The Washington County Planning Agency on July 6 reviewed a site-plan referral from the Village of Fort Edward for a proposed kitchen-and-bath showroom and retail store at 128 Broadway.

Agency staff said the property was formerly occupied by a smoke shop and the new owner wants to use the space for a kitchen-and-bath showroom. The planner noted the proposal does not include exterior changes; signage will be a window sign. "They're not changing the exterior or anything," a planning member said during the referral discussion.

The planner described the parcel as within 500 feet of State Routes 4 and 497 and bordering a State Recreation Area (the Yacht Basin area) in the referral materials; the agency received sketch plans with location markers but no major site alterations.

A motion to find the project outside the scope of countywide concern was made, seconded and carried by voice vote. Agency members did not record conditions or require further county-level review for the site plan; local approvals and any building permits remain the Village of Fort Edward's responsibility.

The planning packet and meeting transcript show the agency treated this as a standard site-plan referral after the previous business on the agenda; no county-level code or environmental concerns were raised at the meeting.

Ending note: The project will proceed through the village site-plan and building-permit process; the county referral record shows no countywide impact was found.