OUT OF COLLEGE IN 62, I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 1962 CHEVY IMPALA, AND MY CAR PAYMENT WAS $19. A
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WILD. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JANUARY 7TH PLANNING BOARD MEETING TO ORDER. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THIS EVENING WE HAVE A NEW VICE CHAIR, WHICH IS CAITLIN SHIMURA. WE ALSO HAVE A NEW SECRETARY, WHICH IS AUGIE GERACI. AND I'M GOING TO ASK AUGIE TO. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THIS, AUGIE, BUT I NEED YOU TO CALL THE ROLL. OKAY? CINDY COCHRAN. COCHRAN. CRONICAN. OKAY, WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO SPEAK INTO YOUR MIC SO THEY CAN PICK IT UP ON THE TAPE, PLEASE? AND YOU WANT TO PUT THAT OTHER MIC BY. BY JOE. SO WE GOT A BALANCE. OKAY. STARTING AGAIN. OKAY. CINDY GRONINGEN'S PRESENT. KIM FINDLAY PRESENT. RYAN.PRESENT. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. BLAKE I'M SORRY. BRIAN. BRIAN. STEWART. PRESENT. KIM. KIM.
CAITLYN. SHIMURA. PRESENT. JACK CLARK HERE. AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER, WHICH IS RICH ZAJAC. AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECT? AND IT'S Z J. CORRECT. AND HE'S HERE. SO WE HAVE A FULL BOARD.
AND I WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER. AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT, I'M YOUR NEW CHAIR FOR 2026. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START. IF I CAN GET EVERYBODY TO SIT DOWN IN THE AUDIENCE SO WE DON'T HAVE TALKING ON THE MICROPHONE. SORRY. MR. HOPKINS, CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE A SEAT SO WE CAN GET STARTED? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST OUR FIRST CASE
[1. Public Hearing – 7:00 P.M., Matt Kavanaugh – Requesting Re-Approval for an as-built site plan for a retail development at 5110 Camp Road]
IS MATT CAVANAUGH REQUESTING REAPPROVAL AS A ON A AS BUILT SITE PLAN FOR 511 CAMP ROAD.AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. SO IF MR. CAVANAUGH WANTS TO COME UP, GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE, AND THEN WE WILL START THE START THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU TALK INTO THAT MICROPHONE. NOW, WE DID HAVE THE MICROPHONES LOOKED AT, AND THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT WE HAVE TO TALK RIGHT INTO THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO PICK IT UP OR WHATEVER. I'LL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN. I'M MATT CAVANAUGH, I REPRESENT DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M HERE FOR SITE PLAN REZONING. I GUESS THAT'S THE WORD FOR IT. BUT ANYWAY, ALL I WANT TO DO IS JUST NOT PUT THE DRIVEWAY IN AND PUT SOME ENTRANCE EXIT SIGNS IN. I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE. OKAY, SO TONIGHT IS YOUR PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD, I DON'T I'LL HAVE YOU SET. AND WITH THAT I'LL HAVE MEMBER DARCY READ THE NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR MATT CAVANAUGH. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSAL FOR AMENDED SITE APPROVAL OF AN AS BUILT SITE PLAN FOR RETAIL DEVELOPMENT AT 5110 CAMP ROAD. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026 AT 7 P.M. IN ROOM SEVEN A, SEVEN AND SEVEN B OF THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL. OKAY. THANK YOU. IN ORDER TO HEAR FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS AT A REASONABLE HOUR, A THREE MINUTE RULE WILL APPLY DURING A PUBLIC HEARING. A PUBLIC HEARING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION ON HOW THEY ARE IMPACTED BY THE PROJECT. IT IS NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, AND I STRESS THAT WE ARE NOT HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ALL STATEMENTS MADE DURING THE HEARING, AS WELL AS WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE, WILL BE SENT TO THE PLANNING BOARD AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT FOR RESPONSE AT A LATER TIME. SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT ON MATT CAVANAUGH AT 5110 CAMP ROAD.
ANYONE? SECOND CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR MATT CAVANAUGH. THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR PUBLIC
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HEARING FOR MATT CAVANAUGH AT 5110 CAMP ROAD. SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.AND. WE ALSO HAVE MR. RILEY HERE THIS EVENING. BACK FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HERE IN HAMBURG, JOSH IS ON A PLANE, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER. SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER AT THIS POINT? OKAY. ALL I HAVE TO OFFER IS THAT YOUR ACTION TONIGHT WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE RESOLUTIONS. THERE'D BE TWO RESOLUTIONS. AND THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS THERE WAS A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION ISSUED FOR THIS PROJECT. WE CAN EITHER NOTE ON THE RECORD THAT THERE ARE NO MAJOR ENOUGH CHANGES TO WARRANT CHANGES TO THAT NEGATIVE DECLARATION, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO REISSUE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION? THE REST OF IT WOULD BE A STANDARD SITE PLAN APPROVAL WITH ANY CONDITIONS.
THE ONLY CONDITION WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD WORK WITH, OTHER THAN THE STANDARD ONES, WOULD WORK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE RELOCATION OF THAT SIGN. OKAY, JEFF HAS TOLD ME HE'D LIKE TO WORK WITH HIM TO COME UP WITH THE PROPER LOCATION OF THAT SIGN AND AND ALSO TO COVER THE OTHER SIGN THAT'S OUT THERE. YES. SO IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY FURTHER CONFUSION. SO YOU'RE ONLY ACTIONS I WOULD BE AUTHORIZE US. AND LIKE I SAID, GIVE SOME DIRECTION TO JOSH ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH SEEKER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME AND THEN ANY OTHER CONDITIONS, YOU COULD ALWAYS ADD THEM IN THE FUTURE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PLACE ON THAT SITE. PLAN APPROVAL. I WILL AUTHORIZE THE RESOLUTION FOR NEXT MEETING, AND JOSH USUALLY PUTS THEM ALL TOGETHER SO HE'LL WHATEVER JOSH DOES USUALLY. THEN WE'LL JUST STICK WITH THAT. WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, BUT TO MAKE NOTE ABOUT THE SIGN THAT THE EXISTING SIGN NEEDS TO BE COVERED. OKAY. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER IN REGARDS TO THIS CASE? NO. NO COMMENTS. OKAY, SO WE WILL GO ON TO OUR WHERE IS OUR APPLICANT FOR MR. KAVANAUGH? DID HE LEAVE ALREADY? OKAY. WELL SO YOU'RE ALL SET AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. IT'S BECAUSE WE ONLY INVITE THE REALLY NICE PEOPLE BACK. OKAY, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. IN TWO WEEKS. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE HIM COME BACK. OUR NEXT CASE IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING
[2. Public Hearing – 7:00 P.M., Boston State Holdings, LLC – Requesting Preliminary Plat Approval for a 2-lot subdivision for an additional single-family lot to be split from the Village at Cedar Valley at 3385 Cedar Valley Way]
FOR BOSTON STATE HOLDINGS LLC, REQUESTING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE HOME LOT TO BE SPLIT FROM THE VILLAGE OF CEDAR VALLEY AT THREE, THREE, EIGHT, FIVE CEDAR VALLEY WAY. AND THE APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND BRING EVERYBODY UP TO DATE BEFORE NOW? YOU'RE JUST HERE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WANT TO ADD TO? WHO'S SPEAKING? HI, THIS IS DAVID BURKE, AND WITH SEAN HOPKINS ATTORNEY, I'M WITH CEDAR VALLEY HOLDINGS. I'M A PARTNER WITH THE RUSSO BROTHERS, WHO ARE ON THE BACK. AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE SINGLE LOT SUBDIVISION. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE TO TO ADD OR OFFER? THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE. DREW KNOWS THIS BETTER THAN ANYONE. THIS PROJECT WAS SUBJECT ORIGINALLY TO A VERY LONG REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS THAT DID INCLUDE ISSUANCE OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT. IF YOU LOOK WAY BACK AT THAT DOCUMENTATION, THE DENSITY OF THIS PROJECT WITH ONE ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS LOWER THAN WHAT IT WAS THEN. SO FROM A SEEKER PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VERY MINOR REQUEST. OKAY.ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE MEMBER GERACI READ THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY LOT TO BE SPLIT FROM THE VILLAGE AT CEDAR VALLEY AT THREE, THREE, EIGHT, FIVE CEDAR VALLEY WAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026 AT 7 P.M. IN ROOM SEVEN A AND SEVEN B OF THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL. OKAY, GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. COULD I JUST COULD I MAKE ONE OTHER COMMENT? THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT. AND AGAIN, I WELCOME DREW AND CAMMIE'S INPUT ON THIS IS TECHNICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL LOT. ONE THING WE WOULD LIKE TO AVOID HAVING TO DO IS GO AND ACTUALLY FILE AN AMENDED MAP COVER AT THE ERIE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF THE REQUEST. YOU CAN BRING THAT UP LATER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I AM NOW GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOSTON STATE HOLDINGS REQUESTING A
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PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A FOR AN ADDITIONAL LOT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AT FROM THE VILLAGE OF CEDAR VALLEY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, YOU'RE GOING TO TALK INTO THE MIC. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOU'RE GOING TO SPELL YOUR LAST NAME, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO SO.GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHAEL PACK PACK. I LIVE ON CEDAR VALLEY WAY THREE, THREE, FIVE, EIGHT, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HERE, BECAUSE I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA BOARD. WE DO HAVE A $350 ASSOCIATION FEE. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE PART OF THE CEDAR VALLEY COMMUNITY. IT'S FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT IS NOT, WILL THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE 350 YEAR? WHAT THE 350 IS FOR IS FOR THE POND MAINTENANCE. IT IS FOR THE MOWING, THE DREDGING, THE CLEANING OF THE PONDS THAT ARE USED FOR DRAINAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HANG ON. WE'RE NOT ANSWERING QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I WAS VERY SPECIFIC ON THESE RULES. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. PEOPLE MAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS IT AT THE END. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT? HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRANDON ZATORSKI. S I T E K I. I LIVE AT 3357 CEDAR VALLEY WAY, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE VILLAGE AT CEDAR VALLEY. SO I'M RISING IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL HERE. A FEW MONTHS BACK, I REACHED OUT TO RUSSO DEVELOPMENT WITH AN IDEA FOR AN ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY TO BE PLACED IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE REQUESTING THE TWO LOT SUBDIVISION TO BE BUILT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC ISSUE THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON COOPER RIDGE AND CEDAR VALLEY WAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE ADDING ON A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL UNITS. THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRY WAY IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TRAFFIC'S ALREADY BUSY. WE HAVE 144 HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I BELIEVE THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 144 UNITS WITHIN THE VILLAGE. AT CEDAR VALLEY WAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES THERE. I HAVE CHILDREN, MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVE CHILDREN. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH, AND WE BELIEVE THAT A BETTER USE OF THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE FOR A DRIVEWAY TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE VILLAGE AT CEDAR VALLEY WAY. SO THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS THERE AREN'T NECESSARILY JUST HAVING TO GO ONTO COOPER RIDGE AND CEDAR VALLEY, BUT SO THEY WOULD HAVE AN ENTRANCE AT THE BEGINNING TO ASSIST WITH VEHICLE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE AREA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? HI, I'M PETER SOMMARDACK. IT'S THE LAST NAME IS SPELLED S A M A R D A K, AND I LIVE OVER ON SYCAMORE LANE AND I TO STAND AGAINST THIS THIS ZONING CHANGE. AND I THINK THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS THE GENTLEMAN GAVE FOR TRYING TO RUSH THIS THROUGH IS BECAUSE THE FIRST PROCESS TOOK SO LONG, THAT HAS NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS AT ALL. FOR THE WAY THAT WE FEEL ABOUT THIS. I THINK BETTER USE OF THAT WOULD BE AN ENTRANCE FOR THAT LOCATION AS WELL. WITH THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FROM ALL THE UNITS IN THERE, I THINK THERE'LL BE MOST MORE EXPEDITIOUS TO HAVE ANOTHER ENTRANCE AT THAT LOCATION THAN HAVE ALL THE TRAFFIC GO THROUGH WHERE ALL THE HOUSING UNITS ARE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SECOND CALL.
