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Public works contractor seeks renewal of storage permit at 893 East Eagle; neighbors raise contamination concerns; committee sends without recommendation

July 16, 2025 | Buffalo City, Erie County, New York


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Public works contractor seeks renewal of storage permit at 893 East Eagle; neighbors raise contamination concerns; committee sends without recommendation
Nova Site Company requested the committee renew a special-use permit for 893 East Eagle to allow storage of construction equipment, vehicles and material stockpiles. Gino Zagario of Nova Site Company said the firm closed on the property late last year, sought financing for construction, and inadvertently let the prior permit lapse. He asked the committee to renew the permit.

Neighbor Doug Terray, who owns adjacent properties, asked what would be stored and whether contaminants could be introduced: "The word storage is kind of vague of what it might be stored there for how long and what type of material. Is there a checks and balances that once we get this permitted is we're not gonna start storing, asbestos or something down the road." Terray also said the site has a history of contaminated soil from a construction site decades earlier.

Zagario responded, "No contaminants. We, like I said, are a public works contractor and we will be storing all of our heavy equipment and, vehicles and trucks. And we would have some raw materials, like pipes and, fittings and, probably stockpiles of, wash stone and or topsoil, things of that nature." He said the company primarily does public works work for the city.

Council Member Nowakowski said the earlier concerns had been resolved and moved to send the item without recommendation; the motion passed and the committee forwarded the permit application to the full council without a committee recommendation. The committee did not grant the permit at the meeting.

The committee record notes neighbors' questions about past contamination and the need for clarity about what materials will be stored; the committee forwarded the item for additional review at council level.

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