The Syracuse Planning Commission met on April 6, 2026, to consider five applications: two resubdivisions, one resubdivision paired with a zoning map amendment, a major site plan review for a grocery store, and a companion resubdivision and major site plan for an apartment building. All items were approved with conditions after public comment.
To this meeting of the Syracuse Planning Commission. We will begin our public hearings in just a minute. Uh first though we have minutes from our previous meeting in March to address those minutes have been distributed in draft form to the commission members in advance of tonight's meeting. And we are in a position to um take action on these minutes if there is a motion to do that. Is there such a motion? Make a motion to approve the minutes as uh presented thank you. Okay. Thank you. Discussion on the motion before us regarding the minutes. If there's no discussion, then all in favor of that motion, please indicate by saying aye. Aye aye. Those opposed, please say nay. Any abstentions? Minutes are approved as distributed. Uh as we move into the public hearing section of our meeting, uh, just a few ground rules, if you will, for those who might be unfamiliar with our process. As each application is announced, we ask that the applicant or the representative come forward to the podium in the center of the room, provide your name and address for the record, and then a brief summary of the application involved. Following questions from the commission members to the applicant, we will then open up the floor to those who wish to speak in favor of the application, and likewise we will offer a similar opportunity for those who wish to speak in opposition to the application. Where comments are offered in opposition, we will encourage the applicant to return and address the comments made in opposition. We ask that all speakers address the commission members rather than other members in the um in the audience. And we also ask that everyone keep their comments either for or against uh any given application to three minutes so that everyone has um an opportunity to speak and share their opinion. With that, are there any last minute additions or changes to the agenda? There are not. Okay, perfect. In that case, we can begin with our first public hearing. Uh first up is a resubdivision R-2026-5 at 346-48 Elm Street. Uh Seth Rutledge is the owner applicant. This is in the R2 zone district. Um, yeah, so I just want to uh combine the two lots um because the um the porch on the back is too close to the other lot. So um code says that I just need to combine the two lots, and then um I can get the permit to repair the porch. Sorry, well and that's the entire project. Yeah, that's it. Okay. Questions for the applicant? All said, thank you. Yeah, I have a question or I guess a clarification. Uh if anybody has any questions, at least in the material for the meeting tonight, uh, this particular application under the scope of work. Uh this application is for a resubdivision, and we're uh creating one lot out of two to get rid of some problems with non-conformities, the porch, the driveway, you know, etc. So you're creating one lot out of two under the scope of work for this particular application. It it it asserts that uh that you eventually want to do two single family houses on the separate properties. Is that correct? Or is that a miss statement? No, I I don't know where that came from. Okay. I understand because that's not relevant for tonight anyway. We're doing the resub, so that statement is in air, it's not relevant for this application. So we're just doing the resub two lines. I don't know why that's on the application. That's strange. Sorry about that. Yeah, that's okay.