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Rico board approves Carter Way private driveway and reduces wetlands buffer from 100 to 20 feet
Summary
The board granted a private driveway agreement, a road‑building permit, and a disturbance permit with a variance to reduce the wetland inner buffer from 100 feet to 20 feet for Lots 13–20 Block 17, adopting Planning Commission conditions; vote was 6-0.
The Rico Town Board granted a private driveway agreement and a road‑building permit for Lots 13–20, Block 17 (Carter Way), and approved a disturbance permit that includes a variance reducing the wetlands inner buffer setback from 100 feet to 20 feet. The motion, moved by Mayor Pro Tem Cristal Hibbard and seconded by Trustee Benn Vernadakis, passed unanimously, 6‑0.
Mayor Patrick Fallon introduced the public hearing and the applicant (identified from the record as the Breitenbach applicant) explained the project. Trustees adopted the Planning Commission's proposed conditions as part of the permit. Public commenter Jim Baron spoke during the hearing. The permit record reflects the board accepted the Planning Commission conditions and authorized the disturbance permit with the specified wetland buffer variance.
The variance changes the inner wetlands buffer requirement from 100 feet to 20 feet for the specified lots; the board noted the Planning Commission's recommended conditions when granting the permit.
