Zoning changes to mandate more affordable housing in Amherst
Amherst Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST As Amherst continues to miss its goal of developing around 50 affordable housing units annually, town planners are crafting zoning revisions requiring developers to include homes in their projects for low- and moderate-income households.
In what members of the Planning Department describe as a significant amendment, all development of townhouses, apartments, mixed-use buildings and planned unit residential developments, or PURDs, with more than nine units, will be required to include affordable units as well as market-rate housing.
“This is a really big change,” Senior Planner Nathaniel Malloy told the Town Council during a presentation this week.
Amherst Historical Commission to review demolition requests May 19
The Amherst Historical Commission will review a request to demolish this six-bay garage at 20 Ball Lane in North Amherst on May 19. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
The Amherst Historical Commission will review a request to demolish this six-bay garage at 20 Ball Lane in North Amherst on May 19. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 5/14/2021 11:39:49 AM
AMHERST Multiple historic buildings, including a former auto repair garage and trucking terminal in North Amherst, and a 200-year-old home on Main Street, are in line to be demolished.
The Historical Commission at its May 19 meeting, beginning at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom, will hold hearings under the demolition delay bylaw to examine the possible removal of structures on four properties.
Zoning changes to mandate more affordable housing in Amherst
Amherst Town Hall GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/5/2021 8:01:35 PM
AMHERST As Amherst continues to miss its goal of developing around 50 affordable housing units annually, town planners are crafting zoning revisions that would mandate developers include homes in their projects for low- and moderate-income households.
In what members of the Planning Department describe as a significant amendment, all development of townhouses, apartments, mixed-use buildings and planned unit residential developments, or PURDs, with more than nine units, will be required to feature both market-rate and affordable housing.
“This is a really big change,” Senior Planner Nathaniel Malloy told the Town Council during a presentation this week.
Why Do So Many People Speed Down This Road In WNY?
I ve lived in Western New York my entire life, but I haven t lived in the same town the entire time. I spent most of my time growing up in North Amherst and then in 2013, I moved to Hamburg. I currently reside in South Buffalo, which I m really enjoying.
I spent five years living in Hamburg and it s where my parents still live. I went to Buffalo State College for two years, so I drove down Route 5 (Lake Shore Road) nearly every day during that time.
The stretch of road between when the expressway ends at Ridge Road and to the Ford Plant is a stretch of road too many drivers speed down. In fact, you could also say that about the intersection at Big Tree and down through Wanakah.
The Eruptor: High-tech research center advances in Amherst
Backers of The Eruptor Lab have a purchase-and-sale agreement on land in North Amherst near the Mill District.
A artist’s rendering shows the 80,000-square-foot building that will house the technology and manufacturing incubator, which will bring together businesses, UMass researchers and scientists.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Three-dimensional printing, laser technology and other sophisticated manufacturing equipment, to be housed in a large building in North Amherst, will provide incubation space for companies to build, develop, test and improve their products.
“This is consistent with the intellectual capital that is the backbone of the Amherst economy,” said former State Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, a principal with nuForj LLC of Springfield that is planning The Eruptor Lab, a project aimed at diversifying the town’s economy, improving its tax base and bringing 75 high-paying jobs to the region.