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Penfield Planning Board condenses meeting agenda for Costco public hearing
Penfield Partners LLC is withdrawing its original plans for a mixed-used development on both sides of Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, with a Costco Wholesale store serving as the centerpiece. (Rendering from public documents submitted to the Town of Penfield)
Penfield Partners LLC is withdrawing its original plans for a mixed-used development on both sides of Fairport Nine Mile Point Road, with a Costco Wholesale store serving as the centerpiece. (Rendering from public documents submitted to the Town of Penfield)
Penfield Planning Board condenses meeting agenda for Costco public hearing
Listen to this articleThe expected crush of public comments at Thursday’s Town of Penfield Planning Board meeting regarding the proposed Costco Wholesale mixed-use development project means tabled items won’t be up for discussion.
The planning board agenda now includes just three public hearings — Silver Maple Dental, the Williams subdivision on Plank Road and the highly publicized Costco project by Penfield Partners LLC, an entity headed by real estate developer Matt Lester.
That proposal features a 170,000-square-foot Costco store along with an 8,000-square-foot pickleball facility and 7,200-square-foot commercial building on the west side of Fairport Nine Mile Point Road at Sweet Corners Road.
Across the street to the east would be multifamily residential, restaurant and commercial space. There would be four, three-story buildings that would each house 26 apartment units; three 5,500-square-foot to 6,000-square-foot restaurant/commercial buildings; and two, 20,000-square-foot multi-tenant commercial buildings.
In order to accommodate needs of the project, Penfield Partners is asking for the town to re-zone the area on the east side from a mixed-use district to a planned development district.
The developers say the residential component complies with several requirements of the mixed-used district zoning, but the change to a planned development district would, among other things, provide a more efficient use of land and work in “harmony with the town’s current comprehensive plan.”
Three tabled items that normally would have been heard at Thursday’s meeting will now be discussed at the planning board’s work session on Aug. 22.
A three-minute time limit will be in effect for speakers at the public hearing.
Thursday’s 6:30 p.m. meeting takes place in the Town Hall auditorium and will be streamed on the town’s website (which also includes links to other platforms).
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