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Cheektowaga environmental committee recommends negative SEQR declaration for 3419 Broadway auto-servicing project
Summary
The Town of Cheektowaga Environmental Advisory Committee recommended a negative declaration under SEQR for a proposed vehicle-servicing use at 3419 Broadway, contingent on later site-plan review and reappearance before the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The Town of Cheektowaga Environmental Advisory Committee on Aug. 27 recommended a negative State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) declaration for a proposed standalone public-vehicle servicing use at 3419 Broadway and will forward that recommendation to the Town Board for final determination.
Committee members said Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments were submitted and reviewed by town staff. “We’ve reviewed them, and there was no response needed,” said Engineering Department staff during the committee’s discussion. The applicant reported that preliminary site drawings had been emailed to staff and that borings and infiltration tests were complete; the applicant said final drawings would be provided within roughly two weeks.
The committee clarified that the current review pertains to the use variance request and the SEQR determination; a formal site-plan application will circulate for comment later. “When the site plan comes in, there’ll be new additional information at that time,” the committee chair said. Members said the Town Board must accept a SEQR determination before the Zoning Board of Appeals acts on the use variance; if later civil review shows impacts not previously disclosed, the town can reopen environmental review.
Committee members voted to recommend the negative declaration and instructed the applicant to submit a full civil set (survey, site plan, erosion and sediment control plan, demolition, drainage, utilities) and a short engineer’s report describing utilities and stormwater measures as part of the site-plan filing. The committee noted stormwater will be collected from roofs and drives into a detention basin with modeled pre/post release rates; infiltration was tested but is not expected to fully handle flows on site.
The committee’s recommendation will be filed with the Town Board for consideration; if the Town Board accepts the negative declaration, the applicant will reappear before the Zoning Board of Appeals as part of the process toward development review.
