ZBA 2026-08-06 Agenda & Minutes (full text)
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TOWN OF BOSTON
Zoning Board of Appeals
Zoning Board of Appeals
AGENDA
Thursday, August 6, 2026
7:00 PM
TOWN HALL 1. Work Session – Planning Board Room
(716) 941-6113
Fax (716) 941-6116
2. Call Meeting to Order
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. ZBA Responsibility Reading
5. NY Boston II, LLC Resolution
6. Minutes
7. Public Hearing(s)
8. New Business
9. Old Business
10. Motion To Adjourn
The ZBA will meet at the Town of Boston Town Hall on Thursday August
6, 2026 at 7:00 PM for a work session in the Planning Board room,
followed by the Public Hearing(s) in the Court Room to hear the following
petitions:
Petition #658 – Nick and Amber Chuba, 7300 Boston State Rd requests a
use variance per Town of Boston Code 123-25 B 3 (a) for a detached in
law apartment in violation of C-1 zoning and an area variance per Town of
Boston Code 123-136 B (4) for a detached accessory building in violation
of maximum square footage and height allowed per lot size
Petition #661 – Todd Gallagher, Foxhole Farm Winery, 8325 Cole rd,
Colden requests a use variance per Town of Boston Code 123-78 A 5 to
allow a use as a tavern eating and drinking establishment as in a C-2 zoning,
and an area variance per Town of Boston Code 123-136 B (4) for size and
height for a (2) detached accessory buildings in violation of maximum
square footage and height allowed per lot size
Petition #662 – Daniel Sheehan, 28 Euclid, Hamburg requests (2) area
variances from Town of Boston Code 123-26, minimum lot size, and 123-
28 required rear yard to erect a single family dwelling at 7756 Deanna
Drive, Boston.
Petition # 663 – Kenneth Zidell, 142 Central Ave, Lancaster requests an
area variance for SBL 258.00-1-54 on Brown Hill Rd, Boston to build a
8500 Boston State Road Boston, New York 14025-9848
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Public Notice
Town of Boston
Zoning Board of Appeals
The ZBA will meet at the Town of Boston Town Hall, 8500 Boston State Road,
Boston on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM for the work session in the
Planning Board Room, followed by the Public Hearing in the Court Room to hear
the following petitions:
Petition #656 – Paul Ziokowski, 8605 Back Creek Rd, Boston requests a use
variance per Town of Boston Code 123-48 to erect an accessory structure at
SBL 241.00-2-14.14 vacant lot in violation of requirement to have a primary
residence on the parcel first
Petition #658 – Nick and Amber Chuba, 7300 Boston State Rd requests a use
variance per Town of Boston Code 123-25 B 3 (a) for a detached in law
apartment in violation of C-1 zoning and an area variance per Town of Boston
Code 123-136 B (4) for a detached accessory building in violation of maximum
square footage and height allowed per lot size
Petition #661 – Todd Gallagher, Foxhole Farm Winery, 8325 Cole rd, Colden
requests a use variance per Town of Boston Code 123-78 A 5 to allow a use as
a tavern eating and drinking establishment as in a C-2 zoning, and an area
variance per Town of Boston Code 123-136 B (4) for size and height for a (2)
detached accessory buildings in violation of maximum square footage allowed
per lot size
Petition #662 – Daniel Sheehan, 28 Euclid, Hamburg requests (2) area
variances from Town of Boston Codes 123-26, minimum lot size, and 123-28
required rear yard to erect a single family dwelling at 7756 Deanna Drive,
Boston.
Petition # 663 – Kenneth Zidell, 142 Central Ave, Lancaster requests an area
variance for SBL 258.00-1-54 on Brown Hill Rd, Boston to erect a single family
dwelling in violation of Town of Boston Code 123-50, maximum height of
dwelling, and number of stories
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Petition #664 – Boston Free Library, 9475 Boston State Rd, Boston requests an
area variance from Town of Boston Code 123-136 B (4) maximum area of
accessory structures for a pavilion and greenhouse
Robert Reed
Code Enforcement Officer
Town of Boston
Dated July 17, 2026
Published:
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