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Aurora board approves site plan and issues SEQR negative declaration for solar array at 1627 Bailey Road
Summary
The Town of Aurora approved a site plan and a State Environmental Quality Review Act negative declaration for a ground-mounted solar array at 1627 Bailey Road, finding the unlisted action will not have significant adverse environmental impacts; the planning board had previously recommended approval.
Supervisor Chuck Snyder opened the discussion and read a resolution declaring the town board lead agency for the site-plan application to install a ground-mounted solar array at 1627 Bailey Road. He told the board it had "determined that this unlisted action will result in no significant adverse impacts on the environment, and therefore, an environmental impact statement need not be prepared."
The board then considered a separate site-plan resolution noting that Damien Parker had submitted the application and that the Aurora planning board recommended approval at its May 6, 2026 meeting. Ray Rasen moved to approve the site plan and Jessica Ambreast seconded. The board approved the motion by voice vote.
The resolution recorded the parcel as SBL number 200.00-3-2 and applies to a ground-mounted installation in East Aurora. Board members did not request additional studies or impose site-specific mitigating conditions in the public record during the meeting. The supervisor read the standard SEQR language on the record before the vote.
The board’s action concludes the town’s lead-agency review and clears the site-plan step at the municipal level; any subsequent permits or construction approvals will follow applicable building- and electrical-permitting processes. The planning board recommendation and the town board’s negative declaration are recorded in the meeting minutes.
The town did not record roll-call tallies in the transcript; the action was adopted by voice vote.
