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Board approves 1,400 sq. ft. addition to Niagara Power transformer building
Summary
Cheektowaga Planning Board approved a site-plan application for a roughly 1,400-square-foot unoccupied metal building to shelter capacitors and switchgear at a Niagara Power facility, with planners noting parking and landscaping comments were addressed.
The Cheektowaga Planning Board voted to approve a roughly 1,400-square-foot addition to a transformer/test building at a Niagara Power facility, a representative said. The addition is a pre-engineered metal structure intended to provide weather protection for capacitors and switchgear used in testing adjacent transformers.
Robert Rumpel, an architect and partner at Troutman Associates, told the board the structure would be unoccupied and primarily house capacitors on racks and related maintenance activities. "The new building essentially is sitting on where there's a grass pad, and remainder of the landscaping that's on-site will be undisturbed," Rumpel said.
Planning staff notes referenced parking counts and landscaping. Rumpel said the project team believed it satisfied parking requirements and that existing landscaping would remain largely undisturbed; the new building would occupy part of a grassy area. A planner told the board this is a Type 2 action and therefore would not require review by the EAC.
A motion to approve the site plan for 1755 Veil Road passed on a voice vote. Board members recorded the motion as approval of the site plan; the board did not identify additional conditions in the transcript. The applicant acknowledged the planner's comments and said they would comply with any remaining administrative requirements.
