Planning board schedules hearing for MC 3 Ventures auto sales and service at Route 17M

The Goshen Planning Board voted to schedule a public hearing in two weeks for MC 3 Ventures LLC’s amended site plan to operate an automobile retail and service business on a 0.65-acre parcel along Route 17M.

The application, filed under MC 3 Ventures LLC and associated with Hugh McKenzie, proposes constructing a building and converting a previously approved plan to allow auto sales and repair in the HC zoning district with AQ6 overlay. The board’s discussion focused on two zoning issues staff said must be resolved before final approval: vehicles shown in the required front yard and a 30-foot side-yard setback complicated by an existing lot line that runs through a structure.

Planning staff told the board the applicant is proposing both auto sales and repair and that the parcel previously had a different approved site plan. “We are in the process of applying this building and the property to operating, automotive repair and auto sales,” Hugh McKenzie said. Staff noted the plan shows two vehicles stored in the front yard, which would require a variance from the…