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Commission approves multi‑occupancy conversion at 710 Washington with added ventilation and odor controls
Summary
After neighborhood concerns about odors, parking and long‑standing unpermitted uses, the commission granted final site plan approval for a multi‑tenant conversion at 710 Washington Street but added a condition that any emissions‑producing tenants must vent to the roof with verified odor‑control systems; enforcement and CFOs required before occupancy.
The commission considered a final site plan to convert a single‑occupancy commercial building at 710 Washington Street into multiple tenant spaces. Neighbors told the board they have experienced paint and dust odors from an existing cabinet shop and asked for enforceable ventilation changes and monitoring. The building owner said the cabinet shop recently moved to water‑based products and an internal dust‑collection system and that the project team will upgrade ventilation as needed.
Planning staff and the council had previously addressed a special permit for one tenant (a cannabis manufacturer). Commissioners required that all manufacturing or odor‑producing uses must ventilate upward through the roof and provide verified odor controls and monitoring before receiving certificates of occupancy. The commission closed the hearing, found the action to be Type II under SEQR, and voted to grant final site plan approval with the added ventilation and odor‑control condition; building department inspections and individual tenant CFOs are required before each tenant may operate.
