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Planning Board Regular Meeting, Feb 4, 2026 — Minutes

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Town of Hamburg
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Planning Board
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Feb 4, 2026
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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes  February 4, 2026

  Town of Hamburg
  Planning Board Meeting
  February 4, 2026, Minutes

The Town of Hamburg Planning Board met for a Work Session at 6:30 PM, followed by
a Regular Meeting at 7:00 PM, on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in Room 7B of
Hamburg Town Hall.

WORK SESSION

Planning Board to discuss various zoning code amendments for a report and
recommendation.

Mr. Rogers presented on recommendations to the Planning Board, including the
following:

Mr. Andrew Reilly presented to the Planning Board in January regarding smoke and
vape shops and requiring them to have a special use permit. If this was added, the
Planning Board would need to add special use permit standards into the special use
permit section of the code. When talking to Mr. Reilly it was pointed out that there are
some standards already in place.

  a. Mr. Rogers will add the 500 ft perimeter so that when you go to the special
  use permit section of the code it will be listed.
  i. Question from Chair Gronachan to whether or not someone could go
  to the Zoning Board and ask for the distance to be changed. According
  to Attorney Gogan, the applicants would not be able to get variances
  on an area variance as these are minimum requirements.
  b. The public hearing for these amendments was set for February 23rd, 2026 at
  the Town Board.

Chapter 34 is an existing Town Code that deals with mandatory training requirements
for the Planning Board and the Zoning Board. It talks about the minimum number of
four (4) hours per year of training for all Planning Board and Zoning Board members
related to zoning, planning and land use. Members of these boards that are attorneys
are exempt from this training. As it is written, it talks about the different acceptable
forms of training, the different providers of where you can get training, how to submit the
certificates, and the number of hours you can carry over.

  a. The Town Board wanted it to specify somewhere in the code what the
  responsibilities of a Planning Board and Zoning Board member are. The

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