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Ithaca planning committee reviews 602 West Buffalo Street design; split over open parking garage
Summary
At a Feb. 13 project-review meeting the Planning & Development Board heard design revisions for 602 West Buffalo St., including façade materials, signage and landscape options. Board members split on an open vs. enclosed ground‑floor garage, with DOT advice and cost concerns cited by the applicant.
The Ithaca City Planning & Development Board Project Review Committee reviewed updated designs for 602 West Buffalo Street on Feb. 13, hearing from the applicant team and staff about materials, signage and landscape options and flagging the open parking garage as the central point of contention.
Chair Max Pfeffer opened the meeting and asked the applicant to present revisions intended to ready the project for preliminary and, potentially, final site-plan approval. Project representatives said they refined renderings to match neighborhood color palettes, will provide physical material samples for staff review, intend to use fiber‑cement panels and an Artisan Hardie V‑groove product on upper facades, and plan split‑face CMU at the base with lighter alternatives for comparison. The team reported a signage calculation of…
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