PLANNING BOARD AGENDA
Common Council Chambers
September 15, 2022 – 4:30 PM
PB Case No.: 06-22 Zone: Industrial Mixed
Address: 700 Broad Street Requested Action: Site Plan Approval
Applicant: Carmina Wood Design c/o Paul Lang
Owner: Liberty Affordable Housing Inc.
Pursuant to the City of Utica Zoning Code, the applicant is seeking Site Plan Approval for a proposed project at the aforementioned address.
This project entails the complete renovation and adaptive reuse of 700 Broad Street per the Department of
Interior Standards for Historic Preservation as the project will be seeking Historic Tax Credits under the review of New York SHPO and the National Park Service. The building's existing, open floor plan will be divided into 74 new apartment units ranging from one to two-bedrooms. The building's masonry facades will be repaired, repointed, areas of non-historic paint removed, and cleaned. Historic wood windows along the north facade will be restored while the remainder of the building's steel and wood windows, most of which have been removed and/or covered, will be replaced in-kind. The building's extant roof will be replaced with a new membrane roofing system.
The building's three southern additions will remain in use. A new two-story connection will be constructed between the southeast addition and the south face of the primary building. The large extant gravel parking/loading area along the east side of the building, extending from Broad to Catherine, will be converted into a formal, paved parking lot holding 57 parking spaces. Existing curb cuts on Broad and Catherine will be utilized to access the parking area. Extant loading dock at the east face to be extended as a large exterior community space. The paved area adjacent to the southwest corner of the building and the east addition will remain paved and be used for garbage collection and maintenance access.
A Short Environmental Assessment Form (SEAF) has been submitted. The Planning Board tabled further review of this application at its May meeting to allow for coordinated review. The SHPO has reviewed the project and provided a letter indicated that they do not have concerns with the proposed project.
PB Case No.: 13-22 Zone: Planned Development
Address: 601 State Street Requested Action: Special Permit Use/
Applicant: Central Utica Building LLC Site Plan Approval
Owner: Mohawk Valley Health Systems
Pursuant to the City of Utica Zoning Code, the applicant is seeking a Special Use Permit and Site Plan Approval for a proposed project at the aforementioned address.
The applicant is proposed to construct a three-story medical office building on the southeast corner of the intersection of State and Columbia Streets. Vehicular access is provided via curb cuts on both State and Columbia Streets with a drop-off for patients on the eastern side of the building. A total of sixteen (16) parking spaces are provided on-site with additional parking available nearby including on-street spaces, public parking areas, MVHS-owned surface parking lots and the County-owned parking garage that is currently under construction.
The project was proposed as part of the overall development of the Wynn Hospital and was included in the Generic Environmental Impact Statement under SEQRA. Defined within the City’s zoning code as a medical care facility, the project requires Planning Board approval of both a special use permit and site plan.
Further review of this project was tabled by the Planning Board at its August meeting as a public hearing is required by the City’s zoning ordinance for the special use permit.
PB Case No.: 15-22 Zone: Neighborhood Mixed Use
Address: 2632 & 2634 Genesee Street Requested Action: Special Use Permit /
Applicant: Stewart’s Shops Corp. Site Plan Approval
Owner: Vincent Carfagno (2632)
JVCAJ Corp and Jeffrey Lamandia (2634)
Pursuant to the City of Utica Zoning Code, the applicant is seeking a Special Use Permit and Site Plan Approval for a proposed project at the aforementioned address.
The applicant is proposing to demolish the two existing buildings on both properties and consolidate the two lots for the purpose of constructing a gasoline / convenience station. The proposed plan includes the construction of a 3,975 square foot, wood-framed building, three gasoline pump islands and twenty-four parking spaces; much of the asphalt parking lot that currently exists on the 2634 Genesee Street lot will be removed and replaced with topsoil and grass. Ingress and egress for the proposed project will be via single curb cuts on both Genesee Street and Woodlawn Avenue – West.
Per NYCRR §617.5(c)(9), as this project involves the construction of a primary, non-residential structure of less than 4,000 square feet, this project is considered a Type II action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and no further action is required by the Planning Board. Additionally, compliance with the §239-l, m and n of General Municipal Law is not required as the project site is not located within 500 feet of any of the listed structures or uses.
The proposed site is located within the City’s locally-designated Scenic & Historic District; as such, referral to the Scenic & Historic Preservation District will be necessary. As gasoline / convenience stations are specially permitted uses within the Neighborhood Mixed Use zoning district at the time this application was received, a public hearing will be required and will be conducted once the S&H Commission has completed their review.
PB Case No.: 16-22 Zone:
Address: 1005 Downer Avenue Requested Action: Curb Cut Variance
Applicant: Tatyana Shepelevich
Owner: Tatyana Shepelevich
Pursuant to Section 2-29-21(b)(4) of the City of Utica Zoning Code, the applicant is seeking a curb cut variance at the aforementioned address.
The maximum width for a residential driveway, per §2-2-123 of the City’s Code of Ordinances, is 20 feet. The applicant currently has a driveway that is 18 feet wide; she is proposing to increase that width by 9 additional feet, thereby exceeding the permitted maximum width by 7 feet.
