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Goshen ZBA approves minutes, consents to Planning Board lead agency and schedules mansion public hearing
Summary
The board approved minutes, consented to the Town of Goshen Planning Board acting as SEQRA lead on a Station Road variance, scheduled a joint public hearing for a mansion-to-catering conversion on Jan. 15, 2026, and adopted its annual calendar.
At the start of the meeting, the Goshen Zoning Board of Appeals approved the Nov. 18 meeting minutes by voice vote.
The board then considered a Station Road application (106½ Station Road, SBL 12-1-8.13) for an 8,608 sq ft addition that would increase the building footprint above the 40,000 sq ft maximum and require an area variance for coverage. Staff reported that the applicant had initially requested an uncoordinated review but the Town of Goshen Planning Board declared itself lead agency under SEQRA and the ZBA consented to that lead-agency designation by motion and voice vote.
Separately, the board set a joint public hearing with the Town of Goshen Planning Board for an application to convert and expand an existing mansion into a 21,518 sq ft catering facility (the structure exceeds the town’s 5,000 sq ft small-scale-business threshold). The joint hearing was scheduled for 01/15/2026 at 7:30 p.m., with the ZBA noting that the Planning Board, as lead agency, would receive testimony and the ZBA would not make determinations at that session until the SEQRA/Planning Board review is complete.
The board also reviewed and adopted the proposed annual meeting calendar (first and third Tuesdays) with a previously recurring early-November meeting removed from the schedule.
These procedural votes clear the way for the Planning Board to proceed as lead agency on the Station Road and mansion matters, with the ZBA remaining an involved agency for any variances that require its formal action.
