Wheatfield Zoning Board approves three variances, including waterfront setback reductions

Wheatfield Zoning Board approves three area variances, including contentious waterfront setbacks. The board unanimously granted a five-foot fence variance to Justin Willson at 6401 Ward Road and unanimously approved a 28-foot rear setback for 16 condominium units at 7220 Nash Road. The board voted

Town Board authorizes three grants for waterfront park

Wheatfield Town Board unanimously authorizes three grants for Niagara River park. The board voted to submit applications to the Niagara River Greenway Commission, New York State Office of Parks, and the state Department of State for the 2020 River Road Waterfront Park, which would transform

Wheatfield ZBA tables battery storage variance, seeks fire safety review

Wheatfield's Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously tabled a revised variance request from Syncarpha CF II, LLC for a five-megawatt battery storage system on Liberty Drive, pending Building Department paperwork and fire safety coordination. The applicant, which relocated the proposal with setbacks of

Board approves 11 a.m. opening for cannabis retail dispensaries

Wheatfield approves cannabis hours, authorizes $363K in highway equipment purchases. The Town Board on June 1 set daily operating hours for adult-use cannabis retailers at 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., following a public hearing where store owners requested extended Sunday hours to match other area retailers.

Wheatfield Board approves $380,000 highway truck purchase

Wheatfield approves $380,000 highway equipment purchase. Supervisor Don MacSwan and the Town Board unanimously authorized $380,000 from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for a Mack Granite tandem dump truck with reversible plow and salt spreading equipment, subject to a 30-day permissive

Zoning Board Denies Garage Variance for Joshua Lane Property

Wheatfield Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denies garage variance for Joshua Lane property. Applicant Rich Sicignano sought to reduce the required 15-foot side yard setback to four feet for an attached garage structure. Neighbor Anthony Barone opposed the request, citing visual impact concerns

Zoning board approves tight-setback home despite fire concerns

Wheatfield Zoning Board approves four setback variances despite fire and conservation concerns. The board voted 4-1 to allow Gabrielle and Brian Literman to build a new home at 112 Hird Street with a five-foot West side setback instead of 15 feet, among three reduced setbacks; Chairman Michael

Wheatfield approves $691,000 in expenditures and hires seasonal staff

Wheatfield Town Board approves $691,302 in bill payments. The board unanimously approved expenditures of $255,050.07 and $436,252.02 across general, highway, water, sewer and refuse accounts for March and April, and authorized hiring 19 summer seasonal workers for parks and recreation services,

Wheatfield board approves partial variance for Hird Street rebuild

Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approves partial variance for Hird Street reconstruction. Gabrielle and Brian Literman's proposed demolition and rebuild at 112 Hird Street earned an East side setback variance, reducing the required distance from fifteen feet to ten feet. The board tabled the

Zoning Board tables battery storage variance pending safety review

Wheatfield Zoning Board tables battery storage variance citing fire safety gaps. Syncarpha CF II, LLC sought variances to build a five-megawatt battery energy storage system on Liberty Drive against town limits of one megawatt and 500-foot setbacks; the applicant requested setbacks as low as ten

Zoning board continues five-megawatt battery storage variance

The Wheatfield Zoning Board continued a variance hearing for a battery energy storage system to March 9 due to weather. Vice-Chairman Walter Garrow presided as the board postponed the Syncarpha CF II, LLC hearing; weather prevented the applicant from attending. The company seeks approval for a

Zoning Board approves two variances, tables cannabis hours request

Wheatfield Zoning Board approves two variances, tables cannabis dispensary request. The board unanimously approved MGA Construction LLC's variance to reduce the side yard setback from 15 feet to approximately 10.4 feet for a 1,067-square-foot home reconstruction at 2956 Krueger Road in an R-1

Wheatfield approves Wildwood Parkway residential rezoning

Wheatfield Town Board approves residential rezoning of eight Wildwood Parkway properties. Supervisor Don MacSwan led the unanimous vote following a public hearing held January 5, 2026, and a coastal consistency review that scaled back the original proposal from 15 lots after concerns from the City

Wheatfield Town Board authorizes $3.5 million Nash Road Landfill settlement

Wheatfield Town Board authorizes $3.5 million Nash Road Landfill settlement. Councilman Helwig moved and Councilman Doucet seconded the settlement authorization for four consolidated federal lawsuits alleging toxic exposure from the former landfill site, docketed at 17-cv-377, 18-cv-560,