AS LONG AS THERE'S NOBODY. HANG ON. LET ME JUST SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, AND THEN WE'LL. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT? OKAY, GENTLEMEN. SIR, YOU CAN COME BACK UP AND AGAIN. AGAIN? STATE YOUR NAME. SURE. THANK YOU. BRANDON S I E T E S K. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME AMEND. ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO SAY WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I HEARD THAT THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY COULD NOT PUT A DRIVEWAY IN THERE WAS IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO PLEASANT AVENUE IN THE BEGINNING OF COOPER RIDGE THERE, THAT IT WOULD BE TOO TIGHT THERE. SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE WERE GIVEN THERE. SO I'M GUESS I'M JUST CONFUSED NOW HOW ADDING ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN HAVING A DRIVEWAY GOING BACK TO THE TOWNHOUSES IN THAT AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
OKAY, THIRD AND FINAL CALL FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VILLAGE OF CEDAR VALLEY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. MR. RILEY. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ANY INSIGHT, I HAVE. NO, IT'S IT'S TYPICALLY A IT'S A SIMPLE MINOR SUBDIVISION, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF AN APPROVED OVERALL PLAN, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SAY, OKAY, YOU KNOW,
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ADDING ONE MORE LOT. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S INCONSEQUENTIAL, BUT IT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED. THAT'S ALL WE WOULD SAY. OTHER THAN THAT IT'S A SIMPLE MINOR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL. BUT IT IS A I MEAN, THIS WAS AN APPROVED DEVELOPMENT. IT'S OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS SOME MINOR CHANGES TO IT. AND THIS IS ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE TO IT. SO IT IS SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL SUBDIVISION BECAUSE IT WAS AN APPROVED PLAN, A PLAN THAT HAD GREEN SPACE ENTRANCES AND WHATEVER. WE ARE CHANGING THAT. SO JUST MAKE SURE THE PLANNING BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT AND ADDRESSES THAT PROPERLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD. DO YOU HAVE ANY. BOARD MEMBERS? BARBARA CLARK, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING. I DON'T KNOW IF I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT SPACE WAS A REASON FOR THAT SPACE. WHEN WE FIRST DID THOSE APPROVALS YEARS AGO. I WAS LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE IMAGES.SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN CHECK THE MINUTES, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT IT. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONTEMPLATING. I, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. AND THEN I WAS HAVING SYSTEM ISSUES AND WE ONLY GOT IT ON MONDAY, SO I DIDN'T GET IT, GET A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS MINUTES WHEN THIS GOT GOT IN FRONT OF US. DREW, WERE YOU A PART OF THIS BACK THEN? YES HE WAS. ANYTHING OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS? WELL, NOT QUITE FOR A 30. ONLY 35 HERE. BUT ANYWAY, YEAH, IT WAS INTERESTING. IT'S NOT PART I, I LOOKED AT THE GREEN SPACE PLAN.
IT WASN'T PART OF THE GREEN SPACE PLAN, BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS PART OF THE OPEN SPACE KIND OF WHEN YOU ENTER INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE IT IS. I MEAN, TAKE THE AERIAL PHOTO AND LOOK AT IT. IT'S KIND OF THIS GREEN SPACE AND NOT HAVING HOMES RIGHT UP TO THAT CORNER. I ALSO WOULD ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT BY ADDING ANOTHER DRIVEWAY THERE, THE GENTLEMAN DID MAKE A GOOD POINT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN PUT ANOTHER ENTRANCE OUT TO PLEASANT, BUT BY ADDING A DRIVEWAY THERE, ARE WE GOING TO CREATE A PROBLEM? BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER DRIVEWAY AT THE MOST BUSIEST INTERSECTION? THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT FEEDS OUT TO PLEASANT THERE, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REASON WHY. I KNOW SOMETIMES WE HAVE SEPARATION DISTANCES FOR THE NEAREST DRIVEWAY TO AN INTERSECTION, SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD ASK. JUST MAKE SURE WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ADVISORY BOARD BEFORE YOU APPROVE SOMETHING, THAT THIS LOCATION HERE IS NOT GOING TO CREATE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM BECAUSE OF ALL THE ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES OUT OF THIS ONE LOCATION. SO WE MAY WANT TO DO CONTACT MATT AND FROM TRAFFIC AND HAVE HIM. IT'S FINE. THIS IS A TOWN ROAD. SO THE TOWN CONTROLS THE LOCATIONS OF OF ENTRANCES ON ONTO THE ROADS. I CAN'T REMEMBER A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT. I DID LIKE BUILD IT. I TRIED TO LOOK THROUGH THE MEETING MINUTES. IT WAS JUST THAT WAS THE PLAN. AND THERE WAS GREEN SPACE. THERE WASN'T PART OF THE GREEN SPACE PLAN. THERE WAS NO PLANNINGS THERE OR ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS JUST THAT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PLEASANT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AERIAL PHOTO, WHICH I THINK BRIAN WAS LOOKING AT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF GREEN SPACE AREA AND THEN YOU TURN INTO YOU DO SEE THE FIRST HOUSE THERE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET DOWN AWAY FROM THAT INTERSECTION. SO AGAIN, TRYING TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GOT TO THAT POINT, I THINK WHILE WE'RE. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JOSH CONTACT TRAFFIC OR I IF YOU'RE COVERING FOR JOSH UNTIL HE GETS BACK, CONTACT TRAFFIC AND ASK THEM FOR A REPORT FOR THAT CORNER ENGINEERING. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO. TYPICALLY ENGINEERING DOESN'T REALLY HAVE COMMENTS ON A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. BUT JUST LOOKING AT THIS IN GENERAL AND FOR THE PLANNING BOARD'S INFORMATION, WHEN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS DEVELOPED, WE DO ASK FOR A DRAINAGE PLAN. AND ENGINEERING DOES REVIEW THAT BEFORE IT'S CONSTRUCTED. THE TOWN'S REQUIREMENTS IS THAT ALL RUNOFF, ROOF LEADERS, SUMP PUMPS, THOSE TYPE OF DRAINAGE ITEMS GO TO AN APPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WHICH IS OFTEN INTO THE PUBLIC ROAD AND THAT STORM SEWER SYSTEM. BUT OFTEN THE REAR YARD HAS SOME KIND OF REAR YARD DRAINAGE WITHOUT HAVING THE PLANS FOR THE SUBDIVISION, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S BEHIND THE ADJACENT LOTS OR SO ON, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT DURING THAT DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, TO BE SURE THAT THE DRAINAGE GOES TO THE RIGHT LOCATION. IN THIS CASE, AS IT WAS MENTIONED IN COMMENT, THE IF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM GOES TO THE PONDS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, IT'S SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED.
THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE INDEPENDENT. IF NOT. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF GENERAL NOT HAVING
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PLANS IN FRONT OF ME. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. BOARD MEMBERS, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? NO, I, I WAS OUT THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, ACTUALLY, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S PRETTY TIGHT. I, I THINK THAT FOR ME AND IF BOARD MEMBERS WOULD ECHO MY SENTIMENT, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THE OLD MINUTES AND LOOK AT IT. ALTHOUGH YOU SAID YOU DID LOOK AT THEM AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE AT THE MINUTES BEFORE AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE A TRAFFIC STUDY BY OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER. AND THEN DOES EVERY. IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT TO THAT PART I AM YES. OKAY. YES. OKAY. WHEN YOU SAY TRAFFIC STUDY, IS IT LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY FOR THE ONE? JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT LIKE A FULL BLOWN TRAFFIC STUDY. IT'S JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT AT THAT INTERSECTION. RIGHT? YES. THE SINGLE. YEAH. GENERALLY JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WHEN WE CONTACT TRAFFIC, THEY USUALLY CONTACT ME FOR CLARIFICATION OR THEY'LL CONTACT JOSH AND MYSELF AND TELL US AHEAD OF TIME OR IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THEY'RE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND WE'LL RELAY THAT TO THEM WHEN THEY GO OUT.OKAY. SO THE APPLICANT YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ADD ABOUT SEEKER, MR. HOPKINS? ONLY IN TERMS OF SEEKER THAT IT'S A REDUCTION COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED. I ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK BACK AT THE MINUTES, AND I WAS ACTUALLY AT THOSE MEETINGS AND SO WAS DREW.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE PROJECT SITE. IT WAS JUST SHOWN AS GREEN SPACE. IT IS PROPERLY ZONED FOR THIS USE. AND AGAIN, WELL, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE THE MULTIFAMILY. THAT WAS ALWAYS PART AND PARCEL OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. AND THEN SECONDLY, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THIS LOT BECOMING PART OF THE HOA. I THINK THE CLIENT WILL CONFIRM THEY'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO THAT. WE'D HAVE TO WORK OUT THE MECHANICS WITH THE AG'S OFFICE. BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHORTCHANGE THE EXISTING ASSOCIATION IN TERMS OF THEIR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS I DO BELIEVE DAVE HAS CONTACTED THE ERIE COUNTY DIVISION OF SEWAGE MANAGEMENT, OR THE RUSSOS HAVE, AND THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS IN TERMS OF SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY. AND I DO WANT TO RESPOND TO THE ONE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T THIS BE A DRIVEWAY FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT VERSUS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? IT'S SIMPLY A DIFFERENCE IN THE MAGNITUDE OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS. ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THIS LOT IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN ADVERSE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY WELL VETTED PURSUANT TO SEEKER, AND THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS PREPARED. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? MR. BURKE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER? OKAY, OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS THE DATE, THE 21ST, 21ST. WE'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH OUR TRAFFIC PEOPLE AND PRELIMINARILY DRAFT A RESOLUTION. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT ON STANDBY AND IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I DID TALK TO JOSH THAT WE NEED A PART OF THE CONDITION THAT ONLY ONE HOME WILL BE BUILT ON THE LOT. OKAY. SO WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS BACK ON THE 21ST. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT
[3. Public Hearing – 7:00 P.M., Tom Gorczyca – Requesting Preliminary Plat Approval of a 3-lot subdivision to be located at 3189 Pleasant Ave]
ALONG. WE HAVE OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING FOR TOM GORCYCA REQUESTING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. WE'RE RUNNING A SPECIAL ON TWO LOT SUBDIVISIONS TONIGHT TO BE LOCATED AT 3189 PLEASANT AVENUE. MR. GORCYCA IS HERE. MR. RILEY, WHO IS OUR HISTORIAN, WILL HELP US WITH THIS LOT, BECAUSE I DID TALK TO JOSH BEFORE HE BOARDED THAT PLANE AND SAID, BYE. SEE YOU. AND HE WANTED DREW TO MAYBE GIVE A BRIEF SYNOPSIS. OKAY.THE OPERATIVE WORD BRIEF AND HELP THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE IT GOT A LITTLE CONFUSING HERE THE LAST TIME WHEN WE ALL TALKED. AND THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FORMER HISTORY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE WHAT THE PLAN IS IN FRONT OF US.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S INCORRECT. I'M SORRY. THE HIGHLIGHT. THAT'S THE HOUSE TO THE. YEAH. WE ALWAYS PUT THAT UP THERE AND IT'S ALWAYS WRONG REAL QUICK. AND I'LL GIVE THE 30S SYNOPSIS, WHICH I THINK YOU HEARD, IS THAT THESE LOTS WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE BUILT YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS AGO, BUT THERE WAS A SEWER PROBLEM, AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO EXTEND
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THE SEWERS AT THE TIME. THE COST OF EXTENDING SEWERS. THAT PROBLEM, MY UNDERSTANDING, CAMMIE, HAS BEEN RESOLVED. THERE'S SEWERS IN THIS AREA. WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHICH HAPPENS A LOT, NOT ONLY IN THE TOWN OF HAMBURG, BUT IN A LOT OF PLACES. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD SEAN HOPKINS REQUEST ABOUT NOT FILING PEOPLE. FILE MAP COVERS ALL THE TIME, NOT REALIZING IT NEEDS WHETHER THEY REALIZE OR NOT, REALIZING IT NEEDS LOCAL APPROVAL. WE HAVE APPROACHED THE COUNTY ON THAT ISSUE AND SAID THE FORM INCLUDES WHEN YOU FILE A MAP COVER, TO HAVE A HAVE A PROPERTY DIVIDED, YOU HAVE TO CHECK ON THE BOX. DOES THIS REQUIRE SUBDIVISION APPROVAL? AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT CHECK THAT BOX.BUT THE COUNTY STILL ACCEPTS IT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THOSE LOTS WERE FORMED AND PUT ON THERE.
