Fast Food Ordinance Up for Discussion at Planning Board

The bulk of Tuesday's planning board meeting will supersize CBD zoning issues.

Village Planner Blais Brancheau will be providing the planning board the latest set of revisions on the so-called . Businesses now are considered "fast food" if they are located in the B-1 or B-2 business districts and serve food in paper containers or do not use silverware and/or glass cups.

However, Brancheau said that the lines are often blurred between what's fast food and what isn't. Ben & Jerry's, for instance, was one example that Brancheau cited in March as operating as a "fast food" business under the eyes of the ordinance. Yet the same ordinance apparently prohibits a man who wants to start a yogurt shop at the former Quiznos from opening.

The council elected not to make any changes in March, saying they were worried about the possibilities of larger-than-life burger chains (thought to be McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King) from opening up. Brancheau said the myriad of village codes related to signs, architecture and historical district would protect the village from many of its concerns.

Other things on the agenda:

Inquiry on Country Pancake's revised plans; a major soil permit for the New York Susquehana Railway; and a courtesy review of (called The Stable on the agenda, the technical address).

The planning board meets at 7:30 p.m. at Village Hall.