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Plattsburgh planning board approves minor subdivision to fix mobile-home encroachment
Summary
On April 28 the Plattsburgh Planning Board approved a minor subdivision (application 25-01) that adjusts a shared lot line between two Route 9 parcels to resolve a mobile-home encroachment and formalize a boundary for a future Dollar General site.
The Plattsburgh Planning Board on April 28 approved a minor subdivision that adjusts a shared property line between two parcels on Route 9 to resolve a mobile-home encroachment and create a small parcel to be merged with the northern lot.
The action clears application 25-01 for completeness and classified the request as a minor subdivision and a Type 2 action, with the board voting unanimously to adopt the related resolutions.
Planning staff presented the proposal as an adjustment of an existing 2.59-acre unimproved parcel to create a new roughly 0.16-acre parcel that will be merged with the adjacent northern parcel. The parcels identified in the packet have physical addresses listed as 4761 Route 9 and 4775 US Ave; both are zoned B-2. Staff said the reconfigured boundary will place an existing mobile home fully on the northern parcel and will not exacerbate existing nonconforming conditions for that lot. Staff recommended classifying the application as a minor subdivision and a Type 2 action.
Jeffrey Burns of RMS Engineering and Survey, the applicant’s representative, told the board the boundary change "is limiting a civil issue, with the encroachment. So this is a win win for both property owners and for the city as far as how they assess each of those properties." Burns was speaking after staff’s presentation on the plan and the site photographs included in the packet.
The packet identifies the southern parcel’s ownership as Peter Wittback, John Murphy and Traders Properties LLC, and the northern parcel’s ownership as Randy M. and Jennifer Dame (transcript spelling retained where shown). The staff presentation also noted that the southern parcel previously received site-plan approval at a prior meeting for a Dollar General store; the subdivision will retain about 2.33 acres for the southern lot as shown on the proposed plat.
The board opened and closed a public hearing on the application without receiving public comment. The board then moved and voted to adopt two resolutions related to the application: one confirming application completeness and the CEDR designation and one approving the minor subdivision. The meeting record does not identify the individual movers or seconders for the motions; roll-call responses recorded were unanimous in favor (recorded votes: Jim Abdullah — yes; Abby Nusseher — yes; Tom Cosgrove — yes; Carly Leary — yes; Emily Reinhart — yes).
Planning staff noted that mapping and some plan graphics in the presentation were grainy on screen but that full-size plats (24x36) and 11x17 copies were available in the packet for review. No additional conditions or recommendations were recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board adjourned after approving the resolutions.
