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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes January 21, 2026 people who walk through the drive thru taking orders on tablets. The average queue time is only three to four minutes from site to off site. Engineering Department commented that due to the fact that the site is under an acre, there won’t be a stormwater pollution prevention plan, it will be a standard engineering drawing for review. At this point there are no red flags. They would express some concerns regarding cross access, but that is something the Planning Board should discuss and not really an engineering issue. Mr. Rogers explained that the version of the site plan markup provided in red is from the applicant and what is in what is from the Planning Department in conjunction with code enforcement. Things that were looked at: • This is a 0.48-acre parcel that does not need a lot variance in regard to max lot coverage. The maximum is 85% and this is 82%. • There is concern about whether or not there is going to be a variance needed for minimum side setback as this is a skinny parcel. The minimum side setback is 12 feet, and they are exactly 12 ft. • One thing that should be thought about, remembering that this is not a full site plan, is they show a one-way egress only on the site plan. Mr. Rogers would recommend that if there were to be any egress, which is contingent on across access agreement, he believes it should be only egress out. Right now, there are two driveways coming off of Southwestern Boulevard and then you exit right onto Southwestern Boulevard. He feels that if there was going to be another egress point it should be out of the site. • Mr. Rogers would like to hear from Traffic Safety for their standpoint on how they feel circulation will be. • Mr. Rogers would also suggest sending it to State DOT and a coordinated review because it is a state highway and acquires their input. • Planning will most certainly get an opinion from the fire department because of how skinny the lot is and make sure that there is adequate fire access. Member Clark asked for clarification that if no one goes into the restaurant, would all the parking spots are for employees only. Mr. Pandolfe explained that Member Clark is correct, that the parking spaces are for employees only. There is no seating and the building is only 510 sq. ft., so if the stacking did back up it would only block the employees. Member Chmura asked about the location in Amherst, if the Applicant knew the number of their stacking design? 4