row or HORSEHEADS nawvorx 150 Wygant Road Horscheadls, New York 14845 (607) 739-8783 + Fax (607) 739-0460 TDD-711 wwew.townofhorseheads.org SUPERVISOR DONALD J. FISCHER DEPUTY SUPERVISOR STEPHEN E, WILBER ATTORNEY. COUNCILMEN JOHN P. MUSTICO GARY H. RIOPKO CARL R. LEWIS, 5R, STEPHEN E. WILBER February 6, 2023 DONALD W. ZEIGLER TOWN CLERK CATHY R, WOOD, Journey Church, Inc. 116 Breesport Road Horseheads, NY 14845 Attn: Scott Lowmaster the fown of Horseheads has been aware that for the past year or more Journey Church, Inc., through various subsidiaries have been operating outside the approvals granted to Journey Church pursuant to the ‘lawn of Horseheads Town Code Chapter 204 Article XIV Planned Unit Development (PUD). The property located at 116 Breesport Road is zoned Residential A. Churches and community buildings are permitted uses in the zone, At the time you made application for a building permit for the addition you e ed a ‘0 operate the property for certain commercial purposes, which were expressed. The Town suggested, that since the uses you desired were not permitted uses within a Residential A zone, an application for a PUD would be beneficial, allowing the Church to apply to the Town Board to operate certain commercial activities as may be approved by the town Board, on a case by case basis. This would allow the Town to have control over the proposed expansion of uses beyond the those permitted in a Residence A zone. ne of the approvai by tie Town Board of tie PUD, ihe Church was not granted permission to operate the myriad of uses requested in its application, however, was yr approval to operate professional offices on the premises. Since the date of the approval, the Church has not made any application io die Town Code &: fice for an operaling permit for any professional office on the premise. Nor has the Church made any ‘The Town of Horses isan equal opportunity provider and employesapplication for expansion of its PLD for approval of uses beyond the professional offices. Presently, based upon public information, including social media Postings, the Church and/or its various subsidiaries, has operated and is operating the premises, which the Church appears to cali the “L', as a commercial property. The Church has operated and continues to operate on the premises commercial activities, including but, perhaps, not limited to a fitness center, barber shop, wedding venue, concert venue and either open or soon to open, a café restaurant Therefore, Journey Church, Inc., as Property owner, and it subsidiaries sho e ail commercial activities on the premises, currently termed the “L’, until further application is made to the Town Board for amendment to its PUD for the operation of each of the various commercial activities. lustico, Esq Attorney for the Town