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Clinton planning board closes public hearing, adopts SEQR negative declaration for Cornerstone capacity increase
Summary
The Town of Clinton Planning Board voted Tuesday to close the public hearing on the Medical Arts Sanitarium (Cornerstone) site plan, extend written comments through June 3 and adopt a SEQR negative declaration for a proposed capacity increase from 66 to 99 residents.
The Town of Clinton Planning Board voted Tuesday to close the public hearing on the Medical Arts Sanitarium (doing business as Cornerstone) site plan while leaving the written comment record open through June 3 and allowing the applicant to respond by June 17. The board then adopted a State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR) negative declaration finding no significant adverse environmental impact for the proposal to increase residential capacity from 66 to 99 persons.
The action matters because the negative declaration clears the SEQR procedural hurdle and moves the application toward a site plan and special use permit decision. Board members and staff said remaining concerns — chiefly emergency service burden, noise, lighting and certain site plan details — will be addressed in permit conditions and the upcoming site plan/special‑use review.
During the public discussion, an applicant representative summarized landscaping changes made after neighbor conversations. Karen Lobruto of…
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