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Planning board approves local permits including expanded horse stable and weekend bake-cart pickups
Summary
The board approved a special-use permit amendment to allow six horses on a 10-acre property and granted a weekend unattended bake-cart pickup permit; the board also affirmed a prior decision for Grand Island Reset and flagged several administrative follow-ups.
Grand Island’s Planning Board approved multiple local permits and ratified a prior site-plan decision at its meeting.
Special use permit 4410 — horses An applicant seeking to formalize animal counts for a 10-acre parcel said an Erie County permit once allowed up to nine animals, and confusion over whether the town permit remained in force led the owner to reapply. The board questioned setbacks, pasture acreage and manure storage; the applicant said parcels had been legally joined and manure would be stored in a rear corner shown on the site plan. A board member moved to approve allowing six horses; the motion carried by voice vote (counts not specified in the transcript).
Grand Island Reset Members discussed whether a prior email-based exchange effectively approved the Grand Island Reset site plan after the applicant said he had been targeted by a $3,300 scam. After board members confirmed unresolved site-plan questions (parking, bathroom accessibility) were addressed, the board formally affirmed the earlier decision.
Cottage Bakery — pickup cart A local baker requested permission to place a wheeled bake cart at the end of a driveway for set weekend pickup windows; the board asked whether this fit roadside-stand rules and about neighbor impact. Members approved the drop-off/pickup-only cart for weekend hours.
Administrative notes The board confirmed that paperwork for a previously approved certified-auto-brokers item from February had not reached the town clerk and that staff remedied the transmission. Members also discussed creating an accountability trail so planning-board conditions and votes are clearly recorded and transmitted to the town board; staff noted this function historically fell to the planning board secretary.
What’s next: Several approvals will be transmitted to the town board for formal action as required; the battery energy storage ordinance discussion was tabled and will return after technical revisions.
