Pitt Ohio’s representative and civil engineer presented a phase‑2 site plan for a maintenance shop at 6640 Transit Road, and the Cheektowaga Planning Board voted to table the application so the applicant can complete outstanding submissions, including a variance for shop size and clarified parking calculations.

Joel Papsy, representing Pitt Ohio, and Jamie Fiala, the project civil engineer from BL Companies, told the board the proposed phase‑2 work includes a 4,985-square-foot, three‑bay vehicle maintenance shop for Pitt Ohio’s own fleet, updated utility connections and minor fence realignment. Fiala said the combined limit of disturbance for phases 1 and 2 is 0.9 acres, and that staff have said a SWIP (stormwater pollution prevention plan) is not needed given existing impervious limits.

The board and staff raised multiple outstanding items the applicant must complete before final recommendation: per local zoning, a maintenance shop generally must not exceed 5% of the terminal’s existing square footage but the proposal is approximately 20%, so a formal variance will be required. Board members also asked the applicant to provide a detailed parking calculation separating employee parking from trailer and fleet parking (the applicant said current employees total fewer than 50: 30 drivers, nine dock workers, four office staff and two mechanics, typically parking in the front lot). The lighting plan and landscaping details were also incomplete; the applicant said building‑mounted lighting will be used and that three removed trees will be replaced one‑for‑one.

Planning staff and several board members recommended tabling the application so Pitt Ohio can obtain an EAC negative declaration, finalize the variance filing (the applicant said the variance would be submitted by the following Wednesday) and return with the completed materials. The applicant said the project team intends to seek construction authorization in late spring with occupancy aimed before the next winter.

Next steps: Pitt Ohio will file the size variance and provide finalized parking, lighting and landscaping plans, appear before the EAC for a negative declaration and then return to the planning board with a complete package for a recommendation to the town board.