DOES THAT MAKE THEM LEGAL? LOTS. WHEN THEY COME IN AND TRY TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT, WE TELL THEM THAT DID NOT RECEIVE SUBDIVISION APPROVAL. SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE TODAY. SO THERE WAS A LONGER HISTORY ABOUT THESE WERE PROPOSED IN THE PAST, BUT NO SEWERS. THE SHORTER HISTORY IS SOMEHOW THEY GOT ONTO THE COUNTY'S MAP AND FILED, BUT THEY AREN'T BUILDING LOTS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T APPROVED BY YOU. SO CAN YOU SHOW US ON THE. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT GREEN HIGHLIGHT IS INCORRECT, IS INACCURATE. CAN YOU SHOW US THESE ARE THE TWO LOTS. HERE'S THE. THESE ARE THE TWO. THIS IS ONE LOT RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE THE TWO LOTS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT HERE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE A LOT. THE LOWER LOT HAS WETLANDS ON IT. RIGHT RIGHT THERE. AND IT WASN'T A SEWER. SIR, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK, EXCUSE ME. YOU GOTTA BE IN FRONT OF THE MIC BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. YES, TOM GORSUCH, I'M TRYING TO MAKE ONE BUILDING LOT OUT OF THOSE TWO PROPOSED LOTS. THE BOTTOM LOT HAS WETLANDS ON IT. SO I JUST TURN IN SOME PAPERWORK HERE THAT I'M WORKING WITH SCOTT LIVINGSTONE, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DECK TO ENCROACH 100 FOOT, I BELIEVE THEY CALL IT THIS CAME OFF MY TODAY 100 FOOT ADJACENT AREA IS WHAT IT'S CALLED BY THE BDC THAT CAME OFF THE BENCH TODAY. SO AND SO WHAT'S BEING PASSED, ATTORNEY JOSEPH GOGUEN. WHAT'S BEING PASSED AROUND NOW IS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. IT SHOWS IT'S A DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THESE TWO LOTS HERE. OKAY.
SO THIS IS HIS LOT. THE FLAG LOT IS HIS LOT. AND THEN THESE ARE THE TWO OTHER LOTS THAT WOULD BE SUBDIVIDED. THE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEING PASSED AROUND NOW SHOWS THAT THIS LOT HAS THE WETLAND ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT OF THAT PARCEL. HALF OF IT. YEAH. OR THE PROPOSED PARCEL. YEAH. HALF OF THE LOT. THAT WETLANDS. THE BOTTOM HALF. OKAY. SO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DECK AND I TURN IN SOME PAPERWORK TODAY AND SCOTT LIVINGSTONE IS FILING ALL MY PAPERWORK TO ENCROACH THE WETLANDS. OKAY. WELL, TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE DO THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A SEAT. OKAY. WE'LL GET STARTED ON THAT.
I JUST HAVE A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING, JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS FOR SURE. ARE YOU STILL PROPOSING THESE TWO LOTS OR ARE YOU GETTING RID OF THIS ONE AND JUST DOING ONE LOT NOW, A LOT IN ANOTHER DIRECTION? IT WASN'T A SEWER. THERE WASN'T. THERE WAS THE WATER LINE. SO BUT YOU'RE NOT PROPOSING THESE TWO. THIS IS WHAT'S MAPPED RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE PROPOSING JUST ONE LOT BECAUSE THIS IS ALL WETLANDS. AND IF YOU NEED 100 FOOT ADJACENT AREA, IT'S GOING TO COME UP HERE. YOU'RE PROPOSING ONLY TO BUILD ONE. SO THIS IS NOW A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. IT'S ONLY TWO LOTS BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING THESE TWO. IT WOULD BE A THREE LOT ONE TWO, THREE. BUT NOW IT'S ONLY OR WHATEVER THE MAIN PARCEL IS. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? I'M SORRY. YOU WERE AT THE LAST MEETING. YOU GUYS WERE AT THE LAST MEETING? NO, BECAUSE MY QUESTION IS. SO THE FLAG LOT, ARE THESE TWO LOTS GOING TO BE PART OF THE FLAG LOT OR ATTORNEY JOSEPH GOGUEN? THOSE TWO LOTS ARE TECHNICALLY, AS FAR AS THE TOWN IS CONCERNED, PART OF THE FLAG. FLAG. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN PROPERLY SUBDIVIDED. IF IT WAS, IT WAS DIVIDED INTO INTO THREE PARCELS. IT WOULD BE A THREE PARCEL SUBDIVISION, CORRECT. THE FLAG LOT AND THE TWO OTHER LOTS. WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW, AND THIS IS NEW FROM THE FROM THE LAST MEETING, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE WETLANDS ON THAT LOWER PARCEL, IT WON'T BE A THREE LOT SUBDIVISION. IT'LL BE A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION BECAUSE YOU NEED THE THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM I'M GETTING A NOD AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PART OF THE FLAG LOT. IT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE LOT FROM THE FLAG LOT. CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WAS SAID LAST MEETING, REMEMBER? AGREED. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS NOW BECAUSE OF THAT DOCUMENT THAT WENT AROUND, IT'S GOING TO BE A SEPARATE SBL NUMBER. YES. AND IT IT ALWAYS. YES OKAY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT AND WE'LL. I'M SORRY AUGIE. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON A
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THREE LOT SUBDIVISION TO BE LOCATED AT 3189 PLEASANT AVENUE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026 AT 7 P.M. IN ROOM 7A7B OF THE HAMBURG TOWN HALL. OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS CASE? SECOND, CALL FOR ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE TOM GORCYCA PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 3189 PLEASANT AVENUE. THIRD AND FINAL CALL. I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT WITH THIS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, CAN WE? MR. GOGAN, THE ATTORNEY, WILL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. I MEAN, WE ADVERTISE THE THREE LOT SUBDIVISION. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING LESS THAN THAT. WE HAVE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT. HE IS AMENDING HIS APPLICATION NOW BASED UPON THE WETLANDS PROBLEM, TO JUST CREATE ONE ADDITIONAL LOT. SO IT'S A TWO LOT SUBDIVISION. SO WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE DRAWING AMENDED. AND AND I DON'T THINK BUT I WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT JOE. YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT. I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IT'S LESS OF, OF THE LOTS THAN WE'RE APPROVING. SO YOU COULD AUTHORIZE US TO PREPARE WORK JUST TO MAKE SURE, PUT THE RIGHT LANGUAGE IN THERE. YOU COULD ALWAYS JUST TABLE IT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT YOU HAVE NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT, JUST AS I HAVE NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT. MEMBER SHIMURA, THE. IT SAYS A TWO LOT PUBLIC HEARING. 7PMA2 LOT SUBDIVISION IN OUR. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THREE LOT THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT THREE LOT THE PUBLIC. OKAY. I'M SORRY BECAUSE IT WAS NOTED IT WAS IN OUR AGENDA. IT SAID TWO LOT. BUT THE NOTICE THAT THREE. SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE IS OKAY.I THINK IF THE BOARD IS COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T FIRST OF ALL, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR NEED CLARIFICATION. ARE WE CLEAR ON EVERYTHING.
LET'S START THERE. CLEAR NOW. YEAH. BILL'S GOT THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE. IT JUST MIGHT BE MY FACE. YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A WHILE NOW. I THINK FOR THIS, THE RESOLUTION. MAYBE WE JUST ADD A MAP. YEAH. YEAH, WE WOULD HAVE TO. ANYWAYS, THE A DESCRIPTION IS, IS VERY CONFUSING IN THIS. AND EXACTLY IS WORTH A A MILLION WORDS IN THIS CASE. AND BY THE WAY, ON THIS ONE YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO WAIVE THE FILING OF THE MAP COVER. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FILE THE MAP COVER BECAUSE IT'S GOT A QUICK CORRECT WHAT'S NOW SHOWN IN THE COUNTY'S DATABASE. RIGHT. SO THE MAP COVER WILL HAVE TO BE FILED. SO I'M GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE DRAFTING OF THE RESOLUTION. YOU GUYS GET WITH JOE WITH ATTORNEY GOGAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE CLARIFIED. VERIFY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO RELIST IT BECAUSE IT WAS ADVERTISED INCORRECTLY FOR A THREE LOT INSTEAD OF A TWO LOT, BECAUSE IT'S LESS. AND SO THEN WE'LL TABLE TO THE 21ST. WE OKAY WITH THAT MEMBER? YES I AGREE OKAY. MEMBERS. AT THIS END. MEMBER RYAN I AGREE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING. WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION HERE. AND SO WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON THE ON THE 21ST OKAY. REMEMBER WHAT I SAID EARLIER. WE ONLY INVITE PEOPLE BACK THAT WE REALLY LIKE AGAIN ATTORNEY JOSEPH GOGAN JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. AND I'LL TELL YOU MY MY PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IS THAT THIS IS A MINOR SUBDIVISION. THE RULES FOR MINOR SUBDIVISION ARE DIFFERENT THAN A MAJOR SUBDIVISION, AND WE'RE NOT GOING FROM A MINOR SUBDIVISION TO A MAJOR SUBDIVISION. MY FIRST IMPRESSION ON THIS IS THAT THE NOTICE IS GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT. AND IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, OR IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WANTS ME TO ADDRESS SIMPLY ON THE NOTICE, JUST SO I KNOW WHAT WHAT CLARIFICATION YOU'RE LOOKING. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL PUT THAT WE'LL ATTEND THAT. WE'LL ADDRESS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH OKAY. MY FIRST IMPRESSION IS THAT IT'S A DE MINIMIS ISSUE. IT IS MINE TOO. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT IT ON RECORD OKAY. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON THE 21ST. YES. JOSH WILL BE BACK FROM VACATION. JOSH WE WE HAD WE HAD TO GIVE HIM SOME TIME OFF. THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T LEAVE UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS IS BECAUSE NOBODY COULD FIND THE KEY FOR HIS ANKLE CHAIN. POOR KID. HE
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DOES DO A GREAT JOB, AND WE DO MISS HIM ALREADY. HE'S ONLY BEEN GONE HALF A DAY. OKAY, SO[4. Benderson Development – Requesting Site Plan Approval for a proposal to construct an 8,020 sq-ft multi-tenant outparcel building with a drive-thru lane to be located at 5400 Southwestern Boulevard ]
OUR NEXT CASE IS BENDERSON DEVELOPMENT. REQUESTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR A PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AN 8020 SQUARE FOOT MULTI TENANT PARCEL BUILDING WITH A DRIVE THRU LANE LOCATED AT 5400 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. IT IS. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE SOME UPDATES TO GIVE US, CORRECT? NO, NO. OKAY, SO THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE WAS INVITED BACK. SO I'M ASSUMING YOU, LIKE ME, WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE WASN'T ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND WE HAD ADDRESSED THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO THE DRIVE THROUGH. AND WE HAD STATED THAT THE PLAN WAS WE WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE A BANK OR LIKE A CAFE TYPE, AND THEN WE WOULD ACCEPT THE CONDITION THAT IF IT WAS MORE OF A FAST FOOD USER, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO DISCUSS THAT. THE REVISED PLANS WE HAD SUBMITTED HAD SHOWN THE SIDEWALK CONNECTION GOING TO THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO THERE WAS NO, FROM MY RECOLLECTION, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO ADDRESS FOR THE BOARD. OUR DRAINAGE ENGINEER, CARMINA WOOD, WHO DID THE ORIGINAL SITE DESIGN DRAINAGE SYSTEM, IS WORKING ON AN UPDATED DRAINAGE REPORT THAT STILL HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO CAMI SO SHE CAN REVIEW IT, VERIFY THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL. BUT BESIDES THAT, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ELSE FOR US TO ADDRESS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DREW. SO OVER THE HOLIDAY I WENT TO THE TIM HORTONS ON MCKINLEY AND 20. AND THIS IS RELATED TO STACKING. OKAY. AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF PLACES THROUGHOUT HAMBURG THAT WHEN I GO, I'M LIKE, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING ABOUT WHEN THEY DID THIS STACKING BECAUSE IT YOU'RE PULLING IN, THERE'S CARS PARKED HERE. THERE'S CARS PARKED THERE. THIS THE LINE'S NOT MOVING THAT QUICKLY. NOBODY CAN BACK OUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T MOVE THROUGH THE LINE. HOW DO WE IMPROVE ON THAT? ESPECIALLY WITH A NEW PROJECT? EXCELLENT QUESTION. FIRST OF ALL, FOR TIM HORTONS, DOT HAS THEIR OWN GENERATION OF TRAFFIC NUMBER.NOW THEY REALIZE THEY GENERATE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND WHATEVER. SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR OWN. SO IF YOU WERE TO PUT A TIM HORTONS IN, WE'VE LEARNED THAT DOT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE STACKING HAS TO BE A LOT MORE. YOUR NEXT QUESTION IS RELATED TO DESIGN.
