Urban planners are realizing that how our forebears developed communities was the best approach. That is, compact communities, largely walkable and buildings
Cars drive down Main Street, Lake Placid, on March 22.
(Enterprise photo â Andy Flynn) LAKE PLACID Suggested alterations to the local land-use code were presented to the North Elba Town Council and Lake Placid Village Board of Trustees during a joint meeting on Friday. The local land-use code hasn’t been substantially reviewed and rewritten since 2011. Dean Dietrich, representing a committee created by lawmakers last May to review the town-village code, outlined a few different ideas for updating the code. The suggestions included: ¯ Allow income-based housing developments to be built taller, up to 45 feet. ¯ Impose standards for lawn signs. ¯ Change the definition of “marina” to mean anyone with more than one docked boat not owned by them.