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 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,
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
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
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
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 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. 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,
Wheatfield Zoning Board names officers for 2026 in routine organizational meeting. Chairman Michael Schaffer presided over the January 12 meeting, which unanimously appointed Walter Garrow as Vice Chairman and Melissa Germann as Secretary in accordance with town code procedures. Board members
Wheatfield Town Board closes hearing on Wildwood Parkway rezoning. Supervisor Don MacSwan and the board discussed the property's 2022 shift from residential to commercial zoning while reviewing other zoning changes in town. The rezoning proposal requires Niagara County Planning Board and Department