Applicant seeks negative declaration and zoning referrals for school conversion; neighbors raise scale and traffic concerns

An applicant asked the planning board to issue a negative declaration under SEQR and to refer the project to the zoning board of appeals to consider variances for converting two existing houses into a school and related site work.

The applicant told the board the conversion would not add new structures aside from a parking area and a rear basketball court; one existing driveway at 3 Fosse would be removed and restored to lawn. A representative said the houses would serve a school population that does not drive and that a traffic-impact study and a lighting plan had been submitted. “None of them drive,” a project representative said when asked whether…