YOU'RE RIGHT. IN THE OLD DAYS, THEY DID THE STANDARD DESIGN WHERE THE DRIVE THROUGH WENT THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. THERE WASN'T A DEDICATED DRIVE THROUGH WITH AN ESCAPE LANE.
YOU EVER BEEN CAUGHT IN A DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FROM IT? SO DOES THIS. AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED. DOES THIS ACCOMPLISH THAT OR WHATEVER WHERE YOU STILL HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH, GOING THROUGH A PARKING LOT WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT. IF I'M SITTING IN, I GOT CAUGHT IN A PARKING SPACE AND A TIM HORTONS WHERE I'M SITTING IN A PARKING SPACE AND THE BACKUP BACKED UP PAST ME AND I COULD NOT BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE LINE GOT SMALL ENOUGH WHERE I COULD BACK OUT OF MY PARKING SPOT. SO YES, THEY'VE LEARNED A LOT IN PARKING LOT DESIGN, ESPECIALLY WITH DRIVE THRUS, THAT THE STACKING SHOULD BE CLEAR OF OTHER PARKING. SO DOES THIS DESIGN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT CONCERN? YES, BECAUSE OUR EXPECTATION IS IT'S A LOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LOW VOLUME DRIVE THROUGH USER AND NOT SOMETHING LIKE A TIM HORTONS OR A STARBUCKS. THOSE USERS ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN STACKING REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY LOOK FOR AS WELL. SO BASED ON THE DESIGN AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE WITH THE MULTI-TENANT BUILDING, THE END USER, WE WOULD EXPECT SOMETHING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF OF A BANK SAY THAT WOULD HAVE THAT BEING A DRIVE UP ATM THAT MAY HAVE 1 OR 2 CARS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO THE BOARD, IT'S KIND OF UNTIL WE HAVE THE BUILDING BUILT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A TENANT FOR IT. OUR EXPECTATION SINCE BENDERSON WE'VE DONE MANY DRIVE THRUS IN THE AREA IS THIS IS WHAT THE USER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THAT END CAP WOULD REQUIRE. SO BASICALLY, WE'RE BUILDING THIS WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MARKET THAT TO A TENANT THAT SEES THAT DRIVE AND WAS LIKE, YES, THAT IS SUFFICIENT. AND THAT'S GOING TO COME. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK BEFORE US. SO WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WAS A LOW GENERATING DRIVE THROUGH USER, LIKE A BANK OR SOMETHING LIKE LIKE A LOW LEVEL, LIKE A, LIKE A CAFE OR SOMETHING, OR LIKE A PICKUP LANE, LIKE THE CHIPOTLE.
THAT'S NOT A TRADITIONAL DRIVE THRU WOULD BE OKAY. BUT IF IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OR THE TOWN FELT WOULD BE A HIGHER GENERATOR USER, THAT THEY FELT THAT THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO RELOOK AT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT AS WELL, PUTTING SOMEONE IN THERE THAT WOULD SAY GENERATE A 15 CAR STACK WOULD ACTUALLY BE A NEGATIVE FOR US IN THAT BUILDING, BECAUSE THEN THE REST OF THE BUILDING SPACE WOULDN'T REALLY BE MARKETABLE. SO LIKE, SAY WE PUT A TIM HORTONS IN AT THE END OR
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ANOTHER USER THAT WOULD GENERATE 15 OR 20 CARS WHEN YOU WENT TO TRY TO MARKET THE REST OF THE SPACE, THE TENANTS WOULD BE LIKE, WELL, THERE'S NO ROOM THAT'S THERE. DRIVE THROUGH LANE. WE DON'T HAVE PARKING ANYMORE. SO THAT'S SO IT KIND OF IT MARKETS AND KIND OF TENANTS OUT ITSELF TO TO WORK WITH WHAT'S WHAT'S BUILT THERE. OKAY. WELL I'M GLAD I ASKED THE QUESTION AND WE'VE GOT THAT ON RECORD. SO DO WE PUT THAT AS PART OF THE CONDITION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN THE EVENT THAT THE, IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S RENTED TO A DRIVE THROUGH, THAT IT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RESOLUTION. YEAH, DEFINITELY. WITH PLAZAS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE USERS PUT A CONDITION ON WHAT YOU ASSUME TO BE THE USERS AND CLEARLY ARTICULATE TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IF THOSE USERS CHANGE, IT MAY REQUIRE COMING BACK OR MOST PROBABLY REQUIRE COMING BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD. SO YES, YOU'LL HAVE TO STATE ON THE RECORD WITH A PLAZA THAT HAS NO SPECIFIC USES, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE RESTAURANTS HAVE DIFFERENT DRIVE THRUS, HAVE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. LIKE I SAID, THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, VERY THE DOT UNDERSTANDS AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS NOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DONUT SHOP, THERE ARE SOME THAT GENERATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE TRAFFIC THAN OTHERS DO FROM A STACKING POINT. AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT STACKING IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT IF YOU'RE GOING PAST FIVE CARS, THAT IT'S GOING TO STACK INTO THAT PARKING LOT AND HURT YOUR TENANTS, BUT ALSO DRIVE US NUTS THAT WE APPROVE SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF PARKING SPACES. SO WE HAVE THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT FOR OUR APPROVAL. CAN WE ADD THAT? IS THE BOARD IN AGREEMENT TO ADDING THAT AS A CONDITION? HOW DO WE WRITE IT? I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE WORDSMITH. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION. ORIGINALLY WE WERE SAYING IF IT WAS GOING TO BE A FAST FOOD USE. NOW HE'S SAYING IF IT'S A CHIPOTLE TYPE, ORDER AHEAD, BUT CHIPOTLE IS FAST FOOD. HE'S SAYING IF IT'S CAFE USE OR A BANK, THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK. BUT STARBUCKS IS A CAFE. TIM HORTONS IS TECHNICALLY A CAFE.YOU COULD ALSO DO WELL. YOU COULD. SO YOU COULD COFFEE SHOP. WE LIKE FAST FOOD COFFEE SHOP.
WE WOULD BE MORE THAN FINE COMING BACK FOR THAT. I'M NOT TRYING TO LIKE, GET LIKE A TIM HORTONS OR OR STARBUCKS THROUGH WITH THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I WAS, RIGHT.
