The Amherst Town Board unanimously approved the process Monday to begin modifying the town’s site plan regulations and require safety barriers in front of new restaurants and other places of assembly constructed in the town.
The measure, introduced by Deputy Supervisor Guy R. Marlette during a work session, is in response to recent crashes in the area in which motorists drove into buildings, either killing or injuring patrons and employees inside.
“There was quite a bit of conversation going back and forth between the board members and the building commissioner, the director of planning,” Marlette said after the board’s regular business meeting Monday evening.
“But at the end of the day, we all agreed that it’s something that should go back to planning so that they can . . . modify
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