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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes July 15, 2026 • The clustering alternative is consistent with the above criteria for the following reasons: A. The density of clustered layout is less than the As-of-Right Plan [56 lots versus 59 lots] B. The clustered layout will preserve the jurisdictional federal wetlands on the Project Site and the Parker Road frontage and provide a 50 ft. wide riparian buffer for the protection of the Rush Creek tributary that bisects a portion of the Project Site. C. The lot layout will allow there to be 14.65 acres of permanent open space to remain permanently undeveloped. D. The clustered layout will result in a layout without any homes along the Parker Road frontage of the Project Site. E. The clustered layout is consistent with planning objectives contained in the Town’s Comprehensive Plan. Benefits of Clustered Subdivision Layout: • Preserve the Parker Road frontage of the Project Site as Permanent Open Space (total of 15.30 acres of Permanent Open Space proposed) and result in six (6) fewer single-family homes (no homes along Parker Road frontage) than the subdivision layout for a non-clustered residential subdivision. • Project Sponsor will be establishing a riparian buffer with native plantings along the portion of the existing stream that bisects a portion of the Project Site to be developed. The Riparian Buffer Planting Plan was prepared by Earth Dimensions, Inc. The riparian buffer to be established for the tributary of Rush Creek will have a width of 25 ft. on each side of the tributary and will include 81 trees [5 types] and 66 shrubs [3 types]. The implementation of the plantings as depicted on the Riparian Buffer Planting Plan will ensure the project does not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts to the portion of the tributary of Rush Creek located on the Project Site. • Less traffic impacts as a result of 59 clustered lots instead of 65 lots [One driveway onto Parkere Road with 2nd driveway is gated emergency access only] • Clustered subdivision layout also includes an on-site recreational trail with a length of 3,800 linear feet and will result in substantially less total impervious surface (2,800 linear feet of roadway versus 4,100 linear feet) than if the Project Site is developed pursuant to an As-of-Right layout based on the existing R-1 zoning classification consisting of sixty-seven (67) lots. • Reduction of impervious surfaces is beneficial from a stormwater management perspective. • Less public infrastructure is beneficial to the Town from a fiscal perspective. 8