Protesters greet zoning review committee
Group braved cold temperatures on Feb. 24 for more than an hour
By: Matt Peppe Hyde Park Townsman Wednesday, March 3, 2005

HYDE PARK- About 20 demonstrators from the citizens group Stop the Sprawl lined Route 9 outside town hall with picket signs before the start of the zoning review committee's public hearing in Hyde Park.

Signs read "Save Hyde Park," "Public Hearing Tonight," and "Stop the Sprawl.net."
Protesters braved cold temperatures on Feb. 24 for more than an hour, gathering on both sides of the street and showing their messages to passing cars.
The zoning review committee, which has announced proposed amendments to Hyde Park's 1997 comprehensive master plan, held its first public hearing Feb. 24.
"We're here to call attention to changes in the master plan," said Stop the Sprawl spokeswoman Anne Dexter.
"Rather than change the zoning, (the zoning review committee) changed the master plan to match their zoning," she said.
The group released a statement which read: "Stop the Sprawl is outraged at this abuse of the public process and has planned this protest to let the town board know in loud and clear terms that they expect zoning that is consistent with the official 1997/2003 comprehensive plan.
"This plan limits the effects of over-development as prescribed by County Executive William Steinhaus in his 2005 State of the County address."

©Hyde Park Townsman 2005

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