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Avion Ventures seeks conditional approval for 56,000‑sq‑ft warehouse while DOT, sewer questions remain
Summary
Avion Ventures asked the Town of Newburgh Planning Board to advance a site-plan review for a 56,000‑square‑foot warehouse on Pomarico Drive while the applicant continues to pursue DOT permit work and county health approvals. Town engineers urged the applicant to secure DOT design approvals before finalizing conditions.
Avion Ventures (project 24‑16) returned to the Town of Newburgh Planning Board on March 5 seeking progress on an amended site plan for a 56,000‑square‑foot warehouse off Pomarico Drive.
Connor McCormick of Colliers Engineering & Design told the board the applicant had obtained a New York State DOT conceptual approval and was working with the Orange County Department of Health on a water‑main extension. The site plan calls for 34 employee parking spaces, six trailer spaces and on‑site stormwater mitigation and would tie into utilities on Pomerico Drive, McCormick said.
Pat Hines, MHE town engineer, and Ken Wersted, the board’s traffic consultant with Creighton Manning, pressed the applicant to pursue DOT final design and permitting before asking the board for final approvals. Hines said leaving DOT approvals until after a tenant is identified risks repeated return trips to the board if off‑site access or geometry changes are required. Wersted recommended designing to the “worst‑case” vehicle (WB67) in the absence of a tenant to avoid future substantive changes to access.
McCormick said the developer prefers not to incur the full cost of permit processing until a tenant is secured, but offered to provide DOT permit plans as a condition of final approvals and to coordinate phased permit work that would stop short of issuing a construction permit until a tenant is identified. He also said the applicant would provide the town and consultants with DOT correspondence and the latest submittals.
Hines also raised sanitary‑sewer questions after reviewers noted manholes reportedly filled with water. McCormick said his team had inspected the manholes and encountered access issues after winter weather; he committed to coordinate with the town to gain access and to investigate whether the line is truly a gravity sewer.
The board did not take a final vote. Next steps listed by the applicant included advancing DOT permit design, resolving sanitary‑sewer access and providing the Orange County DOH final materials for the water‑main extension. Planning staff requested to be CC’d on DOT correspondence and to receive updated plan sets for review.
What’s next: The application remains under review while the applicant addresses DOT design items and sanitary‑sewer clarifications; the Planning Board will expect updated submissions and engineering responses before final action.
