<br />

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