The Cheektowaga Planning Board voted to recommend approval of a development plan to combine three lots at 3419 Broadway for a new roughly 50,000–53,000‑square‑foot commercial truck service building for Valley Tire that will include interior tire storage and scheduled truck servicing.

The nut graf: Board members focused on parking counts, lighting fixtures and fire suppression for interior tire storage. Applicant representatives said the project has completed environmental review and secured a use variance; they outlined parking calculations, hours of operation and hazard‑rated sprinkler requirements for interior tire storage.

Project team members Tim Asinger of Kessel Construction and engineer Aaron Teller described the building program as truck servicing (tires, oil changes and maintenance) with interior tire storage estimated at about 2,000 tires. Asinger said the hours would be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with no Saturday or Sunday operations. On parking, the applicant noted the zoning standard of three parking spaces per service bay; with 14 bays that yields 42 spaces, and the warehouse staffing calculation (1.5 spaces per employee) added approximately 10 spaces for the five warehouse employees, for an expected total demand of about 52 spaces; the applicant said the plan provides 56 spaces.

On lighting and site security, the applicant said the design includes downlighting and night‑sky–compliant LED fixtures; the plan lists 35 fixtures (six pole lights along parking and 29 around the building) and a photometric plan was provided. For fire safety, the applicant said the interior tire storage triggers a high‑hazard sprinkler system with a fire pump. The project team said they set the building back roughly 130–150 feet from Broadway and preserved mature trees and added nine new trees to buffer a remaining nearby residence. The applicant reported outreach to the remaining adjacent property owner and said that manager-level staff have been in contact about buffering and fencing.

After questions and clarification from board members about circulation and buffering, a motion to recommend approval was made and seconded; the board approved the recommendation by voice vote. The applicant team thanked the board and said they would continue with permitting and construction‑phase coordination.