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Engineer outlines Mavis Tire site plan; board sets joint public hearing
Summary
BL Companies presented a proposed Mavis Tire at 721 Hoosick Road and requested two setback variances because a preexisting water vault constrains the site; the board agreed to a joint public hearing with the planning board on Aug. 6 to review mitigation (landscaping, decorative dumpster enclosure, stormwater measures) and DOT coordination.
Kevin Hixson of BL Companies presented plans on July 20 for a proposed Mavis Tire at 721 Hoosick Road, describing site constraints that led to two requested variances and outlining mitigation for neighbors and stormwater.
Hixson said the 0.647-acre corner lot will host a roughly 6,085-square-foot building with about 20 parking spaces and multiple service bays. He told the board an existing concrete water vault used for emergency flow control occupies a portion of the site and cannot be relocated, so the building and site elements were shifted accordingly. That produced two variance requests: a rear building setback reduction (required 30 ft; requesting 25.2 ft) and a reduced setback for a rear dumpster enclosure (required 20 ft; requesting 14.77 ft).
To screen the single adjacent residence and reduce visual and noise impacts, the applicant proposed a decorative block dumpster enclosure and a planting plan of roughly 28 evergreen trees to be installed at six- to seven-foot heights. Hixson described stormwater controls including a swale, underground detention and an oil/grit separator for parking-lot runoff, and said plans have been submitted to the New York State Department of Transportation for review of any connection to the state system.
Several board members and planning-board representatives raised traffic concerns about site egress onto Mohawk Avenue and the potential for customers to use a nearby residential street; Hixson said signage and routing could be added and the applicant is amenable to signage to discourage cut-through traffic. The zoning board discussed holding a joint public hearing with the planning board, and members agreed to schedule a joint public hearing on August 6 at 7 p.m. to allow the public and both boards to consider the application together.
No formal vote on variances was taken at the July 20 meeting; the board expects updated plans and more detailed traffic and DOT comments at the scheduled joint hearing.
