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Town of Queensbury Planning Board
Request of a Waiver of Plan Requirements
Project: Proposed Fastrac Cafe
220 Corinth Road
Town of Queensbury,Warren County
Applicant: Brett Hughes
Director of Real Estate& Environmental Compliance
Fastrac Markets
6500 New Venture Gear Drive
East Syracuse, NY 13057
(315)552-6800 x2124
As part of our planning board application for the proposed Fastrac Cafe, we respectfully request a Waiver of a
specific requirement within the Town of Queensbury Zoning Code. We request 2 waivers, one for the
requirement of parking lots to be located behind buildings and a waiver for non-residential landscaped
requirements.
➢ Chapter 179 Zoning,Article 7 Design Standards, Part 030, Paragraph A(1)... (§179-7-030-A(1))
Parking lots will be located behind buildings.
Justification of the Request:
Fastrac Markets,LLC is proposing to develop a 2.1-acre parcel of land located at 220 Corinth Road in the Town of
Queensbury (tax parcel number 309.13-1-35). The property is currently vacant but is included as a part of the
SwitchCo development off Corinth approved last year and which a Holiday Inn Express is currently under
construction.
• The subject property is along the Exit 18 (Interstate 87) commercial corridor.
• Most of the surrounding commercial properties have parking in front of their establishments including the
Kinney Drugs, New York Truck and Equipment, Carl R's Cafe, and the U-Haul. It will not be out of
character of the neighborhood to have parking in the front as most commercial properties in the area
have parking in front.
• The Proposed Fastrac Cafe consists of a layout with the fuel canopy to the side or the building, enhancing
the appearance of the modern building to the street view, unlike a traditional convenient store layout
with the fuel canopy out front. Note that all of the area gas station and convenience store include their
fueling canopies in front of their building (Cumberland Farms, the Sunoco and the Stewart's shop). The
proposed Fastrac includes a fueling canopy on the side which is more pleasing than a fuel canopy in front
/ blocking the building. With the fuel canopy on the side it restricts the ability to have customer parking
on the side.
• The Proposed Fastrac Cafe includes a diesel fuel offering for trucks on the rear side of the building. With
the diesel in the rear it restricts the ability to have customer parking on the rear side.
• The Proposed Fastrac architecturally designed building(which Fastrac has established for all its new stores
as a branding element of 'Fastrac' across New York State) does not have a customer entry door to the
backside (rear) of the store as this area in the floor plan is the kitchen, storage and cooler space.
Customer doors are on the side facing the fueling canopy and the front of the store.
• The proposed layout includes a landscape area along the frontage for trees and plantings.
For these reasons we respectfully request that the planning board waive the requirement of"Parking lots will be
located behind the buildings" (§179-7-030-A(1)).
PH 315-682-5580 0 FAx 315-682-5544 • EMAIL:ti1NAP@NAPCON.COb7
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➢ Chapter 179 Zoning,Article 8, Part 050, Paragraph 8... (§179-8-050-8)
10 foot Landscape Strip along a Private Road.
Justification of the Request:
As part of the development, Fastrac is under agreement with SwitchCo for access and egress onto it's private road
that has been constructed as part of the hotel development Fastrac proposes 2 access drives to this private road.
The subdivided parcel of which Fastrac is developing is approximately 295 wide by 315 feet long (2.15 acres) The
Town of Queensbury code requires a 10 foot landscape strip for properties adjoining a private road. Within the
subject site property limits,the current proposal has a 4 foot strip (minimum). Therefore, we respectfully request
a waiver of this requirement with the following justification:
• To fit the proposed Fastrac Cafe development the proposed edge of pavements extend to within 4 linear
feet of the subdivision lot lines. This is required in order to achieve proper internal circulation and safety
for customers entering and leaving the facility.
• Even though the edge of pavement of the proposed Fastrac internal circulation is within 4 feet of the
property line,the property line is 28 feet from the existing private road asphalt surface.
• So, within the property limits we only have 4 feet, but in reality there exists a landscape buffer of over
32 feet from the private road to the Fastrac internal drive aisle.
• As such a green space buffer of over 32 feet will be provided.
For these reasons we respectfully request that the planning board waive the requirement of a 10 foot landscape
strip along a Private Road (§179-8-050-B).
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