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Planning board approves amended negative declaration for 602 West Buffalo; board presses accessibility, garage security and streetscape details
Summary
After hearing design updates for an affordable-housing project at 602 West Buffalo Street, the board approved an amended negative declaration (SEQR) but directed the applicant to continue work on accessibility, garage security, landscape and transportation details during site-plan review.
The Ithaca Planning & Development Board on Dec. 16 voted to adopt an amended negative declaration (SEQR 'NEG deck') for the proposed housing project at 602 West Buffalo Street, while flagging multiple design and safety issues to be addressed during upcoming site-plan review.
Bear, representing Health Architecture, and project team members summarized revisions made in response to prior board comments: pulling the residential entry forward toward Buffalo Street, adding windows to a corridor, replacing a removed fence with a black vinyl-coated privacy-slatted fence and new plantings, adding an exterior…
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