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2010-05-28 Vestal board rejects LED sign law
The Vestal Town Board rejected a proposed law that would regulate the use of light-emitting diode (Led) signs at its Wednesday meeting.
A prominent voice in opposition to the measure, Councilman Fran Majewski said allowing the law would lead to more accidents.
In a rare event, he said, board members failed to second a motion from Supervisor Peter Andreasen to accept the county's negative declaration on the county's State Environmental Quality Review Act, required to pass the law.
"It's the first time I've ever seen it in my 6? years," Majewski said.
The board debated the issue for several months after several business owners came to the town requesting to use LED signs at their businesses. The technology would allow them to regularly and easily change their messages to potential customers, business owners said.
Detractors of the proposed law, including Majewski, said that the signs would lead to driver inattention, especially on busy roads that have lots of businesses, such as the Vestal Parkway.
The proposed law would have allowed the signs in commercial districts with a number of restrictions, including: only a single shade of amber on the displays; a message must stay lit for 10 minutes, to avoid constant changes; a sign can be no more 40 square feet and be no greater than 10 feet in length, width or height.
During the same meeting, the town board also approved a zoning request change — from commercial development to commercial — and special permit to pave the way for a car wash on the Vestal Parkway across from Town Square Mall and west of the plaza that houses Starbucks and Pier 1 Imports.
At two public hearings held on the issue in previous weeks, more than a dozen residents lobbied against the change, most saying that the traffic coming in and out of a car wash would lead to more accidents in an area already prone to them.
The 3-2 vote had support from Majewski, Andreasen and Councilman David Marnicki.
A prominent voice in opposition to the measure, Councilman Fran Majewski said allowing the law would lead to more accidents.
In a rare event, he said, board members failed to second a motion from Supervisor Peter Andreasen to accept the county's negative declaration on the county's State Environmental Quality Review Act, required to pass the law.
"It's the first time I've ever seen it in my 6? years," Majewski said.
The board debated the issue for several months after several business owners came to the town requesting to use LED signs at their businesses. The technology would allow them to regularly and easily change their messages to potential customers, business owners said.
Detractors of the proposed law, including Majewski, said that the signs would lead to driver inattention, especially on busy roads that have lots of businesses, such as the Vestal Parkway.
The proposed law would have allowed the signs in commercial districts with a number of restrictions, including: only a single shade of amber on the displays; a message must stay lit for 10 minutes, to avoid constant changes; a sign can be no more 40 square feet and be no greater than 10 feet in length, width or height.
During the same meeting, the town board also approved a zoning request change — from commercial development to commercial — and special permit to pave the way for a car wash on the Vestal Parkway across from Town Square Mall and west of the plaza that houses Starbucks and Pier 1 Imports.
At two public hearings held on the issue in previous weeks, more than a dozen residents lobbied against the change, most saying that the traffic coming in and out of a car wash would lead to more accidents in an area already prone to them.
The 3-2 vote had support from Majewski, Andreasen and Councilman David Marnicki.
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