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Planning board reaffirms approval for Lunar Realty truck repair and sales site after ZBA clarifications
Summary
The Goshen Planning Board reaffirmed a previously adopted resolution approving an amended site plan for Lunar Realty LLC’s Northeast Great Dane truck repair and sales facility after the Zoning Board of Appeals issued clarified variances and conditions.
The Goshen Planning Board at its meeting reaffirmed its resolution approving an amended site plan for an 11.6-acre truck repair and sales facility proposed by Lunar Realty LLC (referred to as Northeast Great Dane).
The action matters because the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) issued clarified variances that the planning board incorporated into its resolution: a variance to the CO District impervious-surface standard, a waiver from the requirement to construct a bike path and/or sidewalk along New York State Route 94, and an outdoor-storage variance. The ZBA conditioned the variances on the applicant obtaining a building permit within one year of the ZBA decision and constructing in substantial conformance with plans prepared by MJS Engineering dated July 3, 2023, and revised March 20, 2025.
Planning staff explained that the ZBA’s subsequent, clearer decision required the planning board to reauthorize the board’s earlier resolution so the record would reflect the ZBA variances. The board moved to approve the amended resolution “including clarified ZBA variances” as read by staff and voted in favor.
Key details from the ZBA decision incorporated into the planning board’s resolution include: - Impervious surface: the board recorded that the CO District permits up to 70% impervious coverage; the applicant requested and received a variance of 30% to account for how impervious surface is calculated on this floodplain parcel. - Bike path/sidewalk: the applicant received an area variance from the requirement to construct a bike path or sidewalk along Route 94. - Outdoor storage: the applicant proposed 3.31 acres of outdoor storage, equal to about 32.26% of the lot area, and received a variance of roughly 22.26 percentage points above the typical 10% allowance.
Planning staff told the board the ZBA’s decision included the one-year building-permit condition and required construction to match the MJS Engineering plan as revised March 20, 2025. “So with that, I will incorporate that into your resolution, and then the rest of it remains the same,” staff said when summarizing the change.
The board approved the reauthorization; no detailed roll-call tally was provided in the meeting record. The planning board moved on to its next agenda item after the vote.
