Planning board approves special use permit for 44 Delaware LLC restaurant and motel

The Town of Lumberland Planning Board voted to grant a special use permit to 44 Delaware LLC for a proposed restaurant and motel at the property identified in the filing as 1764 Barrsburg Road in Glen's Bay.

During the public hearing the clerk read the notice under section 250-68a of the Town of Lumberland zoning law and confirmed the application and site plan were on file for public inspection. Board members asked for and received clarifications about coverage calculations and how the loading-dock area would be shown on the site plan; the applicant and board confirmed the square footage required to be reported is the building and parking area only. The clerk read the notice: "Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 2 5 0-6 8 a of the Town Of Lumberland zoning law" and outlined the application and inspection process.

After discussion the board took a roll call on the motion for the special use permit. The clerk recorded affirmative votes from Dobrzynski, Ocasio, Jensen, Fierro, Smith, and Kaye Smith. The chair then read the statutory findings the board must enter into the record and concluded the standards had been met. As the chair stated on the record, "This planning board has agreed that we will not make you have a loading zone" and advised the applicant to coordinate any county requirements regarding an entrance.

The vote approved the special use permit; the board entered its findings into the record and closed the hearing. There were no public speakers who objected during the hearing and no additional conditions were read into the record beyond the noted coordination about loading/entrance issues.