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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes February 18, 2026 Motion to approve by Member Geraci. Passed 5 Ayes, 1 abstention Carried. Member Ryan made a motion to approve the Preliminary Plat Approval: The Hamburg Planning Board hereby grants Preliminary Plat Approval for the Richard Saunders two-lot subdivision with the following conditions and waivers: 1. The installation of sidewalks is not warranted as no other sidewalks exist along this stretch of Scranton Road. Finally, the Hamburg Planning Board waives the completion of the Final Plat, and the Hamburg Planning Board Chair is authorized to sign the Preliminary Plat once the Town Engineer signs off on the Plat. Motion to approve by Member Geraci. Passed 5 Ayes, 1 abstention Carried. Ten Lives Club Inc.= Requesting a use variance for the expansion of rescue services to be located at 3747 Lakeshore Road Attorney Kathleen Moriarty appeared on behalf of the Applicant. Ms. Moriarty gave the following statement: • The Ten Lives Club does not actually own the property at this point. They are hopefully purchasing it from 24 Karat Solid Gold in order to expand their feline rescue mission. The current facility is used mostly as a shelter with some veterinary services. • If they purchase the second property, the second floor would be used for a senior cat shelter and the first floor would be used as either a retail facility or a cat café. If the Planning Board had any input as to what would be acceptable over the other, the Ten Lives Club would appreciate that. Planning Department: Mr. Rogers: The reason they are going for a use variance is that 3747 Lakeshore Road and Ten Lives Club are zoned M3 which is the heaviest industrial use. Code Enforcement has determined that a rescue service is not an approved use for M3. • The Planning Board will be the leading agency on this project because the Town code says that if a project has two different approvals by two different boards, in this case Planning and Zoning, that the Planning Board will be the leading agency. o This Board will have to decide whether or not they want to do a coordinated review which will make a SEQR decision for both the 7