At this Zoning Board of Appeals meeting there are as of this posting 5 new cases and 6 signs to be reviewed as well as 3 other issues, one of which is to consider extending the Hiawatha Trails project for 1 year.

• Of the new cases,
  • The developer of the apartments on Vosburgh Road, across from the Hannaford, is requesting a variance from Town Sprinkler Code for the club house.  The Developer is asking to install sprinklers of lower capacity will be installed with foam installation to avoid installing a lager water main to eh building which was not contemplated in the project design and budget.
  • The 6580 Dunnsville Road variance for a portion of a solar array in a required side setback is of great interest to GCRG. There will be a Public Hearing at this meeting regarding this project. THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE SIDE SETBACK VARIANCE ONLY.  THE PLANNING BOARD WILL NOT CONDUCT A SITE PLAN REVIEW WITHOUT THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE.

• Of the signs to be reviewed, one of the 6 to be reviewed is for a new monument and building mounted signs for the Sunmark bank being built next to the new car wash at 2115 Western Ave.

• Included in other business, at the every end of the agenda, is a request to extend the Special Use Permit for the Hiawatha Trails Extension. The ZBA Agenda indicates that the owner is requesting an extension to the Hiawatha Trails Special Use Permit for one year. Yet the letter attached to the Agenda indicates the request is 2 years from May 15, 2021 until May 15, 2023.

Some of this meeting agenda for the Zoning Board of Appeals was originally set for the October 7th Zoning Board meeting.  Due to inclement weather the meeting was postponed and all cases were rescheduled for October 21st.

The Agenda for the meeting can be found here .

Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order No. 202.1 related to COVID-19 allows for the attendance of meetings telephonically or other similar service and says,

"Article 7 of the Public Officers Law, to the extent necessary to permit any public body to meet and take such actions authorized by the law without permitting in public in-person access to meetings and authorizing such meetings to be held remotely by conference call or similar service, provided that the public has the ability to view or listen to such proceeding and that such meetings are recorded and later transcribed;"

The town has chosen to hold this meeting electronically via broadcast live on Verizon Fios Channel 34 and Spectrum Channel 1303.  The public can also watch a live stream and access video on demand recordings of meetings by clicking here.  To participate in the meeting, call 518-579-3721.