Town Planning Board
Town Planning Board Notes
New owners seek to reopen Ashford Junction Restaurant
The Ellicottville Town Planning Board has scheduled a Feb. 28th public hearing on a special use permit application to reopen a restaurant, ice cream parlor and retail store at Ashford Junction.
The Board met in person Jan. 24th in the Town Center for the first 2022 session. Village Attorney Richard Stanton attended the meeting as interim staff planner.
Owners Melanie and Michael Korzeniewski under the business name of Winkorz LLC, of East Otto, hope to operate Ashford Junction Depot from Thursday through Sunday. Food will be served in a rural setting at the intersection of State Routes 242 and 240, east of Ellicottville.
The location also overlooks an operating rail line, was run as an eatery and antique shop in the past and, according to local lore, housed a motorcycle repair business around World War II.
Application documents state there will be no changes to the water, sewer and parking, or to the structures, which include small outbuildings and two parking lots to accommodate about 24 cars.
The main two-story building is handicap accessible from either parking lot and has been shuttered for about two years.
In another matter of new business, the Board asked for more information and tabled a special use permit application for an accessory apartment at 5 Sundance Road.
Ellicottville property owner Dean Groff, and his representative Jim Uhrinek of Little Valley requested a permit to convert an existing 23x23-foot garage into a two-bedroom guest suite.
Code Enforcement Officer Kelly Fredrickson said the Board reviewed the application and found it lacking in information on the size and adequacy of the water and septic systems for expanded occupancy.
A 2022 annual meeting schedule, for regular business meetings on the fourth Monday of each month, was adopted by the board as follows: Feb. 28, March 28, Apr. 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, Aug. 22, Oct. 24, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26.
The Board's next regular meeting will be held in person in the Town Center, 28 Parkside Dr., at 6:00pm on February 28. For information about upcoming meeting times and to view meeting materials, visit ellicottvillegov.com and scroll down on the Home Page.