Staff Notes
Department of
Community Development
Queensbury Planning Board
Staff Notes
January 24, 2012
APPLICATION: Special Use Permit 3-2012 (Modification to SUP 64-2011)
APPLICANT: Robert Perkins
REQUESTED ACTION: Changes to an approved site planrequire Planning Board review / approval
LOCATION: 315 Corinth Road & 26 Carey Road
EXISTING ZONING: CLI-Commercial Light Industrial
SEQRA STATUS: Type II-no further action required
WARREN CO. REFFERAL: 1/11/2012
ENGINEERING REVIEW: 01/11/2012
PARCEL HISTORY: SP 64-11: Use vacant buildings & develop property as a recycling center
and office space for multiple tenants Approved 10/18/11
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant proposes modification to an approved site plan to include additional
paving along the warehouse approaches to rear of site as well as new pavement associated with front overhead doors.
Further, accommodation to include tree clearing and hard-surfacing for the storage of up to 51 trailers located to the
south and east on the parcel is proposed. Finally, the placement of an additional transformer and bollards proposed to
the east. Changes to an approved site plan require Planning Board review and approval.
STAFF COMMENTS: This application is reviewed under the auspices of a Special Use Permit and will require the
same level of review as Site Plan Review with the General Criteria for the following to be applied by the Planning
Board as per §179-10-060:
1. Harmony with the Comprehensive Plan
2. Compatibility
3. Access, circulation and parking
4. Infrastructure and Services
5. Environment and natural features
6. Long-term effects
Note: Specific standards for Recycling Centers shall comply with standards as per §179-10-070V.
Please see attached description for the General Criteria for this project.
Review:
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1. Snow storage location denoted to the rear of the parcel in the trailer storage area would be difficult to
manage. Clarification on how this would be performed with trailers in this location.
2. Ten trees removed along warehouses without approval. Applicant is offering 6 yews facing Corinth Road as
replacement. The Planning Board may wish to discuss the potential for more plantings.
3. Dirt road along rear of eastern warehouse should either be decommissioned or placed on plan. Clarification
on the future of this dirt road should be forthcoming.
4. Sign details should be clarified.
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1. No immediate issues.
Additional comments:
1. This application is reviewed under the requirements of a Special Use Permit and will require one of
the following terms of validity: Permanent, Temporary, or Renewable.
2. Engineering comments attached.
3. Fire Marshal comments attached.
Special Use Permit General Criteria
Before issuing any special use permit, the Planning Board shall consider the public health, safety and general welfare
as well as potential environmental impacts. A special use permit shall not be granted until the Planning Board finds
that the following criteria have been met:
A. Harmony with Comprehensive Plan. The proposed use shall be in harmony with and promote the general
purposes and intent of the Comprehensive Plan, and this chapter and the health, welfare and safety of the Town and
its residents.
B. Compatibility. The proposed use shall be compatible with the character of neighborhood, the area, the zoning
district, and the community surrounding the location of the proposed use and will not unduly prohibit or discourage
future planned growth in the area.
C. Access, circulation and parking. The proposed use shall have safe and efficient access for pedestrians and
vehicles, and shall provide for appropriate off-road parking and loading areas. The interior circulation system must
be adequate to provide safe accessibility to all parking spaces and ensure that adequate and safe integration of
pedestrian and vehicular movement is provided.
D. Infrastructure and services. There shall be sufficient infrastructure and services, including utilities, public
facilities and services, available for the proposed use or the project shall extend or provide infrastructure and services
for the area where the proposed use is located. There shall also be facilities and services implemented by the
applicant to appropriately control any potential nuisances from the operation of the use, such as control of litter or
trash, loitering and crime prevention, and any other features or aspects of the operation of the proposed use that may
affect the public safety, health, and general welfare.
E. Environment and natural features. The proposed use shall be compatible with and appropriately protect
environmental and natural resources, including the environmental and physical suitability of the site for development,
and the general landscaping, screening and buffering shall be in character with the surrounding areas, and the risk of
fire, flood or erosion and impacts such as emissions of electrical charges, dust, light, vibration or noise detrimental to
the public health, safety and welfare shall be minimized to the maximum extent practicable.
F. Long-term effects. The proposed use shall provide positive or beneficial effects on the long-term economic
stability, environmental integrity, and community character of the Town and surrounding properties, districts and
uses.
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