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Hyde Fuel plans new barn, garage in Ray Brook

Hyde Fuel’s Saranac Lake storage yard, off of Broadway, is seen here Thursday. (Enterprise photo — Elizabeth Izzo)

LAKE PLACID — The Hyde Fuel company wants to build a new barn, garage, three new underground water storage tanks and install a new fence on its Old Ray Brook Road property.

The company submitted its plans to the North Elba-Lake Placid Joint Review Board last month. The application came before the review board on Wednesday. George Outcalt Jr., who represented the company at the meeting, said Thursday that it’s his understanding that the company plans to continue using both its storage yard in Saranac Lake and its property in Ray Brook. Hyde Fuel General Manager Peter Van Etten could not immediately be reached Thursday evening.

The board took no action on the application, except to schedule a time when board members could visit the property in person. Hyde Fuel is expected to notify neighbors of the proposed changes sometime after the board members’ site visit.

The fuel company plans to build an enclosed pole barn that’s 60 feet by 100 feet and just over 27 feet tall. It would have a forest green corrugated steel roof and siding with brown doors, according to the application. The barn would have a gravel floor and would house some equipment and the company’s trucks — which are currently being stored in the company’s property off of Broadway in Saranac Lake.

There are already three propane storage tanks on the Ray Brook property, so the company’s trucks sometimes stop there, but with the construction of the barn the trucks would also be stored there, Outcalt told the review board.

The company also plans to build a 30-by-48-foot, 15-foot-tall shed that would also be for truck storage, according to the project application. It would have the same metal roof as the pole barn.

There would be about 174 feet between the buildings and any fuel tanks, according to Outcalt.

The company also wants to install 225 feet of chain link fence for better security, plus three new 25-foot-long underground water storage tanks for on-site fire protection, according to the application.Two white pine trees would have to be removed to install the fence.

Outcalt told the review board that people driving by on Old Ray Brook Road may be able to catch a glimpse of the new buildings, but there’s about “100 feet of vegetation” between the site and the road.

The company expects there to be a “minor” uptick in traffic as a result of the property updates, according to the application. Any additional stormwater runoff would be contained within the company’s property.

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