At this meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals there are as of this posting 2 items. The agenda can be found here.

Public hearing for 126 Arcadia Avenue & 18 Upper HIllcrest Avenue and an area variance for a subdivision.

• 126 Arcadia Avenue & 18 Upper HIllcrest Avenue -Variance to permit a subdivision that will create lots that do not comply with the dimensional requirements for the zone

• 2050 Western Ave - LED Sign for Robert Jewelers

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The Agenda for the Zoning Board of Appeals has yet to be announced nor has this meeting been officially canceled.

At this meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals there are as of this posting 3 Pubic Hearings on the agenda plus 5 Mounted Building Sign Permit Applications, although if you just look the agenda items they are not listed as public hearings.

We want to bring your attention to the following public hearings which are of particular interest to GCRG and encourage residents of Guilderland to call in and make public comments: 

PUBLIC HEARINGS

• 337 Church Road: Public Hearing for Variance Request to permit a structure exceeding 15ft to be placed within 15ft of the property lines.

• 6120 Johnston Road Rear: Public Hearing for Special Use Permit and Variance Request to develop an 8.8MW solar energy system (a.k.a. solar farm).

• 2390 Western Avenue: Public Hearing for Special Use Permit and Variance Request to convert an office building to a mixed-use building.

The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting was canceled to allow meeting of the Guilderland Planning Board. 

The next meeting of the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for December 2^nd 2020.

The November 4^th 2020 and November 18^th Zoning Board of Appeals meeting has been canceled.  

The next meeting of the Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals is scheduled for December 2^nd 2020.

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 .

At this Zoning Board of Appeals meeting there are as of this posting 3 new cases and 1 sign to be reviewed. None appear to be of great importance to the GCRG, although you may like to know that owner of the the new and extremely over illuminated Knockout Car Wash being built at 2123 Western Avenue is seeking a Special Use Permit Amendment to build an outside stairwell in the back to reach the office on the upper level.

The Agenda for this meeting can be found here.