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Developers report environmental clearance and parking changes for New Turnpike Road PDD; board preliminarily supports negative declaration
Summary
Goldstream developers reported completion of a Phase 2 environmental assessment for the former Leonard Hospital site and said DEC did not respond in time to new wetland regulations, allowing a five‑year exemption; the applicant revised parking to about 1.5 spaces per home for an 86-home plan and the board voted to recognize the file as a Type I action and pursue a negative declaration to enable council review of a PDD.
Andy Brick of Brick Law Firm, representing Goldstream developers, told the board the team completed a Phase 2 environmental assessment for the former Leonard Hospital property and submitted it to city staff. Brick said the applicant submitted a parcel determination to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation under newly revised wetland rules and, because DEC did not…
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