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Archive for 'Planning Board News'

Calkins Road and Route 22 subdivisions on Planning Board June agenda

AGENDA PERU PLANNING BOARD  Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Peru Town Hall

Planning Board approves Twetan plans

Betty Corrow, Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 7:00pm, to order. ROLL CALL:  BETTY CORROW, CHAIR  : PRESENT, RICHARD WILLIAMS, VICE CHAIR     : PRESENT

Boiler law continues to evoke the ire of a few residents

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board conducted its scheduled Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the outdoor Wood Boiler Law which they passed in September 2008. The Board proposed dropping Definition 3. B. as it relates to commercial enterprises and Prohibition 5. 2) which prohibited an outdoor wood boiler within 750 feet of […]

Business investment near the Bear Swamp Road

Peru will have a new business in the community by the end of the summer. On May 13th the Town Planning Board approved Rick Quero’s plans to construct a self-storage facility near the corner of the Bear Swamp and Dashnaw Roads. The 195’ x 250’ property is on the Dashnaw Road adjacent to the Yarborough […]

Outdoor wood boilers dominate February Planning Board meeting

Richard Williams, Vice Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday,  February 11, 2009 at 7:05pm, to order.

Planning Board agenda includes subdivisions and storage units

AGENDA PERU PLANNING BOARD Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at  7:00 p.m.  Peru Town Hall    MERGE/SUBDIVISION BEVERLY BURL                  & SEQR:                3-Lot Merge and Subdivision on Mannix Rd.  SITE PLAN REVIEW:   RICK QUERO        Site Plan Review for Storage Units on Dashnaw Rd.  […]

Listen, learn and voice your opinion about protecting Peru’s open spaces

By Rodney Brown Updated March 28, 2009. (A link to the Draft Open Space Plan appears at the end of Mr. Brown’s story) On Tuesday, March 31st at 7:00pm the Committee to Implement the Comprehensive Plan, along with consultant Nan Stolzenberg of Community Planning and Environmental Associates, will present a draft document titled “Town of […]

Planning Board approves three boilers and reviews past year

Richard Williams, Vice Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:00pm, to order.

Public hearing scheduled on proposed open burning law

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru may have an open burning law in place within the next few weeks. The Peru Town Board at its February 23, 2009 meeting

This committee’s work is important to town’s future

Submitted by Adele Douglas The Committee to Implement the Comprehensive Plan welcomes the public at all its meetings. The Committee usually meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6:30 in the Town Hall.  Meeting dates for the next month will be confirmed on the calendar in the Town Hall.

Wood Boilers are the only Planning Board agenda items

Click here for the Planning Board Agenda

Boilers and used clothing store approved

Click here for minutes of the Planning Board’s December 2008 meeting

Peru’s $4.2 million in residential building bucks the trend

By John T. Ryan Anyone reading the news headlines would believe that home building has almost come to a halt, but last year the Town of Peru did not follow the national trends.  Code Enforcement Officer Paul Blaine

Outdoor Wood Boilers will be reviewed at Planning Board’s January meeting

AGENDA PERU PLANNING BOARD Wednesday, January 14, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Several boilers and Pasquales pick-up building approved by Planning Board

Click here for Planning Board Minutes

Planning Board December agenda + August & October minutes

AGENDA PERU PLANNING BOARD Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Outdoor wood boilers dominate Planning Board November agenda

Posted October 29, 2008 by John T. Ryan

Blaine issues outdoor wood boiler guidelines

Posted September 29, 2008 by John T. Ryan Zoning Enforcement Officer Paul Blaine has issued guidelines for Peru’s recently passed Outdoor Wood Boiler (OWB) law. They were  issued in an attempt to clarify the law’s primary provisions.