I WROTE FAST FOOD OR COFFEE USE BANK. WELL, NO, WE WOULD COME BACK FOR THAT. COME BACK SO A BANK, THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK, RIGHT. YEAH. IS IT FAST FOOD, COFFEE USE AND OR A HIGH I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE EVEN AT A BANK SOMETIMES. IT COULD BE YOU COULD HAVE A NO NO, NOT BECAUSE IT GOES AROUND THE TEN. BECAUSE THIS DESIGN, THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND ONE OF THE SIDES. SO THE MOST LIKELY IF THIS WAS A BANK, THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A DRIVE UP, WOULD MOST LIKELY JUST THEN BE A DRIVE UP ATM FOR THE BANK OR, OR OR IT WOULD BE ONE DRIVE THROUGH TELLER USE AND THAT WOULD BE IT. JUST BECAUSE IT IS THE SINGLE LANE. SO IT WOULD JUST WORK ITSELF OUT TO BE A SMALLER USE. IT'S NOT THE THE 2 OR 3 LANES THAT YOU SOMETIMES SEE FOR BANKS. SO WHAT KIND OF MAGIC WORDS DO YOU HAVE OVER THERE ON YOUR PIECE OF PAPER? I WROTE IF IF THE DRIVE THROUGH IS A FAST FOOD OR COFFEE USE, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO RETURN TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION. DOES EVERYBODY LIKE THAT? I'D SAY INCLUDE FAST FOOD, COFFEE USE AND OR HIGH VOLUME USE. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF ATTORNEY? JOSEPH GOERGEN. WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF HIGH VOLUME USE? AND WHO GETS TO BE THE ARBITER OF HIGH VOLUME USE. AND WHO GETS TO BE MORE THAN TEN STACKING? WHO GETS TO DECIDE THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHERE WE COULD DO IT, WHERE WE AND THERE'S THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU CAN ADDRESS THIS. YOU CAN YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT THAT CONDITION AS AN INCLUSIVE ONE OR AN EXCLUSIVE ONE. IT'S IT'S OKAY IF IT'S THESE THINGS OR IT'S NOT OKAY IF IT'S THESE THINGS. AND YOU CAN LIST IT EITHER WAY, IT'S OKAY IF IT'S A BANK, WHATEVER. THEN YOU THEN YOU DON'T NEED OR YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. IF IT'S THESE THINGS, THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THE COIN AND YOU CAN DO IT EITHER WAY. SO THERE'S TEN CARS DEDICATED IN THE STACKING LANE. SO THE ONE THING WE COULD DO SAY FOR HIGH VOLUME IS SAY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS SOMEONE AND THEY QUESTION IT. THEY COULD JUST ASK US TO PROVIDE A STACKING STUDY AS PART OF THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION THAT SHOWS THE STACKING WOULD BE LESS THAN THE TEN. SO THEY HAVE DOCUMENTATION AND IF IT SHOWS IT'S MORE THAN TEN, THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE US COME BACK. AND IN THIS CASE TOO, WE WE HELP THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH THAT. AND BY THE WAY, THE DOT MANUALS WILL HAVE STACKING REQUIREMENTS FOR USES. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU CAN STACK UP TO TEN VEHICLES. SO YOU HAVE THOSE TWO HE'S ALREADY AGREED TO. AND ADD THAT THIRD CATEGORY OF A HIGH VOLUME THAT WOULD STACK MORE THAN TEN VEHICLES. BECAUSE ONCE YOU STACK MORE THAN TEN VEHICLES, YOU'RE INTO THE PARKING AREA. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT EASILY YOU CAN CHECK THERE ARE USES. YOU JUST GO TO THE MANUAL AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE STACKING REQUIREMENT IS FOR THAT USE. OKAY. TIM HORTONS HAS ITS OWN CATEGORY AND SO DOES SOME OF THE OTHER
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ONES. I THINK TIM HORTONS DOESN'T WANT TO COME NOW AFTER WE. AND WELL, WHAT I CAN ALSO TELL THE BOARD IS OVER THE LAST LIKE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS SINCE COVID CAME AS WELL. AND AND WHEN IT WAS COVID, WE SAW ISSUES WITH CERTAIN DESIGNS DEVELOPERS HAVE GOTTEN. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT BETTER WITH LOOKING AT THE DRIVE THROUGH DESIGNS AND NOT JUST DROPPING A DRIVE THROUGH ON A BUILDING. THERE'S A LOT MORE THOUGHT PUT IN TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T IMPACT IT, BECAUSE WE DID RUN INTO ISSUES DURING COVID WHERE THERE WAS EXTRA STACKING AND IT IMPACTED, SO IT'S BECOME SOMETHING THAT GETS LOOKED AT MUCH, MUCH HARDER FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT. AND OUR EXPECTATION IS THERE'S NO ISSUES BECAUSE LIKE I'VE SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT THEN DOESN'T WORK FOR THE REST OF THE BUILDING. OKAY, SO MR. WORDSMITH, DO YOU HAVE THAT? I'M GETTING IT. OKAY. WE'LL DO JEOPARDY MUSIC WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR. HOW ABOUT IF SO, WE DON'T DELAY THIS ANY FURTHER. HOW ABOUT WE GET SOMEBODY TO READ THE FIRST PART OF THE RESOLUTION FOR SEEKER? HOW'S THAT? ALSO, ADD DARK SKY COMPLIANT WAITING. TALK TO WORDSMITH OVER THERE. WELL, HOW ABOUT MY DICTATOR? HE'S NOT TYPING. HE'S NOT JOSH, HE'S NOT JOSH. WHO'S TYPING? ARE YOU DOING IT ALL RIGHT. OH, YOU GOT IT. OKAY. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IS SHOWN ON THE LIGHTING PLAN. WE SUBMITTED THE SPECS. BUT YEAH, AS PER THE SITE PLAN. AND IS THAT THE MOST AGAIN IS THAT THE MOST RECENT SITE PLAN, THE DECEMBER 1ST SITE PLAN. IT HASN'T BEEN REVISED. MEMBERS I DID AND THEN ALSO THE LANDSCAPING DATES. I DID CHECK THE DATES AGAINST I, I DID AS WELL. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY SUBMITTED A A A DIFFERENT ONE OR HAD AN AMENDED SINCE THE SINCE THE DECEMBER 1ST. WAS THE CORRECT? YES. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU GOT SO FAR, SIR? ENGINEERING TO THE STACKING PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BUILDING. STATEMENT OR IN THE CASE OF THE DONKEY, CAN'T BE RETURNED. OKAY.ARE WE GOING ARE WE GOING TO INCLUDE SOME INCLUSIVE PLACES LIKE BANKS AND. NO THE NUMBER.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE STRICTLY HAVE TO DO THE REPORT. GOT IT, GOT IT. IF IT'S LOWER THAN EIGHT FINE. IF IT'S IF IT'S GREATER IF IT'S EIGHT OR LOWER FINE. IF IT'S NINE OR HIGHER IT'LL COME BACK OKAY. CAN YOU READ THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND CAN YOU READ THAT HE'S THE TYPE.
OKAY. SO WHO WANTS TO DO THE SEEKER RESOLUTION FIRST. WELL, WE'RE WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE ATTORNEY TO READ THAT. OKAY. I MOVED TO APPROVE BENDERSON DEVELOPMENT 5400 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD RETAIL RESTAURANT. HOUR OUT. PARCEL SEEKER AND APPROVAL RESOLUTION JANUARY 7TH, 2026 ONE SEEKER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW YORK STATE SEEKER LAW, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE BENDERSON DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 8020 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-TENANT RETAIL RESTAURANT, OUTPARCEL BUILDING, WITH DRIVE THRU LANE AT 5400 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, AND HELD THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. BASED ON THE REVIEW OF THIS UNLISTED ACTION, THE PLANNING BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS HEREBY ISSUED. IS THERE A SECOND MEMBER? RYAN SECONDS IT, SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER, SECOND BY MEMBER RYAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MEMBERS. AJAC. WHAT'S THE WORD? ABSTAIN. OKAY. ARE WE READY FOR THE FINAL? NO. ARE YOU COMING THERE? CAN'T WE. DO YOU HAVE YOUR ENGINEERING LETTER? I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT HIM. ALWAYS EASIER TO FINISH TYPING AND THEN ADD TO IT. DO WE HAVE THE ENGINEERING LETTER IN THERE? I NEED THE DATE. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF THE DATE FOR THE ENGINEERING LETTER. THANK YOU. JANUARY 5TH. OKAY, SO HERE'S THE 20 2620. OH, SORRY, MR. KEY. HE'S GOING BACK TO THE YEAR WHEN OH I WISH NO, HE'S GOING BACK TO THE YEAR THAT DREW STARTED. OKAY. SO CAN YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY READ THAT TO MYSELF OKAY. IS IT. SURE. I'LL TAKE THE SUGGESTION. OKAY. SO
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WHO DO WE HAVE TO DO THE SECOND RESOLUTION I CAN CONTINUE OKAY. GO AHEAD. NUMBER TWO, SITE PLAN APPROVAL BASED ON THE REVIEW OF BENDERSON DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MATERIALS. AND HAVING COMPLETED THE SECRET PROCESS, THE HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HEREBY APPROVES THE PROJECT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND DETERMINATIONS ONE. APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMMENT LETTER DATED JANUARY 5TH, 2026. TWO SIDEWALKS SHALL BE INSTALLED AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN DATED DECEMBER 1ST, 2025 THREE. THE LANDSCAPING PLAN DATED NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025 SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. FOUR LIGHTING SHALL BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT. FIVE THE LOCATION OF THE DUMPSTER SHALL BE INSTALLED AS SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN DATED DECEMBER 1ST, 2025. SIX DRIVE THROUGH USAGE. THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH A STACKING REPORT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT. IF THE STACKING REPORT INDICATES THE NUMBER GREATER THAN EIGHT, THE APPLICANT SHALL RETURN TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION. CAN I MAKE ONE SUGGESTION FOR BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH USER TENANT? THEY MAY READ IT AND MAYBE NOT ISSUE A PERMIT ONLY. JUST SO THERE'S CLARIFICATION. OKAY, SO NUMBER SIX TELL ME HOW YOU WANT IT WORDED. SAY PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR DRIVE THROUGH USER AFTER BUILDING PERMIT, TRYING TO GET THE MOUSE TO COOPERATE. YEAH. MOUSE IS SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO FROM FOR DRIVE THROUGH. TENANT AND THAT'S DRIVE. AND THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE DO WE WANT IT EIGHT OR DO WE WANT IT NINE. AND REMEMBER IT'S IT'S GREATER THAN EIGHT NINE OR HIGHER OKAY.SO SO IT'S SO THEY HAVE TEN I FIGURED WE WANT A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION OKAY. I THOUGHT 7 OR 8 OKAY. THAT'S REALLY ARBITRARY. THAT'S FINE. NOT 67I DID NOT THINK THAT FOR DRIVE THROUGH TENANT OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT IT ALL READ. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY A MEMBER SHIMURA TO JUST READ.
I WOULD I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO AHEAD NUMBER SIX. YES. THANK YOU. NUMBER SIX REDO DRIVE THROUGH USAGE. THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG BUILDING DEPARTMENT WITH A STACKING REPORT. PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH TENANT. IF THE STACKING REPORT INDICATES A NUMBER GREATER THAN EIGHT, THE APPLICANT SHALL RETURN TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATION. IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? AUGUST? I SECOND THE MOTION SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER SHIMURA, SECOND BY MEMBER GERACI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I. ANY OPPOSED? AND MEMBERS ABSTAINED. SO YOU HAVE YOUR RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WON'T BE SEEING YOU FOR A WHILE. YOU'RE NOT BACK. I HOPE YOU STILL LIKE ME, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT INVITED BACK. OKAY. YES. DEPENDS. ON WHAT? WHO'S IN THERE? YEAH. REALLY? HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. OKAY. OUR FINAL CASE FOR THIS EVENING IS MATT JAWORSKI. IS OUR APPLICANT HERE? NO, NO, NO FOR OX. OH I'M SORRY, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER MY PAGE. YEAH. MY PAGE BROKE UP HERE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I. AND I DON'T HAVE. ON PAGE FOUR. YEAH. WELL HERE WE GO. THANK YOU. DREW. OKAY. JOHN BROCK'S REQUESTING A
[5. John Brokx – Requesting a Change of Use and Site Plan Approval for a proposal to turn a facility from industrial to recreational space at 6302 Monckton Drive]
CHANGE OF USE FROM AN INDUSTRIAL TO A PRIVATE TRAINING FACILITY. 6302 MODERN DRIVE. AND THE BOARD, WE HELD OUR PLANNING, OUR PUBLIC HEARING. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US FOR REVIEW. WE DID. WE'RE WE'RE GOOD TO GO. SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER? I HAVE I THINK YOU REQUESTED TWO THINGS ON THE SITE PLAN. SO THERE IS THOSE WERE TAKEN CARE OF HERE. I CAN SHOW YOU. OKAY. YEAH. THERE IT IS. THERE WE GO.I THINK YOU WANTED DIRECTIONAL AND THEN THIS IS HANDICAPPED SPOTS. AND THEN THIS IS A
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LOADING ZONE. OR TO BUFFER THE ADA. YES. OKAY. YES. SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE IT TO MEMBER CLARK AND THEN HE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND PASS IT DOWN OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO OFFER TO US THIS EVENING, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. WE'LL GIVE THE BOARD A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THAT FINAL. OKAY. WHAT IS THE. JUST LOOKING WHERE TO PUT THAT INTO? CAN I ASK YOU GUYS TO GET THE DOOR, PLEASE? SOMETHING. SOMETHING'S GOING ON UPSTAIRS.MEETING. THANK YOU. IS PRESENTED. OKAY. OKAY. PLANNING DEPARTMENT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS? NO. YOU'RE DOING. THE APPLICANT WAS TOLD TO BRING A A A SITE PLAN.
AN UPDATED SITE PLAN, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO PARKING. BECAUSE PARKING IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WHEN YOU HAVE A USE CHANGE ON A ON A SITE. SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, YOU HAVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS. IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. YOU COULD TABLE IT FOR TWO MORE WEEKS. SEE IF YOU WANT TO INVITE THE GENTLEMAN BACK AGAIN. OR YOU COULD TRY TO ACT ON IT TONIGHT. BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING THE NEW PLAN FOR THE FIRST TIME TONIGHT. THERE'S NOT MUCH THERE'S NOT MUCH TO ADD TO ADD TO THAT PLAN TO TABLE ANYTHING.
