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New York Transco plans contractor yard at 9 Hook Road with 8-foot security fencing and small signage; wetland buffer flagged
Summary
Representatives for 9 Hook Road LLC presented a site-plan amendment to turn an existing contractor yard into a New York Transco staging and storage site, proposing lean-to storage canopies, an 8-foot security fence with one foot of barbed wire and a small building-mounted sign.
Representatives for 9 Hook Road LLC told the Rhinebeck Planning Board they intend to convert a contractor’s yard into a storage and staging area for New York Transco, a utility transmission contractor. The applicant presented site changes that include lean-to roofed canopies attached to an existing 3,200-square-foot shop, security fencing, and a small wall-mounted sign.
Sam Stival (presenting with Markinski, PELSPC) said the parcel is roughly five acres and already contains a hard-surfaced contractor yard and existing shop buildings. Proposed site changes include a 720-square-foot lean-to on the south side of the main shop and a 160-square-foot lean-to on the east side. Those covered lean-tos are roofed and open on the sides to shelter stored materials.
Because New York Transco will store copper wiring and other materials with resale value, the applicant proposes about 765 linear feet of new 8-foot fencing set back more than 100 feet from the road; the topmost foot is barbed security wire, producing an overall height of roughly 9 feet where measured to the wire. The board discussed options for non-automatic hinged gates; the applicant said gates would be manual hinge gates with chain-and-pin hardware rather than automated entries.
The site contains a mapped wetland and the proposed fencing and some roof additions are in the 100-foot adjacent area. Representatives said they had submitted a jurisdictional determination to NYSDEC and had not received a response within the statutorily expected timeframe; they described additional plantings planned at the boundary between the contractor yard and the wetland. The applicant argued that the improved roofed areas sit on existing impervious surfaces and would not materially increase runoff. Planning staff suggested additional screening along the fence line; the applicant responded they would discuss planting options and camera placement with the client.
The applicant also showed a proposed 2-foot-by-2.5-foot (five-square-foot) wall-mounted sign on the shop’s west facade; staff said that complies with sign-size rules for the building frontage. Lighting for the lean-tos will be downward-facing, dark-sky‑compliant fixtures mounted under the lean-to roof.
The board accepted the application documents for further review and scheduled a public hearing for August 4 at 6:05 p.m. It also referred technical review to the conservation advisory body and other standard reviewers.
No vote on the substance of the site plan was taken; the public hearing will open the formal comment period on wetland buffer impacts, fencing, and screening.
