Board refers Transit Road site amendment for DEC and traffic-safety review after discussion of buffers and curb protections

Cheektowaga planning staff presented an amendment for 6386 Transit on Nov. 26 seeking 42 additional parking stalls and a gazebo adjacent to a dog park. The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning and DOT raised comments including vehicle screening along Transit Road and a recommendation for full-height curb at the property edge to protect the right-of-way.

Planning staff and board members debated drive-lane widths, ADA-stall thresholds and whether vegetative screening would mitigate headlights. Applicant representatives said they would comply with whatever the DEC and DOT require. Speaker 2 recommended referral of the amendment to the traffic-safety committee for ADA/stall guidance and to the DEC for wetland-buffer review; the board voted to table the amendment pending those reviews and to reappear in December with comments.