I THINK WE'VE GOT WHAT WE BOARD MEMBERS, ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT THAT WE GOT WHAT WE ASKED FOR? YEAH, YEAH. JUST REFERENCE. THAT WE'RE GOING OFF OF THAT PLAN, THE ONE THAT WE RECEIVED AT THIS MEETING TODAY. BECAUSE THE DATE ON THE PLAN IS FROM 21. RIGHT. HE HANDWROTE IT IN. SO WE WANT TO REFERENCE THAT PARTICULAR ONE AND SOMEHOW, WELL AFTER THE FACT PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD. SO ARE YOU WORDSMITHING AGAIN I GUESS, WHAT IS THE DATE IN THE CORNER, AUGIE? THE DATE IN THE CORNER IS NOT THE RIGHT DATE. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS REFERRING TO THE THING HE HANDED TO US TODAY, BECAUSE HE HAND WROTE DREW THE DIRECTIONAL THINGS. OH, YES.
YES. OKAY. SO THE DATE IN THE CORNERS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 21, I THOUGHT IT SAID SEPTEMBER 2021. IS THE DATE ON RIGHT. YEAH. SO SHOULD WE CLARIFY THAT IT WAS THE SEPTEMBER 21ST PLAN THAT WAS AMENDED BY THE APPLICANT FOR TO WHICH ADDED THE PARKING PRESENTED AT I, I JUST SAID THE ONE THAT HE HANDED TO US TODAY. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MARK THAT RECEIVED A STAMP. I THINK YOU HAVE A RECEIVED ON THAT WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAME IN. RIGHT. SO THERE'S ALREADY RECEIVED FOR THE DATE. THAT'S NOT TODAY, BUT YOU CAN SAVE ME. WELL, SINCE CHANGE OF USE REQUIRES A SITE PLAN, WE WILL NEED THREE COPIES OF THAT THAT YOU AND I WILL BOTH SIGN AND DATE. SO IT WILL HAVE A DATE FOR THE SIGNATURE. OTHERWISE, I KNOW ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE A RECEIVED STAMP. I COULD DO THAT TODAY. IF YOU WANT, I CAN RUN IT UPSTAIRS AND PUT A RECEIPT STAMP ON IT. JUST DO A STANDARD LANGUAGE THAT THE CHAIRMAN'S AUTHORIZED TO SIGN TO SIGN THE PLAN. OKAY, SO WE NEED TWO MORE COPIES OF THIS, RIGHT? OKAY. AND I AND I ALSO WILL MAKE ONE. YOU'LL BE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. THAT IS A STAMP DRAWING THAT SOMEONE HAS AMENDED. HE HAS TO GET A LETTER FROM THE PERSON WHO STAMPED THAT DRAWING THAT THAT IS OKAY.
TO AMEND THAT PROFESSIONAL DRAWING YOU HAVE TO GET THAT THAT IS A LEGAL TO CHANGE A STAMP PLAN. SO AS A PROFESSIONAL GHD AND WENDELL, WE KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE SOMEONE'S PLAN WITHOUT THEIR WRITTEN PERMISSION. THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING THAT THE DATE OF IT, AND THAT IT WAS AMENDED BY THE APPLICANT. THAT VERBIAGE IN THERE. BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT, RIGHT. UNLESS HE GETS A LETTER. YOU GET A LETTER. OKAY. SO, I MEAN, WE COULD PUT THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE PLANNING BOARD CHAIRS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IT. AND THEN SO DO YOU STILL DEAL WITH THE PERSON THAT DREW THOSE PLANS? I, I DO BELIEVE WELL, HE'S NO LONGER I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S STILL ALIVE. I, I LEFT THREE MESSAGES. HE'S BEING WEST SENECA. HE'S NO LONGER I BUT I
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KNOW MR. RUMSEY STILL WORKS FOR BENDERSON, RIGHT? YEAH. DAD, DO YOU KNOW SHAWN? HE'S STILL ALIVE. HE'S STILL ALIVE? YEAH. MR. RUMSEY IS STILL ALIVE. BUT YOU DO NEED PERMISSION FROM HIM TO CHANGE THAT PLAN, SO. WELL, DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS? I COULD CHECK THROUGH BENDERSON MAY KNOW WHERE HE IS. YEAH, WHERE HE USED TO. THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD BE. YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE NUMBER? I THINK WE SHOULD CALL HIM NOW AND SEE IF HE'S HOME. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S 8:00. HE MIGHT BE HOME WATCHING. WHAT, JEOPARDY! OR I. YOU KNOW, IT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT, MAYBE CHICAGO FIRE. AND WE COULD ASK HIM IF HE WOULD GIVE US A LETTER AND THAT WOULD SPEED THIS UP. YOU KNOW HOW I HATE DELAYING CASES. AND THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE A DELAY. WELL, NO, I THINK YOU CAN CONDITIONALLY APPROVE IT TONIGHT. THAT HE GET A LETTER FROM FROM. OKAY. GIVE HIM THE CELL PHONE. WE SHOULDN'T CALL HIM BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE.HE'S GOING TO ASK FOR IT. MOST PROBABLY MONETARY TO TO CHANGE THAT PLAN. BUT BUT ANYWAY IT IS I CAN'T I CANNOT AS A PROFESSIONAL ALLOW A MARKED UP PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE PE. THAT'S A SIGNED PE STAMPED DRAWN THERE. WHAT I WOULD WANT TO DO FOR OUR END IS AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN THE PLAN. AND THAT WAY, WHATEVER HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, BETWEEN YOU, THE TOWN ATTORNEYS, HIS PERSON, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE TOWN LEGALLY, BECAUSE NONE OF THAT STUFF HAS TO REALLY COME BACK TO US WHETHER OR NOT THE LETTER IS RIGHT. NO NEED THAT. THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION THAT CAN BE DEALT WITH BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE AUTHORIZE YOU TO SIGN IT, I WILL. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM SIGNING IT, BUT I WANT IT IN THE RESOLUTION SAYING THAT THE APPLICANT HANDED US A DATED SEPTEMBER 21ST, THAT IT WAS AMENDED BY HIM TO ADD THE PARKING. I WOULD LIKE THAT IN THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. AND THEN THAT WAY THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT WE APPROVE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN APPROVED, BUT THAT WE WERE AWARE OF IT. WE ADVISED THE APPLICANT OF WHAT HE NEEDS, WHAT STEPS HE NEEDS TO TAKE. AND THAT COVERS THIS BOARD. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM. IT'S IT'S A VERY REASONABLE CONDITION. I'LL GET IT THAT. YEAH. YEAH. SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS BOARD LONG ENOUGH NOW THAT TO KNOW THAT SOME STUFF DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THEN 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THEY'RE GOING WHAT. YOU KNOW WHAT. NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE 20 YEARS. BUT YOU KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE REASONING FOR THAT. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMETHING GOD FORBID, WAS TO HAPPEN, HE'S THE DESIGN ENGINEER, ARCHITECT OR WHATEVER OF RECORD, AND HE WOULD BE SUED FOR IT, RIGHT? NO, I AGREE. SO WE HAVE OUR WORDSMITH WORKING DILIGENTLY. YOU COULD GET THE CELL PHONE FROM HIM WHILE YOU'RE WAITING.
DEFINITELY GOING TO DO THAT. OKAY. AND YOU SAID YOU NEED THREE COPIES STAMPED THREE COPIES. ENGINEERING. YES. GOT IT. COULD I TAKE THAT ORIGINAL OR ACTUALLY, I NO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. YOU CAN HAVE THAT. THAT'S FINE. GOT IT. DEFINITELY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WRITE IT IF YOU TAKE IT BACK. WE SHOULD HAVE PIPED UP MUSIC IN HERE. ELEVATOR MUSIC OR MOOD MUSIC? JEOPARDY! MUSIC? YEAH. JUST WENT OVER. I'M SORRY. JEOPARDY JUST ENDED. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
I THOUGHT MR. WHAT'S HIS NAME WAS AT HOME WATCHING JEOPARDY. HE'S PROBABLY GETTING READY TO WATCH CHICAGO MED NOW. ALL RIGHT, JOE, DICTATE IT AND TYPE IT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE? DID THE GIVING IT TO US OR THE MAYOR HAS. OKAY, OKAY. AND. CITY SUBMITTING IT AS AFTER. SO THIS ISN'T TOO DIFFERENT THAN WE'RE ON THE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. I KIND OF DRAFTED SOMETHING SO.
OH NO NO IT'S FINE. I JUST IF IT'S CLOSE, I CAN JUST ADD A COUPLE OF YOUR WORDS. YEAH.
YEAH. SO THE SITE PLAN. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE. YEP. PLEASE. YEAH. SO STICK. SO STICK IT UP AS A WAREHOUSE. NO, THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. SORRY ABOUT THE THE. VITAMIN BOARD. YEAH.
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AND HEADED INSIDE. YEP. SITE PLAN. YEAH. OKAY. SO. OH YEAH. EVERY WEEKEND AND AND AND PROVIDE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THREE COPIES TO DO THAT AS PART OF A BEFORE THEY GET BEFORE THEY GIVE THEM APPROVAL. AND WE DON'T PUT THAT IN ANYBODY ELSE'S. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE IN THE RESOLUTION. BUT WE DO NEED IT TO BE. ARE WE AUTHORIZED UPON THE RECEIPT OF THE RECEIPT? YEAH. LET ME THINK OF THE THAT'S BETWEEN I WANT TO I WANT TO PUNT THAT TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.ARE YOU READY? NO. NOT EVEN CLOSE. THEY'RE STILL. SO THIS IS WHY I GET THE BIG BUCKS, RIGHT? YEP. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY, I'LL GIVE HIM I'LL GIVE HIM THE JOSH. THAT'S WHAT. OKAY.
I'LL JUST I'LL GIVE HIM AN EMAIL SO HE KNOWS I GOT YOUR CALL. REMEMBER, I'VE BEEN FREEZING ALL DAY, BUT I KNOW IT'S WARM IN HERE. I SAY WE OPEN UP THE WINDOWS. DREW, HOW DID YOU. HOW DID YOU PHRASE THAT? THE ARCHITECT HAS TO HAS TO EITHER PROVIDE A LETTER TO ALLOW HIM TO OR REDO THE PLAN, PROVIDE A LETTER AUTHORIZING HIM TO MAKE CHANGES AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENTS. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S UP TO YOU. HE OWNS THAT PLAN. OKAY. I'M GONNA PUT HIS NAME IN THERE. DREW, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU AGREE THAT A PLAN LIKE THAT MAY HAVE A SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE OR SUCCESSOR? RIGHT. IF HE'S OUT OF BUSINESS. CORRECT. AND HE WOULD BE PROVIDE HIS FILES TO A SUCCESSOR. DO WE HAVE A STUDENT IN THE BACK? WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING YOUR PAPERWORK UP? AND I'LL SIGN IT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN GO HOME AT A REASONABLE HOUR.
GO BACK TO WORK. OKAY, WELL, YOU CAN YOU CAN GO BACK TO WORK. WHAT DO YOU DO? I WORK IN THE BACK AT ELLIOT. APOLLO. OH, SURE YOU DIDN'T BRING US. BRING US ANYTHING? ANY SNACKS I WOULD HAVE. MY FRIEND WAS HERE, BUT SHE HAD TO GO TO PRACTICE OUT LOUD TO SIGN HERS. WELL, SHE.
THESE AREN'T EVEN FILLED OUT. OH, I'LL FILL THEM OUT WHEN I GET HOME. WELL, YOU USUALLY THEY USUALLY FILL THEM OUT FOR ME, AND THEN I SIGN THEM, LIKE, SIGN A BLANK FORM. OKAY, SURE.
BECAUSE YOU FILL THESE OUT. OKAY. I'LL DO IT THIS TIME. BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU HAVE TO FILL IT OUT. OKAY? WELL, WHAT IS THE TEACHER IN THE AUDIENCE? THANK YOU. OKAY. OH, SHE'S NOT SHE'S NOT LISTENING. I CAN'T SIGN THIS OTHER ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS ON, BUT THAT'S FINE.
