| Wellsville
P&Z approves rezone over neighbors' objections
By Lukas Brinkerhoff
September 28, 2007 | WELLSVILLE -- The public was not
in agreement with Wellsville city's proposed use for
the block between 400 South and 500 South.
City Manager Don Hartle proposed the block be rezoned
to accommodate a city yard for the public services department.
The city recently purchased the lot with hopes of having
the facility built within the next 10 years.
Hartle said the rezone was not necessary for the city
to put the city yard on the lot but the initial plan
was to allow a subdivision of three or four houses on
the street. He also said that the current zoning would
allow for the city yard but not for the subdivision.
Neighbors to the lot raised the concern of having
heavy equipment that would be stored on the lot causing
dangerous traffic for school children who use a park
adjacent to the access road.
"The facility location will not cause interference
with children." Hartle said. He said the public works
begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m. of that time
the trucks would leave in the morning and return in
the afternoon, avoiding the times of heavier use of
the park.
The committee unanimously approved a motion to recommend
that the Wellsville City Council approve the zone change.
However, they followed up with a motion that alternative
sites be considered and proven unworthy before continuing
with the current plan.
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