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Northern Bear seeks post‑hoc approval for front parking; hearing continued while county and planning comments arrive
Summary
Northern Bear (Gordon Enterprise) asked the board to regularize existing front-of-building parking and presented an engineer’s memo showing impervious coverage under local limits. The board kept the public hearing open and continued the matter to April 1 pending the county GML 239 referral and answers to outstanding site-plan conditions.
An owner seeking an area variance to formalize existing parking in front of a commercial building said the paved parking has existed for decades and that the site’s impervious coverage is below the maximum allowed in the zoning district.
The issue matters because the parking configuration differs from plans on file and the planning board, town engineer and New York State Department of Transportation have been asked to comment before the zoning board issues relief.
Vince (representative for Northern…
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