The Syracuse Planning Commission met on February 23, 2026, to address a procedural rescission, several resubdivision applications, a billboard proposal, and multiple major site plan reviews. All items were approved with conditions, and no public opposition was recorded for any agenda item.
Of the Syracuse Planning Commission. We will begin our public hearings in just a moment. Typically, at this time, we take action upon the minute minutes of our previous meeting, which was held in this case, February second, and it's have been distributed in draft form to the commission members. We will hold those minutes to our next meeting and move to the public hearing uh portion of our meeting. Before we start that, let me just give a few ground rules for those who might be unfamiliar with our process. As each application is announced, we will ask the applicant or the representative to come to the podium in the middle of the room, provide their name and address for the record, and a brief summary of the application involved. Following questions from the commission members, we will invite members of the public who wish to speak in favor of the application to do so. And then we will offer an opportunity for members of the public who wish to speak in opposition to the application to do that as well. We ask that all speakers keep their comments to uh just a few minutes, three minutes so that everyone has a chance to speak. And where comments are offered in opposition, we will encourage the applicant to return to address those comments in opposition. With that, I will defer to my colleague who I think has a little update on our agenda for this evening. Yes, thank you. Um Jake Dishhaw, Deputy Commissioner of Code Enforcement and Zoning Administration as the zoning administrator. I have two announcements. First, regarding a new business item on the agenda. Uh the Syracuse Utility Thermal Energy Network Project. Uh there are two companion pieces at 7751 Van Rensselaer Street and North Gettys, SP-25-36, the special use permit and the major site plan review. I'm a SPR 25-35. Um that uh project has been postponed currently by the applicant and um uh will be on a future meeting, most likely. Uh so that's the first one. Second announcement is uh an addition to uh order, so old business item that we're bringing back uh to this body um to uh reexamine uh procedural um error that was made. So uh this is for 652 West on a doggus street uh renovation project. It was a special use permit with companion major site plan review um to just summarize there were new criteria adopted in the zoning code in October of 2026. Uh around the same time when this project was heard. Uh those there was new special use permit criteria uh adopted, which was not applied to this. Um so procedurally and legally, we need to kind of back this up, rescind it, and bring it back before you at a future meeting, possibly three weeks from tonight. Um the applicant is aware, but we can't move this forward to uh the common counsel for a final decision with wrong and inaccurate um facts and um findings in the previous application that was before you. So we'll plan on bringing it back, but uh current recommendation is to rescind both the special use permit and the major site plan review for now so we can get the corrected staff report correct criteria analysis before you to appropriately uh recommend and vote. Okay, thank you for the clarification on that. In light of that information, is there a motion to rescind the special use permit recommendation SP 2529? Um based on the information provided this evening and the recommendation of the zoning administrator. I make a motion to rescind SP-25-29. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. Thank you. Discussion on this motion to rescind. If there's no discussion, all in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Those opposed, please say nay. Any abstentions? So that is has been rescinded. And now for the major site plan review, MASPR 2529. Is there a similar motion for this? Uh based on the information received this evening and the recommendation of the zoning administrator. I can motion to rescind MASPR-25-29. Thank you. Second. Second.