Planning Board

CITY OF ALBANY MAYOR: KATHY M. SHEEHAN N E W YO R K COMMISSIONER: CHRISTOPHER P. SPENCER DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTACT: Zach Powell Planning Board planningboard@albanyny.gov Planning Board Public Hearing and Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Location: Videoconference via Zoom Time: 6:00 PM Members DeSalvo, Ellis, Gailliard, Hull, Kuchera Present: Vote to Move Projects #00346, #00347, and #00348 to the Consent Agenda: 5-0-0 Consent Agenda PROJECT #00346 Application DR #0099 Property Address 294A & 298 Colonie Street Applicant Albany County Land Bank Representing Agent Will Sikula, Albany County Land Bank Zoning District R-2 (Two-Family) Request Demolition Review - §375-5(E)(17) Proposal Demolition of three accessory structures totaling +/-2,000 square feet. SEQRA – Negative Declaration Vote: 5-0-0 DR #0099 – Approved Vote: 5-0-0 PROJECT #00347 Application DR #0100 Property Address 52 Emmet Street Applicant Albany County Land Bank Representing Agent Will Sikula, Albany County Land Bank Zoning District R-T (Townhouse) Request Demolition Review - §375-5(E)(17) Proposal Demolition of a +/-1,980 square foot detached townhouse. SEQRA – Negative Declaration Vote: 5-0-0 DR #0100 – Approved Vote: 5-0-0 200 HENRY JOHNSON BOULEVARD | ALBANY, NEW YORK 12210 | (518) 465-6066  Planning Board Agenda May 2020 PROJECT #00348 Application DR #0101 Property Address 354 Second Street Applicant Albany County Land Bank Representing Agent Will Sikula, Albany County Land Bank Zoning District R-2 (Two-Family) Request Demolition Review - §375-5(E)(17) Proposal Demolition of a +/-1,980 square foot detached two-family structure. SEQRA – Negative Declaration Vote: 5-0-0 DR #0101 – Approved Vote: 5-0-0 Public Hearing Agenda ZTA #0014 Application ZTA #0014 Applicant Councilmember Judy Doesschate, 9th Ward Relevant Section §375-4(A)(4)(a)(ii) Request Zoning Text Amendment - §375-5(E)(24) Proposal Amendment to the Unified Sustainable Development Ordinance (USDO) to extend the suspension of the Low-Impact Development Incentive until June 30, 2021. ZTA #0014 – Favorable Vote: 5-0-0 Recommendation PROJECT #00354 Application CUP #0031 Property Address 163 Clinton Avenue Applicant Home Leasing Representing Agent Daniel Hershberg, Hershberg & Hershberg Zoning District R-T (Townhouse) Request Conditional Use Permit - §375-5(E)(16) Proposal Conversion of a +/-15,650 square foot religious institution into a multifamily dwelling with 13 dwelling units. CUP #0031 – Defer Vote: 5-0-0 Other Business PROJECT #00342 Applications CUP #0028; DPR #0091; DR#0096-0098 Property Addresses 2, 2A, and 2 Rear Colvin Avenue; 1057 & 1061 Washington Avenue Applicant Stewart’s Shops Zoning District MU-NC (Mixed-Use, Neighborhood Center) Request SEQRA Lead Agency Declaration Proposal Demolition of four (4) structures totaling +/-10,133 square feet and the construction of a +/-3,996 square foot convenience store and vehicle fueling station. SEQRA- Planning Board Vote: 5-0-0 Declares Lead Agency Page 2 of 3  Planning Board Agenda May 2020 Pending Business PROJECT #00065 Application DPR #0070 Property Address 745 Broadway Applicant BROADWAY 915 LLC Representing Agent Hershberg & Hershberg Zoning District MU-CU (Mixed-Use, Community Urban) Request Major Development Plan Review - §375-5(E)(14) Proposal Removal of +/- 67 existing automobile parking spaces and the construction of a +/-107,300 square foot, five (5)-story structure with 80 dwelling units. DPR #0070 – Approved Vote: 5-0-0 PROJECT #00322 Application DPR #0082 Property Address 25 Holland Avenue Applicant CDP Holland LLC Representing Agent Hershberg & Hershberg Zoning District MU-CU (Mixed-Use, Community Urban) Request Major Development Plan Review - §375-5(E)(14) Proposal Construction of a four (4)-story, +/-67,132 square foot multifamily structure with 60 dwelling units. SEQRA – Negative Declaration Vote: 5-0-0 DPR #0082 – Approved with Vote: 5-0-0 Condition CONDITION 1: If the Division of Traffic and Traffic Safety should find that pedestrians are walking in the roadway around the site, the submission of a more substantial detour plan will need to be submitted to and approved by the Division of Traffic and Traffic Safety, and installed by the developer. Public Speakers 163 Clinton Avenue The Seventy Six Cara Macri (Historic Albany Foundation) Cara Macri (Historic Albany Foundation) Councilmember Joyce Love (23 Eagle Street) Michael Fiske (154.5 Clinton Avenue) Aaron Walters (140 Clinton Avenue) Mary King (148 Clinton Avenue) Ian Benjamin (134 Jefferson Street) Brenda Robinson (Arbor Hill Neighborhood Association) Cara Macri (Historic Albany Foundation) 2 Colvin Avenue Paul Lamar (143 Rosemont Street) Shumaila Qureshi (1029 Washington Avenue) Zachary Simpson (175 Homestead Avenue) Cara Macri (Historic Albany Foundation) Page 3 of 3