DETAILS IN THIS WEEK'S JOURNAL
Zoning Code OK'd
To Divide Houses
Into Apartments
Dean Votes Nay In Split Vote
By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – After a 90-minute public hearing this evening, the Village Board voted, with one nay vote, to approve a zoning code that would create more housing by easing the conversion of single-family homes into apartments.
The sole nay vote was Trustee Jim Dean, wh0 said, "I don't know the answer" to creating more affordable housing. "It's a tough problem" statewide and nationally, he said.
Unanimously, the Village Board also approved a six-month moratorium on construction in the lot where Dunkin' Donuts proposed development at Walnut and Chestnut streets; Dunkin' has withdrawn its application for that site.
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