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Resubdivisions (votes and conditions)
- R-25-19 (combine 134 and 140 Lafayette Road rear into one lot): Commission approved the resubdivision. Conditions beyond general conditions included filing the resubdivision approval with the Onondaga County Clerk within 62 days and obtaining appropriate permits for the accessory structure (shed) or for demolition as needed. The applicant identified himself as James Calasarino and said the parcels had been deeded together previously and a shed was placed under the belief the property was a single lot.

- R-25-20 (combine 1006, 1010, 1012 and 1016 Burnet Avenue into one lot): The commission approved R-25-20 with the customary condition that the resubdivision map be filed with the county clerk within 62 days. Terry Luckett of the Syracuse Land Bank explained 1006 had recently been demolished and that the adjacent owner intends to keep the parcel as green space and possibly expand parking in the long term.

- R-25-21 (combine 105 and 106 Hatch Street into one lot): The commission approved R-25-21 with two additional conditions beyond general conditions: filing the resubdivision map with the county clerk within 62 days and obtaining a permit if any fence is to be installed on adjacent property. Terry Luckett said 105 Hatch had been demolished in 2020 and the adjacent owner seeks additional yard space.

Zoning map amendment recommendations (to Common Council)
- Z-2895, Z-2896, Z-2897: For each of the three separate zoning map amendment applications (addresses on Prospect Avenue), the commission first made the SEQRA finding (negative declaration) and then voted to forward an affirmative recommendation to the Common Council. Staff noted the parcels had been new tax parcels created after the 2023 rezoning and that the requested district assignment is MX-4 (urban core). The commission voted for each application separately; the recommendations will be forwarded to the Common Council for final action.

Other business
- Three‑mile limit subdivision review (DeWitt): The commission approved three‑mile review application 3S-2505 (lot line adjustment in DeWitt for 812 and 820 Franklin Park Drive) following the City of Syracuse Department of Engineering review.

- Election of officers: The commission elected Steve Kulick as chair and Walter Fuller as vice chair (nomination moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as approved). Planning staff indicated the vice chair will receive an updated duties description.

All of the above actions were recorded by voice vote in the meeting; some motions were made and seconded without roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript. Where staff recommended customary conditions (for resubdivision filing), the commission attached those conditions. The commission left the record open on some larger items (for example the Syracuse University hotel substantive approvals) but closed the related SEQRA steps for now.

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Joel Elfiri, executive director of campus planning, design and construction at Syracuse University, presented the project on behalf of the university. Design team representatives described a multi‑block proposal on the west side of University Avenue, north of Adams Street, consisting of roughly 200 guest rooms, an event podium with about a 4,200‑square‑foot ballroom and pre-function space, and an elevated parking structure. The design team (DLR Group and King + King Architects) said the project would re-purpose existing surface parking lots and include an underground stormwater detention system and erosion controls. The university also provided will‑serve letters from city water, Onondaga County and National Grid as part of its submittal.

The commission’s environmental review included the staff’s recommended answers for EAF Part 2. Staff recommended no or small impacts for most categories after reviewing the applicant’s materials and mitigation commitments; staff recommended answering “yes” where appropriate (for example, the project will increase energy use and will increase noise and outdoor lighting compared with a surface parking lot). Passero Associates prepared a traffic study concluding the project would generate fewer than 100 new vehicle trips in peak hours, and the planning staff noted the proposed parking garage would have roughly 100 spaces (a reduction from the existing about 124 surface spaces). The project team said excavation and shoring methods would stabilize the site and that all excavated soils would be properly disposed off‑site.

Troy Woffner, director of the Onondaga County Planning Department, told the commission the county’s comments were standard project‑review requests (sewer capacity, traffic, departmental coordination) rather than recommendations opposing the project and expressed county support for the hotel as providing needed guest rooms for the university, hospitals and regional events.

After question and answer with commissioners — including points about grading along University Avenue, the structure’s relationship to adjacent historic resources, and the pre‑development review scheduled with city departments — the commission concluded that the action will not have significant adverse environmental impacts and issued a SEQRA negative declaration for the resubdivision and project plan review. Staff will prepare a written resolution reflecting the action.

The commission did not grant substantive zoning or building approvals at the meeting; staff and the applicant agreed to carry the project forward through regular departmental reviews and to return to the commission for remaining approvals at a later date. A pre‑development meeting with city departments is scheduled for later in the week to coordinate final comments.

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Planning staff and commissioners said the property has a “long history of complaints” and the application was elevated from a minor to a major site plan review. Joe Gilvagno, the applicant’s agent for owner Edward Gottlieb/Pacific Properties Inc., described the proposal as a change of use from a restaurant to a bar. The commission read nine special conditions into the record and voted to approve the project with those conditions and the standard general conditions.

Those conditions — read into the record by planning staff — require: compliance with a memorandum of understanding (executed March 28, 2025); strict control of noise to avoid violation of the City of Syracuse noise ordinance (Revised General Ordinances, Chapter 40, Section 40-16); no live entertainment without a city entertainment license (including live music, DJs, karaoke and dance floors); no amplified speakers that project music outdoors and interior speaker volume controls to avoid noise-ordinance violations; alcohol sales to cease at the legal hour of 2 a.m. with premises closed by 2:30 a.m. and no entry outside permitted hours; designated security staff to monitor the exterior during operating hours after 10 p.m. and for 30 minutes after closing to address loitering and disturbances; strict adherence to approved operating hours (noted in the record as Monday–Wednesday 4 p.m.–12 a.m.; Thursday–Saturday 11 a.m.–2 a.m.; Sunday 12 p.m.–9 p.m.); a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) review coordinated with the Syracuse Police Department and implementation of its recommendations; and revocation of land‑use approval for violations of the stated conditions.

Supporters and neighbors both spoke at the public hearing. Randall Hahn, who identified himself as a minority owner of the tenant operating as Tap House on Walton, said the State Liquor Authority had cleared the business and that recent changes (removal of a bass speaker and operating with playback from an iPad) had reduced calls to police. “In the last eight weeks since we signed the memorandum, we ran the same type of music off an iPad and there hasn’t been one police call for a noise ordinance,” Hahn said.

Residents who live in the Center Armory condominiums immediately above the venue described prior experience of vibration and noise that interfered with sleep and daily life. Reagan Cuddy, a resident and owner in Center Armory, said reductions in loud speaker use in November improved the situation but expressed concern that allowing an accessory entertainment use could reopen the road to live entertainment that had created problems in the past. “I would love to see these establishments succeed,” Cuddy said. “I just want to make sure that as residents our investments in our homes are still places that we can live… and that it can be done in a way we can coexist.”

Other speakers included security staff and local business owners who supported the venue and reported no recent incidents inside the bar. Daniel Ingersoll, who identified himself as a security guard at Tap House, said the venue had made changes and that recent events were primarily fundraising and community-centered. A representative from Evans Security Services said the bar has been “the safest I’ve ever worked at” and supported the application.

Planning staff emphasized the commission’s role in balancing neighborhood expectations and public safety while not precluding lawful business operation. After discussion, the commission voted to approve the major site plan review (MISPR-25-44) with the nine conditions and general conditions; the commission will prepare a resolution and the item is now conditioned on compliance with the enumerated requirements.

The applicant may apply for an entertainment license if it intends to host live events in the future; the planning conditions require a license before live entertainment can occur. The CPTED review required by the conditions must be completed with the Syracuse Police Department and relevant recommendations implemented as part of the permit process.

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