Public Hearing on zoning amendment for Wehrle Drive scheduled for February 23, 2026.

ERIE COUNTY

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW



PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a Public Hearing will be held by the Town Board of the Town of Amherst on February 23, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, to hear all persons interested in following: (1) a proposed Local Law/Ordinance that would Amend the Town Zoning Map and Land Use Classification of 2190-2200 Wehrle Drive from OB (Office Building District) to MFR-5 (Multi-Family Residential District) and (2) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed action in accordance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act and Chapter 104 of the Code of the Town of Amherst.




The property described above is as follows:



2190-2200 Wehrle Drive

SBL #81.02-1-10.1

Petitioner – Young Development Inc.




The Town Board hereby amends its Zoning Map which is incorporated by reference in the Zoning Ordinance by amending from OB to MFR-5, the zoning of 2190-2200 Wehrle Drive, subject to any conditions imposed by the authorizing resolution; legally described as follows:



LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF 2190 WERHLE DRIVE:




Parcel "A":




All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Amherst, County of Erie and State of New York, and being part of Lot No. 105, Township 12, Range 7 of the Holland Land Company’s Survey, bounded and described as follows:




Beginning at a point in the southwest corner of Lot No. 105 in the center line of Wehrle Drive, a public highway (66 feet wide); thence northerly along the west line of said Lot No. 105, 1696.26 feet to the south line of lands owned by George N. Karl by deed recorded in the Erie County Clerk’s Office in Liber 3265 of Deeds at page 524; thence easterly along said Karl’s south line and parallel with the south line of Lot No. 105, 150 feet; thence southerly and parallel with the west line of Lot No. 105, 1696.26 feet to the center line of Wehrle Drive (66 feet wide); thence westerly along the center line of Wehrle Drive (66 feet wide) 150 feet to the place of beginning.




Excepting from the above described premises that portion thereof conveyed to the County of Erie for widening of Wehrle Drive, as described in Deed recorded in Liber 11092 of Deeds at page 3872 on March 17, 2005.




Parcel B:




All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Amherst, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 105, Township 12, Range 7 of the Holland Land Company’s Survey, bounded and described as follows:




Beginning at a point in the center line of Wehrle Drive, a 66 foot wide public highway 150 feet easterly from the southwest corner of Lot No. 105; thence northerly and parallel with said Lot No. 105, 1696.26 feet to the south line of land owned by George N. Karl recorded in Erie County Clerk’s Office in Liber 3265 of Deeds at page 524; thence easterly and parallel with the south line of Lot No. 105, 514.39 feet to the east line of lands described in deed recorded in Erie County Clerk’s Office in Liber 999 of Deeds at page 469; thence southerly along said east line of lands described in deed recorded in Erie County Clerk’s Office in Liber 999 of Deeds at page 469 to the south line of Lot No. 105, 1695.85 feet to the center line of Wehrle Drive, which center line is the south line of Lot No. 105; thence westerly along the center line of Wehrle Drive, 498.78 feet to the place of beginning.




Excepting that portion of the above described lands lying within the bounds of Wehrle Drive (66 feet wide).




Also excepting from the above described premises that portion thereof conveyed to the County of Erie for widening of Wehrle Drive, as described in Deed recorded in Liber 11093 of Deeds at page 6575 and in Q143-8281, on April 13, 2005.




For further information visit the Town’s website at www.amherst.ny.us; information will be listed under the Town Board Meeting Agenda or contact the PLANNING DEPARTMENT at 716-631-7051.




All persons in favor or opposed to the proposed Local Law/Ordinance described herein, or the environmental review of the actions pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York and its implementing regulations (collectively know as “State Environmental Quality Review Act” (SEQRA)) and Chapter 104 of the Code of the Town of Amherst, are asked to appear at the above time and place.




By Order of the Town Board of the Town of Amherst, dated January 20, 2026.



Francina J. Spoth, Town Clerk

Town of Amherst

County of Erie, New York

February 12, 2026