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Planning Commission approves Lafayette Hills master plan; residents raise water, stormwater and traffic concerns
Summary
The commission approved a master-plan master site review for the Lafayette Hills Estate project (MASPR-25-13) and issued a SEQRA negative declaration; residents raised detailed concerns about groundwater, pond lining, traffic at Seneca Turnpike/Lafayette Road, steep internal grades and density.
The Syracuse Planning Commission voted to approve the master-plan site review for the Lafayette Hills Estate project (MASPR-25-13), a proposed multi-phase residential development on the former Lafayette Golf Course, and concluded SEQRA review with a negative declaration.
Project representatives presented a master plan that envisions a mixed residential community with a combination of attached fourplexes and single-family homes, a system of walking and biking trails open to the public, tree-preservation areas, amenity ponds and a clubhouse. The applicants said the overall master plan contemplates roughly 263 total units across phases but later clarified the first phase would contain approximately 103 units with the remainder in a subsequent phase; the application materials presented in the meeting packet and staff commentary contained differing counts and timelines. The…
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