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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves mixed-use Gateway Building development.

Planning Board conditionally approves Gateway Building mixed-use project with 863 spaces. The board unanimously approved site plan and preliminary plat for 3556 Lakeshore Development's scheme, dividing the 25.32-acre site into two lots: a 15.12-acre parcel with the Gateway Building, proposed

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Government · Town Board

Hamburg Town Board approves routine June agenda

Hamburg Town Board approves its June agenda unanimously, including routine business and firefighter honors. Supervisor Elizabeth Farrell Lorentz and Councilmembers Daniel Kozub, Frank Bogulski, Lynn Dixon, and Nick Ortiz voted without opposition on personnel actions, facility improvements, and

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Government · Town Board

Town awards $1.17M jetty repair contract to contractor

Hamburg Town Board approves $1.17M beach jetty repair contract. The Board awarded the Town Beach Jetty Repair Project to Legend Excavating LLC for $1,170,416, to be funded initially from General Fund balance pending FEMA reimbursement with 25 percent local match. The Board unanimously adopted

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves self-storage site plan

Hamburg Planning Board grants conditional approval for self-storage facility at South Park Avenue and Bayview Road. The Planning Board unanimously approved 716 Storage, LLC's as-built site plan with engineering review conditions and sidewalk waivers. The project reduced building count from the

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Zoning Board Denies Pigeon Coop Variance

Hamburg Zoning Board denies pigeon-coop variance on six-to-one vote. Vice-Chairman Nicole Falkiewicz and five board members voted to deny Ira Butler's request for three area variances to keep 32 pigeons at 3678 Sixth St, citing neighborhood character impact and self-created difficulty; Commissioner

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves contested warehouse project, 6 to 1

Hamburg Planning Board approves warehouse complex and event center amid opposition. The Board approved Brandon Santa's contested six-building warehouse project at 0 Lakeshore Road by a vote of 6 to 1, with Member Zajac opposing, imposing conditions requiring all tenant vehicles to use the Woodlawn

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Government · Town Board

Hamburg Town Board approves police hires and infrastructure funding

Hamburg Town Board approves police staffing and community development grants. The board unanimously appointed three Police Officers at $31.01 per hour each and promoted three officers to Detective Sergeant, Narcotics, and Lieutenant positions effective May 19. The board approved Community

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves subdivision, advances industrial development

Hamburg Planning Board approved a two-lot subdivision and advanced an industrial warehouse project. Chair Cynthia Gronachan and the Board granted preliminary plat approval to Carl DiNezza for his two-lot subdivision at 58 North Shore Drive. In a 6-1 split vote, the Board issued a negative

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