By Angela Marshall
Steve DeClue, building superintendent, sent the childhood center a letter informing its administrators that they should apply for site-plan review.
The childhood center, on North Village Avenue, plans to build a larger center on Woods Avenue. Neighbors of the property, the old Arbor Inn restaurant, have protested the proposed development at several meetings and hearings over the past two years. Many neighbors do not believe the childhood center is a school.
Until recently, the village did not allow private schools to open in some residential zones. However, a packet of bills passed by the board of trustees in October allows non-profit schools such as Rosa Lee Young to build in residential zones provided they receive special-use permits and pass site-plan reviews by the villageÕs planning board.
The new legislation gives power to interpret whether an institution meets the village's school definition or not to the superintendent of buildings.
Village trustees said they had to make the change in order to comply with state case law.
The lawsuit Rosa Lee Young filed against the village for not complying with state law has been continued indefinitely.
A date has not been set for the planning board hearing.