YEAH. ARCHITECTS, ARCHITECTS FALL UNDER THE BOARD OF REGENTS OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINE. AND SO THEY HAVE VERY STRICT RULES AND REQUIREMENTS IN THE NEW YORK STATE CODE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEIR LICENSING INVOLVES. SO THAT'S WHY I OR THE SUCCESSOR OF HIS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GOVERNED BY THE RULES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. OKAY, WHATEVER. I FINISHED MY WORK, SO. OKAY. YEAH. PROBABLY LATER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OH. YOU'RE WELCOME. HEY, NOW, LET'S NOT BE CONTRIBUTING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. OKAY? OKAY. ARE WE READY? YES. OKAY. CAN YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE. OH, MAYBE. NOT SURE WHO CAN READ THAT. WELL, I CAN READ IT. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO DO THE RESOLUTION? MEMBER SHAMARA. SURE, OKAY, A LITTLE MORE. OKAY. SHE'S DOING EVERYTHING. ANOTHER. MAY NEED TO SCROLL IT FOR YOU, THOUGH.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 6302 MONCTON DRIVE, JOHN BROCK'S INDOOR FITNESS TRAINING FACILITY SITE PLAN APPROVAL RESOLUTION. WHEREAS THE TOWN OF HAMBURG
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PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE FROM JOHN BROCK'S TO OPERATE AN INDOOR FITNESS TRAINING FACILITY OUT OF AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE AT 6302 MONCTON DRIVE. AND WHEREAS AN INDOOR TRAINING FACILITY IS NOT ALLOWED, IS NOT AN ALLOWED USE IN THE M2 ZONING DISTRICT, REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR A USE VARIANCE BEFORE THE TOWN OF HAMBURG ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. WHEREAS THE APPLICANT RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR THE USE VARIANCE FROM THE TOWN OF HAMBURG'S ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ON NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025.AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HAS REVIEWED THE PROJECT AGAINST THE TOWN CODE, HAS RECEIVED INPUT FROM TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER AGENCIES, HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REPORTS FROM THE APPLICANT AND PROVIDED INPUT TO THE APPLICANT. AND WHEREAS, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HELD THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2025, AND WHEREAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PART 617 OF THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO ARTICLE EIGHT, STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT SEEKER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT IS A TYPE TWO ACTION. NO FURTHER SEEKER ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE TOWN OF HAMBURG PLANNING BOARD ISSUES CONDITIONAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE. SIDEWALKS ARE NOT WARRANTED AS A PROJECT IS ON A STREET IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF TOWN, AND TWO THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE SITE PLAN DATED SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2021, AS AMENDED BY THE APPLICANT AND PROVIDED TO THE BOARD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026. WHICH SITE PLAN MUST FIRST HAVE THE WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION OF CHANGES BY ARCHITECT JAMES ALLEN RUMSEY OR SUCCESSOR OF HIS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE? IT'S BEEN MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? TIM RYAN SECONDS IT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MEMBER SHIMURA, SECOND BY MEMBER RYAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MEMBERS? A JACK ABSTAINED. OKAY, SO YOUR THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT YOU HAVE HOMEWORK AT TO DO. OKAY, SO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT NEED TO SAY THAT WE'LL GET THAT SIGNED OFF. DOES THAT COPY SHOW UP IN THE MAIL AT MY HOUSE. THIS IS THE RESOLUTION. YEAH.
DOES THAT EVER SHOW UP OR OR SHOULD I TAKE A PICTURE OF IT? THAT'S MY QUESTION. YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO JOSH WHEN HE GETS BACK. HE'LL GET A COPY OF THAT. JOSH? OH, JOSH? YES? JOSH HAS A COPY OF EVERYTHING. LET ME JUST TAKE A PICTURE. NO, I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT YOU CAN REQUEST A COPY THAT'S STAMPED BY THE TOWN CLERK. NO, THIS HASN'T BEEN SIGNED OR ENTERED, SO IT'S NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL IT'S SIGNED? NO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THE RIGHT VERBIAGE. YEAH. YEP.
[6. Matt Jaworski – Requesting Site Plan Approval of a proposal for parking improvements for a public mini-storage project at 5661 Camp Road]
THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR FINAL CASE THIS EVENING IS MATT JAWORSKI.REQUESTING SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FOR A PARKING LOT, PARKING IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PUBLIC MINI STORAGE PROJECT AT 5661 CAMP ROAD. AND THAT WOULD BE MR. HOPKINS IS FILLING IN FOR MR. JAWORSKI. CHAIRMAN, DOES EVERYONE HAVE THE PLAN? THE NEW ONE? YES WE DO. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE AND I'M SURE SEAN IS GOING TO ADDRESS IT. BUT IN FURTHER RESEARCHING THIS, THIS PROJECT REQUIRED A USE VARIANCE FROM THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS. AND WE'LL HAVE TO GET A COPY OF THAT USE VARIANCE. BUT THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THAT DOES NOT SHOW OUTDOOR STORAGE, THEREFORE, IS OUR OPINION UNLESS WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET AN AMENDMENT OF THAT USE VARIANCE. IT DIFFERENT USES. THE TOWN TREATS INDOOR, REGULAR STORAGE AND OUTDOOR DIFFERENTLY. THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT USES. SO UNLESS THE ZBA APPROVED OUTDOOR USAGE THEN WE CANNOT UNTIL THEY AMEND THE USE VARIANCE. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SEAN HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. SO DO YOU.
ARE YOU GOING BACK IN FRONT OF THE ZBA? WE DIDN'T. WE WERE HOPING WE WOULD NOT NEED TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROPOSING, I BELIEVE THIS IS ACCESSORY TO THE USE THAT WAS PERMITTED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH IS MINI STORAGE, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED AN ACCESSORY USE. IT'S CONSIDERED A SEPARATE USE. YOU HAVE TO IF THIS WAS ZONED CORRECTLY, YOU'D HAVE TO GET TWO APPROVALS. YOU'D HAVE TO GET APPROVAL. WE GOT TWO USE VARIANCES. GOT TWO USE VARIANCES. YEAH. ONE FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE, ONE FOR OUTDOOR STORAGE. SO I HAVE THE ZBA DECISION LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 2ND. AND THEN I HAVE THE WE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE ZBA ON APRIL 3RD. AND YES INDEED THEY DID GRANT TWO USE VARIANCES. OKAY. BUT IS ONE FOR FIVE WE COULD NOT FIND IF YOU CAN PROVIDE PROOF THAT THEY APPROVED OUTDOOR USAGE. I'M NOT. I'D HAVE TO CHECK THE APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE. BUT
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IT WAS TO USE VARIANCES. I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER REASON WHY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN. CAN ANYONE PULL THE WHOLE MINUTES? YEAH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND. THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T DO THAT RIGHT AWAY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE DATE OF IT, AND WE'D HAVE TO FIND PROOF. THE PROBLEM IS THE PLAN I FOUND THAT WAS APPROVED DOES NOT SHOW OUTDOOR. SO IF THAT'S JUST THE PLAN FOR SITE PLAN, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE TO GET THAT AMENDED. BUT I NEED TO HAVE PROOF THAT THAT USE IS ALLOWED THERE. JEFF, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AGREED. HE SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH TO. UNLESS I CAN PROVE WE WEREN'T GOING TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT. BUT UNLESS I CAN PROVE THAT THE USE VARIANCE INCLUDED THE OUTDOOR USE, WE CANNOT AMEND THE SITE PLAN. SO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO, AND I GENERALLY AGREE WITH DREW'S ANALYSIS RELUCTANTLY. IF THE USE IF THE SECOND USE VARIANCE DIDN'T INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE TECHNICALLY CORRECT, WE'D GO BACK TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, ASK FOR THAT TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. BECAUSE I ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE RECORD, THE SITE PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE. IF THE TWO USE VARIANCES WHICH WERE GRANTED DID INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE, THEN I THINK IT'S SIMPLY AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN. AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO YEAH, BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE ZBA WOULD NOT APPROVE SOMETHING IF IT WASN'T ON THE SITE PLAN. NO, THEY WOULD, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ZBA IS LOOKING AT IT BEFORE. REMEMBER, THE CBA COMES BEFORE CYCLE. I DON'T KNOW THAT. IT'S JUST STRANGE THAT THE SITE PLAN BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD THAT WAS APPROVED DIDN'T HAVE OUTDOOR USES. BUT YOU'LL DO THE RESEARCH WE NEED TO DO. WE CAN'T ACT ON IT TONIGHT UNTIL WE KNOW. SO ARE WE GOING TO TABLE THIS TO THE I DON'T HAVE THE WRITTEN RESOLUTION, BUT THE THIS I BELIEVE THIS IS 5661. IT IS. YEAH. SO WHAT AGAIN THIS IS THE DRAFT. THIS IS WHAT I WAS ABLE TO PULL UP QUICKLY. I'M NOT JOSH ROGERS I KNOW, BUT IT SAYS NO OUTDOOR STORAGE ALLOWED I, I APOLOGIZE I'M NOT JOSH ROGERS. THIS IS NOT THE SIGNED RESOLUTION, BUT I'M JUST CALLING THE ATTENTION TO THE BOARD THAT THIS ONE SAYS NO OUTDOOR STORAGE ALLOWED. RIGHT.BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PROPOSING AT THAT TIME. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S THE ORIGINAL. THAT'S NOT FOR FOR TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DRAFT ONE MINUTES. RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT SO DO WE AGREE WITH THAT. SO I DON'T HAVE TO WASTE YOUR TIME. MEANING IF WE ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APPROVAL, GO THERE FIRST AND THEN COME BACK HERE. YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE OUTDOOR STORAGE? IF THEY DIDN'T APPROVE IT, THE ZBA IS GOING TO WANT OUR INPUT BEFORE THEY HEAR ABOUT IT. OUTDOOR STORAGE, THAT'S THE I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE DOING IT THAT WAY WHEN WE DID THIS ONE. NO, NO. BUT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THEY'VE CHANGED, RIGHT. AND REFERRED STUFF TO US AHEAD OF TIME. IF YOU GO TO AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OUTDOOR USAGE AT A PUBLIC MINI STORAGE FACILITY IS THAT IT NOT BE SEEN FROM THE HIGHWAY, RIGHT.
WHICH I THINK WOULD NOT BE SEEN FROM ANY ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. SO OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S AT LEAST THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. WELL THEN IN SCREENING AS WELL. RIGHT. I, I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION FIRST BEFORE WE PROCEED. SO LET'S JUST TABLE THIS UNTIL. CAN I JUST ASK REAL QUICK. SURE, SURE. WOULD YOU MIND PRESENTING WHAT IS THIS NEW REVISION? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO. SURE. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED PLAN. NONE OF IT WILL BE ON THE RECORD. MY VOICE. MY IT DEPARTMENT WILL BE BACK ON MY CELL PHONE TELLING ME OTHERWISE, I KNOW. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED SITE PLAN AS INDICATED. DID NOT INCLUDE OUTDOOR STORAGE. THIS IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
NOW IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE RECENTLY AND WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS AND THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE PERMANENT BY THE WAY IS YOU'LL SEE THIS AREA. INSTEAD OF THOSE BUILDINGS BEING BUILT AT THIS TIME, THAT WOULD BECOME A DESIGNATED OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA, AS THERE IS ADDITIONAL DEMAND FOR THE MINI STORAGE UNITS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE FILLED IN PER THE APPROVED SITE PLAN. SO IT'S SOMEWHAT TEMPORARY, ALTHOUGH I CAN'T AGREE TO MAXIMUM TIME THIS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR BOATS, TRAILERS, THOSE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT REALLY AREN'T APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS. AND IT IS. I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE BY CAMP ROAD. WE DID ALREADY HAVE A FENCE. THERE'S A FENCE THAT'S GOING TO GO HERE. WHAT'S BEHIND THAT BACK HERE? THAT'S ALL. THE WETLANDS. ALL OVER WETLANDS AND DOWN HERE I THINK. IS THAT SCRANTON? YEAH.
