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Planning board pauses SEQR for 488 Main Street after parking mitigation questions; developers seek funding deadline
Summary
Developers of an 81‑unit mixed‑use project at 488 Main Street sought a SEQR negative declaration to support a Sept. 11 funding application, but planning board members requested more concrete parking‑mitigation evidence and utilization data before voting.
Developers seeking to build an 81‑unit mixed‑use building at 488 Main Street asked the City of Poughkeepsie Planning Board to declare a SEQR negative declaration to strengthen a state funding application due Sept. 11. The board declined to adopt the negative declaration at this meeting, citing unresolved questions about parking mitigation and the need for utilization data on nearby lots.
Project representatives told the board the revised first‑floor commercial program would be office/retail rather than a laundromat after the State agency HCR told the team its funding requires all‑electric buildings; the applicant said laundromats are cost‑prohibitive to run all‑electric. The project includes 5,082 square feet of commercial…
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