Planning agency flags setback and access concerns for Kingsbury storage expansion; finding approved

The Washington County Planning Agency on July 28 found that a proposal to add a 30-by-100-foot storage building at 1335 State Route 196 (Tax ID 155.-2-4) should be treated as a matter of essentially local concern and approved that finding by a 2-0 vote. The project is before the Town of Kingsbury planning board; the applicant is Jason Halliday of Advance Storage LLC.

Committee members raised specific site-plan questions: the minutes state that “the distance to parcel boundary is not indicated but placement of the new building appears to possibly be less than 50 feet from boundary,” and that the site plan appears to show a new driveway cut to Dike Road while the EAF indicates the business will use existing access on Route 196. Those inconsistencies were cited as the principal concerns during committee review.

Dave O’Brien moved the motion and Colleen Nelson seconded; the minutes record the outcome as "Ayes 2 Nayes 0 Abstentions 0." The committee’s action was limited to a procedural finding of local concern—no site-plan approval or denial was decided by this body in the recorded minutes.

Next steps: the matter remains with the Town of Kingsbury planning board for site-plan review and any required EAF clarifications or setbacks; the county record notes the committee’s concerns for the local board’s consideration.