SO IT'S NOT NEAR ANY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. TIM HORTONS. YEAH, YEAH. WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS PROJECT APPROVED. WE MET WITH NEIGHBORS, AND ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY BECAUSE THIS WAS FORMERLY A JUNKYARD. EVERYONE WAS HAPPY TO SEE IT CLEANED UP. THERE IS A SUBDIVISION AT SOME POINT AROUND THIS, IS THERE NOT NOT NOT YEAH. IF YOU ZOOM OUT. IF YOU. SCRANTON. YEAH. BUT NOT CLOSE. BECAUSE I REMEMBER NEIGHBORS IN CONTROVERSY IS
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WHAT I KNOW THERE THERE WAS NO CONTROVERSY ON THIS ZERO SUBDIVISION RIGHT UP HERE. THIS LITTLE CUL DE SAC WAY IN THE NORTH, UP HERE, UP HERE. RIGHT. AND THEN SO THE OUTDOOR STORAGE WOULD BE HERE. THOSE ARE OUTDOOR STORAGE WOULD BE OVER HERE. YEAH. SO THE CLOSEST WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT ON HERE THAT'S ZONED R3 RIGHT. SO I BELIEVE THOSE ARE APARTMENTS.YEAH THEY ARE APARTMENTS. THIS WHOLE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND. IN THIS AREA, THAT WAS WHERE THE STORMWATER WAS GOING TO BE. AND IT'S STILL REQUIRED. YEP. IT'S STILL THERE.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. RIGHT. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE I DON'T KNOW IF KIMMY CAN VERIFY I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S BEING INSTALLED. AND WE DID AGREE BECAUSE THE BOARD EXPRESSED A CONCERN THAT WE WOULD AVOID WETLAND IMPACTS. WE GOT A NATIONWIDE PERMIT FOR A VERY, VERY MINOR ONE IN THE BACK, I THINK 4/100 OF AN ACRE. AND WE HAVE TO BE IF ONE ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT OF IF WE ARE APPROVING THIS, BE VERY SPECIFIC ON THAT. THE ONLY OUTDOOR USAGE CAN BE IN THOSE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED AREAS. WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH OTHER PUBLIC MUNICIPAL STORAGE FACILITIES. THEY STARTED SHOWING UP ALL OVER THE PROPERTY. SO THEY HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THEY CAN ONLY HAVE OUTDOOR STORAGE AND THE TYPE OF OUTDOOR STORAGE AT THAT LOCATION. IT'S NOT JUNK PILES OR WHATEVER IT IS, BOATS OR OTHER LICENSED VEHICLES OR OTHER THINGS. WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH, AND I WILL HAVE THE PLAN UPDATED BECAUSE, WELL, IT CLEARLY SHOWS WHAT IT IS. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY LABELED OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT A PROBLEM FOR THE RECORD.
IT'S JUST THE BACK PART. OR IS IT THE FRONT PART TO THIS PART. THIS IS PARKING FOR CUSTOMERS.
SO THAT'S NOT OPEN. THAT'S NOT STORAGE. NO. THEY'RE JUST HERE. THAT'S JUST THE OPEN STORAGE WHERE HE JUST MENTIONED. AND IF I'M CORRECT, THAT'S ON THE SIDE NOT THE BACK. RIGHT. RIGHT.
CAMP ROAD IS UP FRONT RIGHT OKAY. CAMP ROAD IS HERE. AND THEN THE BACK IS ACTUALLY THIS SCRANTON IS HERE. BUT THESE ARE VERY, VERY DEEP PARCELS. SO BUILDINGS ARE A LONG WAYS AWAY, RIGHT? AND I SPOKE TO JOSH SAID HE SAID THAT QUESTION WAS GOING TO COME UP. SO I DID GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK. BUT I DIDN'T GET TO DO AN EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS USING STORAGE OVER HERE. RIGHT. PARKING WILL BE HERE. THERE'S THIS ADDITIONAL STORAGE HERE. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE IN THROUGH HERE. AND THEN THIS OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA WOULD BE BACK IN HERE. THAT'S CORRECT.
RIGHT. SO THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS OUT PARCEL. THAT'S THIS RIGHT HERE. AND THAT BUILDING IS GOING UP RIGHT HERE. YEP. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IS THERE ANY CHANGE FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE WHERE THERE WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDINGS AND NOW IT'S JUST A SWATH OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. SO FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES, NO, IT IS STILL HARD SURFACE. HARD SURFACE WHETHER IT'S A ROOF OR PAVEMENT. SO THIS DOES NOT SHOW AN INCREASE IN OVERALL IMPERVIOUS. THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I NEED IS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED, IT SAYS PHASE ONE IN THE IN THE TITLE. SO THE SITE PLAN THAT THE BOARD HAD APPROVED IN THE PAST WITH DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THEN IS WHAT WE APPROVED. AND THEN THE ENGINEERING PLANS WERE BROKEN INTO A PHASE ONE AND A PHASE TWO. SO IS THIS IS IS THIS REPLACING PHASE ONE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FULL BUILD OUT STILL TO THE ORIGINALLY APPROVED OR ARE WE OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BOARD UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY COULD STILL DO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK SHAWN HAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE DRAWINGS. THIS IS LIKE REPLACING THEIR PHASE ONE, AN AMENDED PHASE ONE. WELL, THIS IS A REVISED SITE PLAN, IS IT NOT? WELL, SO THE SITE PLAN WE APPROVED IS WHAT SHAWN IS HOLDING RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. THAT'S THAT THAT WAS PHASE ONE.
NO, NO. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE WHOLE THING. THAT'S THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED. THEY BROKE DOWN THEIR ENGINEERING INTO A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, SO THEY COULD DO PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN DEVELOP THE REST OF THE SITE AS THEY AS THEY BOOKED OUT THOSE FIRST SET OF BUILDINGS. SO, SO SEE WHERE THE WHERE THE PARKING IS NOW, WHERE THIS PARKING IS. THAT WAS A BUILDING. YES. RIGHT. SO THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL CHANGES BEING MADE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T CALLED CALLED A REVISED SITE PLAN. BECAUSE THE BUILDING I'M SORRY, BUT WHERE THE BUILDING WAS NOW IT'S PARKING AND IT'S GENERAL PARKING AND WHERE THE BUILDING WAS BEFORE, AND NOW IT'S OUTDOOR STORAGE. TO ME, THAT'S A REVISED SITE PLAN, IS IT NOT? WE AGREE IT'S AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. OKAY, WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE GOT IN
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OUR THING. THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED. YEAH, OKAY. IT'S EVEN TALKED ABOUT. IT SAYS IT'S REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A PARKING IMPROVEMENT. RIGHT. NO, IT'S IT'S REQUESTING APPROVAL OF AMENDING THE APPROVED SITE PLAN TO A TO REPLACE HAVE OUTDOOR STORES. THE PROBLEM HE'S SAYING IS THAT. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND WE'LL WORK WITH JOE AND OTHERS ON THE APPROVAL THAT HE'S SAYING THAT HE'S GETTING APPROVAL, THE OUTDOOR STORAGE. BUT HE COULD STILL BUILD THE BUILDINGS IN THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED WITH THE APPROVAL AND WHATEVER. SO WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE USE VARIANCE ISSUE. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THIS. WE POST THIS AGENDA AND IT'S NOT CLEAR. SO THIS HAS GOT TO GET CORRECTED. HE'S GOT TO GO BACK TO THE ZBA. MAYBE WE'RE NOT SURE YET. NO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO. WELL NOT IF THE USE VARIANCE INCLUDED OUTDOOR STORAGE. I DON'T SEE HOW IT WOULD BE OKAY. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO WHATEVER. SO. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH. SO I WOULD I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION. SO WE CAN'T EVEN GIVE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE ZBA BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IF HE'S COMING, GOING BACK OR NOT BASED ON WHAT HE'S TELLING US TONIGHT.CORRECT. WE CAN'T GIVE HIM A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ONE. RIGHT? BECAUSE HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IF HE'S GOING BACK TO THE ZBA. CAN WE ASK FOR ONE IN CASE WE NEED IT? NO, BECAUSE WELL, I WOULD OFFER AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME TIME IN WHATEVER TO DO THIS. I WOULD PUT THEM ON TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT. WE SHOULD HAVE A RESOLUTION OF WHETHER THIS REQUIRES A USE VARIANCE. IF IT REQUIRES A USE VARIANCE. IN TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, WE'LL CHANGE THE AGENDA THAT YOU'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A POTENTIAL USE. OKAY. THAT'S FAIR, BUT WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A REVISED SITE PLAN. I WANT THAT VERBIAGE OUT THERE BECAUSE THIS IS THIS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR. SO THEN I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ZONING BOARD, AND IF THEY GRANT THAT REQUEST, THEN WE STILL DO HAVE TO COME BACK AND ACKNOWLEDGE AMENDED SITE PLAN. REGARDLESS WHAT WE DO, WE STILL GET TO SEE YOU. RIGHT. AND AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON THE LANGUAGE OF THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN AND OR SITUATION WHERE THEY WANT TO DO THIS OUTDOOR STORAGE, BUT POTENTIALLY IN THE FUTURE, REPLACE THAT OUTDOOR STORAGE WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY APPROVED. THAT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING I'LL LET JOE AND JOSH AND YOU WORK ON THAT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS OUTDOOR STORAGE ALLOWED? YOU'D HAVE TO GET A USER. SO IT'S NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT THE USE VARIANCE. IT'S NOT ALLOWED. IN FACT THE USE WHILE IT'S PERMITTED IN THAT DISTRICT BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN CAMP ROAD, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE CODE THAT STATES CERTAIN USES LIKE THIS. AND CARDIO SHIPS ARE PROHIBITED. SO WE CAN'T MOVE ANY FURTHER. OKAY. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON THE 21ST. THANK YOU.
OKAY. HAVE A GOOD HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, IF I FIND THIS STUFF OR JOSH, YOU JOSH WILL BE BACK NEXT FRIDAY. I'M NOT GOING TO CALL HIM IN DUBAI. NO, YOU WON'T CALL HIM NEXT FRIDAY. HE WILL DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. ATTORNEY JOSEPH GOGAN. FOR THE RECORD, JUST JUST FOR THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY HAS, AS DREW MENTIONED, MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE WITH JUST THIS OR AT SOME POINT GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN. THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE THEY WANT TO DO THAT. IS THERE A LIMIT OR IS THERE A TIME FRAME? TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS? A YOU CAN'T GO BACK UNLESS YOU DO AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE APPLICANT'S CHOICE WHENEVER HE WANTS TO, OR IS IT THE APPLICANT'S CHOICE WHENEVER HE WANTS TO? JUST AS LONG AS THEY GET, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THROUGH ENGINEERING AND BUILDING. OKAY. JUST JUST DIDN'T KNOW TILL THE TILL THIS EVENING THAT IT ACTUALLY THE ENGINEER HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO TWO PARTS. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. THANK YOU. WOW. READY? I FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK DREW FOR COMING OUT OF SEMI-RETIREMENT AND COMING BACK AND JOINING US. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO WORK WITH YOU. AND WE ENJOYED IT. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO WELCOME RICHARD TO THE BOARD. I HOPE YOU LEARN SOMETHING. WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU OFF TOO MUCH WHERE YOU GO BACK TO THE TOWN BOARD AND SAY, NO, I WANT TO BE.
I WANT TO BE ON THE ZBA INSTEAD. SO WELCOME AGAIN. AND WITH THAT, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I SECOND THE MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.