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Town of Hamburg Planning Board Minutes January 7, 2026 The Planning Board table the project to the January 21st, 2026 meeting so that the Board can get in touch with the Traffic Safety Advisory Board and do a preliminary draft of a resolution which will be ready to go. Chair Gronachan stated that as part of the resolution, there needs to be a condition that only one home will be built on the lot. Public Hearing- 7:00 PM, Tom Gorczyca- Requesting Preliminary Plat Approval of a 3-lot subdivision to be located at 3189 Pleasant Avenue Mr. Reilly said that these lots, many years ago, were potentially going to be built on but there was a sewer problem, and they didn’t want to extend the sewers at the time due to the cost. It is his understanding that there are sewers in this area now. Also in the Town of Hamburg, as with many other municipalities, people file map covers with the County not realizing that they need local approval, and the County accepts them anyways which forms them. The oversite is not caught until they come in to try and get a building permit and find out that they did not receive subdivision approval. Mr. Tom Gorczyca appeared on behalf of the project. Mr. Gorczyca clarified that that he is trying to make one building lot out of the two proposed lots. The bottom lot has wetlands on it and he is working with the DEC to do a 100 ft. adjacent area. Mr. Reilly asked for clarification as to whether Mr. Gorczyca is still proposing these two lots or is he getting rid of one and just doing one. Mr. Gorczyca stated that he proposes just one as there are wetlands. Question was brought up regarding the flag lot. Mr. Gorgan stated that technically, as far as the Town of Hamburg is concerned, the lots in question are part of the flag lot because they were never properly subdivided. If it was divided into three parcels it would be a three-parcel subdivision with the flag lot and two other parcels. What Mr. Gorgan understands is that because of the wetlands on the lower parcel, it will not be a three-lot subdivision, it will be a two-lot subdivision that will not be part of the flag lot. Member Geraci read the following notice of public hearing: “Notice is hereby given that the Town of Hamburg Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing on a three-lot subdivision to be located at 3189 Pleasant Avenue. The Public Hearing will be held on January 7, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. in Room 7A/7B of Hamburg Town Hall.” Chair Gronachan declared the public hearing open. No one spoke. Chair Gronachan declared the public hearing closed. 5