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Board approves hotel conversion at 95 South Main with conditions on access, screening and façade review
Summary
The Planning Board approved converting the vacant medical office at 95 South Main into a 55‑room hotel, with conditions to improve site appearance, require rooftop mechanical screening and tighten ingress/egress signage and curb‑cut use after lengthy discussion about traffic patterns and neighborhood impacts.
The Rochester Planning Board on Feb. 3 approved a site‑plan application to convert a vacant medical office at 95 South Main Street into a 55‑room hotel, subject to conditions addressing exterior improvements, rooftop equipment screening and traffic access.
Project and decision: TF Moran engineering presented the conversion plan on behalf of Cardinal Development. The proposal keeps most utilities in place, reduces parking slightly to 86 spaces from an existing 90+ configuration, and calls for minimal exterior facade changes while fully renovating the interior. The board voted to approve the site plan with staff’s recommended conditions, amended to explicitly require screening for rooftop mechanical…
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