The Guilderland Planning Board had originally scheduled a public hearing for March 11, 2020 at 6:00pm, but due to the hearing notice not being published on time in the Altamont Enterprise, the hearing is expected to be rescheduled to March 25 at this meeting.

For more information, see our page on the development on Rapp Road, the Mall Ring Road and Western Avenue and please start sending your public comments in now, even if it is just to ask for more public comment period time.

There are 5 items on the agenda for consideration at this meeting:

1. Reschedule Public Hearing -- Rapp Road Residential/Western Avenue Mixed Use Redevelopment Projects.

   This public hearing was originally scheduled for this night, but is going to be rescheduled to 2 weeks later to March 25, 2020 at 6:00pm.
    

2. Reschedule Public Hearing -- Nott Road 3 Lot Minor Subdivision -- 6030 Nott Road from March 25th, 2020 to April 8, 2020 at 7:00pm

    

3. Change in Zone -- Albany Country Club -- 300 Wormer Road.  

   The Town Board referred a Change of Zone of 89 acres +/- from a Single-Family residential (R20) District to a rural Agricultural (RA3) District. 

   The purpose of the change in zone request is the Albany County Club will be submitting a Country Hamlet project consisting of 549 +/-acres. The 89 acres proposed for the change in zone would be incorporated into the 549 acre Country Hamlet project. Pursuant to §280-14.B of Town Code a Country Hamlet is only permitted in the RA3 and RA5 Districts. At the November 20, 2019 Development Planning Committee meeting the Albany Country Club presented a concept plan proposing a total of 290 units consisting of 100 single-family units, 100 townhome units and 90 multiple-family units.

    

4. Residential Facility, Independent Living -- Serafini Builders, Inc. -- 2965 West Old State Road.  

   This is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a 12 unit Independent Living Residential Facility in 3 buildings on 1.1 acres in a Business Non-Retail Professional (BNRP) District.

    

5. Local Shopping Center -- Hoffman Enterprises -- 27 New Karner Road.  

   This is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for a Local Shopping Center (under 45,000 square feet) on 4 acres in a General Commercial (GB) District.

   This application is a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Planning Board to conduct a site plan review and provide a report to the Zoning Board. The applicant is proposing to construct a Local Shopping Center, defined in Town Code as a shopping center that is under 45,000 square feet, on 4 acres in a General Business(GB)District.

   The proposed Corporate Circle Plaza will consist of two buildings. One building will consist of retail/flex space and is proposed at 23,000 square feet. The second building will consist of a retail/drive-thru building and is proposed to be 2,500 square feet.

   The site plans indicate a total of 142 parking spaces will be provided for the shopping plaza, where 142 spaces are required.

You can find the “agenda packet” at for this meeting at: https://www.townofguilderland.org/planning-board/agenda/planning-board-meeting-agenda-31

This agenda packet is 41 pages long so, you may not want to download it to a mobile device where you are paying for data or have slow connection.