Skaneateles planning board approves site-plan change, recommends permits for carriage house at 80 West Lake Street

The Village of Skaneateles Planning Board voted unanimously on Feb. 5, 2026, to approve a site-plan modification for property at 80 West Lake Street and to issue positive recommendations to the Zoning Board for a Special Use Permit to allow a carriage house and for re-approval of a previously granted variance. The board called the Fleming matter at 7:42 p.m. and concluded the item at 7:50 p.m.

Ian Carroll, clerk to the boards, presented the history of the application, saying the project went through several applications and presentations to both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals in 2025 and that construction is partially complete on an accessory building that had been drawn as a garage. He reported that Ramsgard + Drumm were hired mid-construction to revise the design to a carriage house featuring a full second floor and standard dormers.

On a motion from Member Connie Brace, seconded by Member Albert Giannino, the board approved the site-plan modification. On a subsequent motion moved by Brace and seconded by Member Melissa Komanecky, the Planning Board voted to make a positive recommendation to the Zoning Board for the Special Use Permit and for re-approval of the existing variance; the motions "carried 4-0," according to the clerk's minutes. Attorney Riccardo Galbato advised the board that the change was an insignificant modification and that no new State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) work would be necessary.

The votes recorded reflected members present: Chairman Stephen Hartnett and Members Connie Brace, Albert Giannino and Melissa Komanecky; Member Martin Custer was excused. The board's recommendations will be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals, which has authority to grant or deny the Special Use Permit and the variance. The matter was concluded at 7:50 p.m., and the minutes were submitted by Ian Carroll, clerk to the boards.