Bowing out on Brow

VILLAGE OF LIVERPOOL – Brow Street residents are breathing a sigh of relief this week after developers withdrew their application to the village planning board which could have led to the construction of four two-family townhouses at the corner of Vine Street.
The planning board had conducted public hearings in August and September about a plan to build duplexes at 103 Vine St.
Developer Michael Dougherty of Park & Vine Holdings and Taber Rowlee of the Rowlee Construction Company presented their plan to the board in August, but after hearing several neighbors speak in opposition, failed to return to appear again before the board in September.
Last week, the village received word that their application had been withdrawn, according to Deputy Village Clerk Sandra Callahan.
At the public hearing in August several Brow Street neighbors expressed doubts about locating eight rental units there. Their concerns ranged from traffic to parking to garbage.
At the Sept. 25 public hearing, board Chairman Bob Bradt read from the 2006 village comprehensive plan which warned against adding multi-family units in that neighborhood while advising against projects that could increase traffic.
Eight Brow Street residents from attended the continuation of the public hearing and four of them reiterated their opposition to the duplexes.