Planning board approves six‑lot Robins Road subdivision, issues SEQR negative declaration

The Mount Hope Planning Board voted to designate itself lead agency and issue a SEQR negative declaration for a proposed six‑lot single‑family subdivision on Robins Road, the board said at its meeting.

An applicant representative, Zachary Peters, identified himself as an engineer for the applicant and described the plan as "a proposed six lot single family residential subdivision located on Robins Road" with one existing dwelling on Lot 1 and five new lots served by private driveways and on‑site wells and septic. He said the project has stormwater coverage and that the team had worked through outstanding consultant comments since an earlier hearing.

Jason, planning staff, told the board that the town highway superintendent had reviewed driveway locations and was "okay with everything that's been done out there," but that the file still required verification of witness percolation tests. The board’s approval was explicitly made conditional on the applicant providing documentation that percolation testing had been completed, on payment of parkland and other standard fees, and on resolution of any outstanding planning‑board notes.

The board voted to close the public hearing, then moved to designate the planning board as SEQR lead agency and to issue a negative declaration under the state environmental review regulations (Part 617), with members saying the project would not have a significant environmental effect. Those motions carried.

The approval clears most procedural hurdles but does not represent final administrative signoff; the planning board required the applicant to submit the requested percolation documentation and confirm fee payments before town staff will finalize permits.

The board also discussed related projects on the agenda and scheduled follow‑up as needed; the Robins Road project will return to staff for verification of the outstanding items before final administrative action.