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Six Applications submitted to Planning Board for Dec. 13 agenda

AGENDA – PERU Planning Board WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 6:00 PM CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of November 8, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2023-012; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA Leon Blair, 280.1-8-67; 817 Union Rd P2023-020; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA WJB Properties LLC, 269.-1-39, […]

Will Peru hire an experienced professional to update its zoning ordinance?

By John T Ryan Peru – It’s time to hire a professional to update Peru’s zoning ordinance. That’s the message Planning Board member Ali Webbinaro delivered to the Peru Town Board at an October budget workshop and on November 14 at the board’s special meeting to adopt the 2024 town budget. Noting that she was […]

AGENDA – Planning Board WEDNESDAY November 8, 2023 @ 6:00 PM TOWN OF PERU

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of October 11, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS: P2023-012; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA Leon Blair, 280.1-8-67; 817 Union Rd P2023-020; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA,  WJB Properties LLC,  269.-1-39, Town Park Rd P2023-021; 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA,  Elmer Duprey,  293.-1-55.5;Parsons Rd 4. […]

AGENDA – Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, October 11, 2023 @ 6:00 PM, TOWN OF PERU

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of September13, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2023-012; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA Leon Blair, 280.1-8-67; 817 Union Rd P2023-020; Site Plan Approval with SEQRA WJB Properties LLC 269.-1-39, Town Park Rd P2023-027; 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Sam Duval, 280.-1-61.2, 628 […]

AGENDA – PERU TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING

AUGUST 28 @ 6:00 PM Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports. MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting Minutes of July 24, Special Meeting Minutes of August […]

AGENDA Planning Board WEDNESDAY June 14, 2023 @ 6:00 PM TOWN OF PERU

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of May 10, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS: ANY FURTHER BUSINESS CEO REPORT ADJOURNMENT 1. P2023-009 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Chip Blair 2. P2023-012 Site Plan Review with SEQRA 278.-1-3-4; 881 Mannix Rd Leon Blair 280.1-8-67; 817 Union Rd P2023-013 […]

Agenda – Peru Planning Board, Wednesday, May 24 @ 6 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of April 26, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS: ANY FURTHER BUSINESS CEO REPORT ADJOURNMENT AGENDA Planning Board WEDNESDAY, April 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM TOWN OF PERU 1. P2023-008 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA P2023-009 3-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Chip […]

Meet the guy behind Burlington’s renaissance. Could his ideas work in the North Country?

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AGENDA – Planning Board WEDNESDAY, April 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of February 8, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2023-003 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA   Keystone Novelties Distributors LLC Retail Sale of NY legal fireworks 280.-1-30.11 729 Bear Swamp Rd P2023-004 Merge with SEQRA Edward Saunders 258.-4-9 and 258.-4-12 […]

AGENDA Planning Board WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

Five items on PB Agenda  TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of February 8, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS: P2023-003 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA                                          […]

AGENDA – Planning Board WEDNESDAY, February 8, 2023 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of January 11, 2023, minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS:                                              1.P2023-001 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA          […]

Town will repair lawns damaged by its plows and a Telegraph Road bridge must be replaced

By John T. Ryan Peru – Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass chaired the January 23rd Peru Town Board meeting. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell said his department would repair lawns damaged by the town’s snow plows. Call his office at 518-643-8657 to report any damage. Thanks to its new road salting program, very little sand, if any, […]

Here’s a 2023 New Year’s Resolution idea for you

Consider becoming an alternate member of either Peru’s Zoning Board of Appeals or the Planning Board. Each board has a full complement of members at present; however, if more than one member isn’t able to attend a meeting, a board might have to delay action on essential agenda items. Delays discourage applicants, sometimes add extra […]

AGENDA – Peru Planning Board WEDNESDAY, January 11 , 2023 @ 6:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of December 14, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS:                       1.P2022-017  Site Plan Approval/Warehouse with SEQRA                                     […]

Eleven items highlight Planning Board Agenda

WEDNESDAY, December 14, 2022, @ 6:00 PM TOWN OF PERU   1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of October 12, 2022 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS 1.P2022-006 Site Plan Review/2 Four-plex townhouses Nathan Wilson, Davey Drive, Peru; 280.-1-30.12 2.P2022-017 Site Plan Approval/Warehouse with […]

AGENDA Planning Board WEDNESDAY, October 12, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of September 14, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS                       1.P2022-017  Site Plan Approval with SEQRA                              […]

AGENDA – Planning Board WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL AMMENDMENT of July 13, 2022 minutes APPROVAL of August 10, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS 1.P2022-017 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA Ryan Darby Warehouse 258.-1-18 Rock Rd Peru, NY 12972 2 .P2022-023 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA Yellow 6 LLC […]

City of Plattsburgh holds public meeting on draft master plan

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AGENDA Planning Board , WEDNESDAY, August 10, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of July 13, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS: 1.P2022-0017 2-Site Plan Approval with SEQRA   Ryan Darby   258.-1-18   Rock Rd                 Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-021 Site Plan Approval  with SEQRA […]

AGENDA – Peru Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022, 6:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL, APPROVAL of June 8, 2022 minutes, OPEN FLOOR to public hearing   APPLICATIONS:   1.P2022-0018 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Kim Lawrance Jan Dahlen 270.-2-24 3493 State Route 9 Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-019 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Linda Covel 267.-1-13.1 830/832 Mannix Rd Peru, NY […]

Adirondack Park Agency members confirmed by Senate

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Planning Board June Meeting Agenda

AGENDA, Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, June 8, 2022 @ 6:00 PM, TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of May 11, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS:  1.P2022-013 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA                                                               James and Cheryl Murray                                                                268.-1-52.7                                                                751 Brand Hollow Rd                                                                  Peru, […]

Agenda – Planning Board Meeting of May 11, 2022 at 6 p.m.

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of 13, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS:  1.P2022-006 Davey Drive Commons, LLC Site Plan Review with SEQRA                                                               Davey Drive Commons LLC                                                                280.-1-30.12                                                                Davey Drive                                                                  Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-010 Site Plan Approval […]

AGENDA – Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, April 13, 2022 @ 6:00 PM, TOWN OF PERU

(Note – Date corrected. Originated read April 6) 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of March 9, 2022 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS:   1.P2022-006 Davey Drive Commons, LLC Site Plan Review with SEQRA Davey Drive Commons LLC 280.-1-30.12 Davey Drive Peru, NY […]

AGENDA – Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, March 9, 2022 TOWN OF PERU

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Options – In-person or online via Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81386210880… Meeting ID: 813 8621 0880 Passcode: 774523 One tap mobile +16465588656,,81386210880#,,,,*774523# US (New York) +13017158592,,81386210880#,,,,*774523# US (Washington DC) 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of February 9, 2022 minutes 5. […]