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T h e vill a g e w a s o n e st e p c l o s e r t o h a vi n g a billb o a r d o n t h e w e st s i d e of C o n c o r di a C e m et e r y w h e n t h e Pl a n ni n g a n d Z o ni n g C o m mi s si o n a p p r o v e d it M a r c h 1 6 a n d r e c o m m e n d e d t h e vill a g e c o u n cil d o t h e s a m e . B ut a n e r r o r at t h at m e eti n g r e q ui r e s t h e c o m mi s si o n t o r e- v ot e o n t h e billb o a r d at it s n e xt m e eti n g o n A p ril 2 0. A p p r o vi n g t h e bill b o a r d e nt ail e d t h r e e t hi n g s: a c o n diti o n al u s e p e r m it b e c a u s e t h e vill a g e c o d e o nl y a p p r o v e s bill b o a r d s i n i n d u st ri al di s t ri ct s, a n d t h e c e m et e r y i s z o n e d r e si d e nti all y; a m a p a m e n d m e nt t o r efl e ct t h e c h a n g e; a n d a pl at of s u b di vi si o n, s o a s m all p o rt i o n of t h e
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