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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes February 18, 2026 • The last part of this section clarifies what comes to the Planning Board. The words “three or more dwelling units” was put in specifically because the Planning Board excludes single family homes or two-family homes. o Next code to be covered is 280-308. ▪ Previously this section of the code was called Site Plan Waiver. For some background site plan waivers used to come to the Site Plan Waiver Committee, which is made up of the Planning Chair, Planning Department, a member of the Building Department and either the head of the Engineering Department or the Town Engineer. It will now be called the Administrative Review Waiver Committee. • Changes are: o Removed the verbiage “structure or building not being visible from the road” as that was ambiguous and at the discretion of the site plan committee. o Also took out minor change that does not require any additional parking or any use that were determined by the Waiver Committee. ▪ 280-308b • Changed it from 1,000 sq feet to 2,500 sq feet or 10% of the existing structure, as there had been previous discussions of increasing the square footage to accommodate larger additions that do not pose significant impacts to surrounding neighborhoods/residents. o Member Chmura: Clarification on even though it was 1,000 sq. feet and now being 2,500 sq. feet or less than 10% and no variances are required. There may still be a need for a variance, and the size of your proposed plan does not mean you automatically have a waiver. o Chair Gronachan: Did the Planning Board already discuss this at length regarding the signatures on a site plan waiver? ▪ Yes it was discussed and it was changed to three signatures. As of now, if there is a tie vote and not a majority, it will come to the Planning Board for a regular site plan review. 3