The Grand Island Planning Board conditionally approved site-plan application 1966 for a commercial property, requiring the applicant to reduce outdoor seating to address parking shortfalls and to secure county approval for a proposed curb cut before construction permits are issued.

Board members said a revised plan moved driveway access to the west, created a dedicated eating plaza and traded a few parking spaces to preserve a plaza and deck area. The applicant told the board the project would retain one required handicap space, add a dumpster corral and provide stacked parking for two employee spaces.

Several members questioned the parking calculation and whether the applicant had a firm, written agreement with a neighboring funeral home to supply overflow parking. “I’m not willing to vote on this until I see that agreement,” one member said during the discussion. The applicant responded that employee spaces are included in the calculation and offered to reduce seating as an operational fix.

The board also flagged a county permitting issue: plans showed an unusually large curb cut that must be approved by county authorities before a building permit is issued. Members said the town’s approval would be conditional on the applicant obtaining that county approval; if the county denies the curb cut, the applicant must return with a revised plan.

To resolve the immediate parking concern, the applicant agreed to remove outdoor seating (board members discussed removing two up to six seats), and the board approved the site plan by voice vote with those conditions. The board advised the applicant to pursue county permits and to return if the curb‑cut is denied.

The decision leaves final permitting dependent on external approvals and on the applicant delivering the agreed seat reductions or a formal parking agreement.