More projects coming to Lloyd

By Mark Reynolds
Posted 4/14/21

At a Lloyd Town Board meeting several weeks ago, Building Department Director Dave Barton said there is the possibility that seven new projects may be coming to the town. Last week Councilman Joe …

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At a Lloyd Town Board meeting several weeks ago, Building Department Director Dave Barton said there is the possibility that seven new projects may be coming to the town. Last week Councilman Joe Mazzetti asked Barton if he could describe these potential projects.
Barton said he received two new applications that came into his office on April 7.

“One is for a light industrial building on Upper North Road right next to where Red Barn is. The other one is a small lot line off Pancake Hollow Road that Central Hudson is initiating that has overhead lines on it. They need access to the back of the property because there are huge outcroppings out there. The hiccup there is the flagpole [lot] they are trying to create is only 15 feet wide and our code requires 25 feet,” he said.

Barton said there have also been some discussions about the Plasmaco building located at 180 South Street. Plasmaco is a subsidiary of Panasonic. He characterized this as a large project.

“They want to square that building off and use it as a warehouse but the hiccup out there is it’s going to be a ZBA and Planning Board application; probably not simultaneous because there is no point in doing the Planning Board piece if they can’t get [zoning] relief. The building is so non-conforming in almost every capacity. That’s what I said when I said it was going to be a big one, because that’s going to be a complicated, sort of heavy lift because they’re over [lot] coverage, they’re over setbacks and they’re a non-conforming use in the zone.” Barton also believes that two more subdivisions may be coming but does not yet have details about these projects and he did not mention locations.

Barton referred to a recent article in the Southern Ulster Times where a Freedom of Information was submitted to him to describe these projects and indicate location and whether they are conceptual or have submitted an application. At that time it is unclear if the two projects had already submitted their applications but his response to the FOIL request was that no record exists. He explained that the lack of a record is because he does not write down any conversations. He added that the two new applications are available to the public upon request and these projects will be on the Planning Board’s agenda for April 15 at 5:30 pm.

Information on how to attend virtually is on the town’s website at www.townoflloyd.com.