JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals has turned down the proposal to install a cellphone tower in a residential zone. The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that the board on Wednesday voted down the use and area variance submitted … [Read more...]
Zoning Board Tables Cell Phone Variance Request for Second Time
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals has once again tabled a variance request involving a cell tower being erected in a residential neighborhood on the west side of the city. The Jamestown Post-Journal says the zoning board on … [Read more...]
Monopine Cell Tower Again Goes before Zoning Board on Wednesday Afternoon
JAMESTOWN - The issue of whether or not a cell tower should be put up in a residential area of Jamestown will go before the city zoning board Wednesday afternoon. In September the Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals tabled the use and area variances … [Read more...]
Sheldon House Would be Owner-Occupied Residence if Purchased by Prospective Buyer
JAMESTOWN - The person who wants to be the historic Sheldon House from Jamestown Community College plans to make it an owner-occupied residence. That’s according to Jamestown City Council finance committee chair Tony Dolce, who updated the city … [Read more...]
Zoning Board Tables Cell Tower Variance Request
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals has tabled the use and area variances proposed by Verizon Wireless to install a 100-foot "monopine" cellphone tower in a residential area of the city. On Wednesday, the zoning board met and tabled … [Read more...]
City Zoning Board to Consider Cell Phone Tower Variance for Hallock Street Wednesday Afternoon
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Wednesday afternoon to consider a zoning variance for the installation of a 100-foot cellphone tower in a residential area on the city’s north side. The variance request is being filed by … [Read more...]
City Zoning Board Denies Variance for Grocery Store on Newland Avenue
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals met on Wednesday to review to variance requests, with one being approved and the other being turned down. According to the Post-Journal, the zoning board voted 6 to 0 against a use and area … [Read more...]
Jamestown Resident Calls for Resignation of Five Zoning Board Members in Wake of Sheldon House Decision
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Published June 23, 2017 at 9:56 a.m.; Revised June 23, 2017 at 10:40 a.m.) JAMESTOWN - An individual who had made an offer to Jamestown Community College to purchase the Sheldon House and keep it as a residential property has some … [Read more...]
Lynn Group Will Not Pursue Further Legal Action Following Appellate Court Decision on Sheldon House
JAMESTOWN - The Lynn Development Group says it will not proceed with trying to purchase the Sheldon House in Jamestown following an appellate court's decision to overturn a zoning variance for the property. The announcement comes via a statement … [Read more...]
State Appellate Division Court Overturns Zoning Board Variance for Sheldon House
ROCHESTER - A state appellate court has overturned a 2016 zoning variance granted by the Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals involving the Sheldon House. On Friday, ,June 16 the New York 4th Appellate Division, based in Rochester, released its … [Read more...]