The Town of Clay Zoning Board of Appeals held its first business of 2025 on March 10 — after January and February meetings were both cancelled for lack of anything to decide — and closed it out in 13 minutes with a single case: a Caughdenoy Road man's request to teach pottery classes out of his pole barn. Timothy R. See, of 8380 Caughdenoy Road, asked the board for a Special Permit under the town's home-occupation rules to hold classes on his property, which sits in the RA-100 Residential Agricultural District. Mr. See told the board he is a potter who travels to workshops elsewhere and wanted to bring students to his own pole barn instead. Board members pressed him on the practical details: whether the barn and pottery wheels were finished, whether the septic system and a bathroom were approved, and how many students he expected. Mr. See said the septic has been approved and a bathroom designed, with permits still pending, and that he anticipated roughly one student per week. Asked whether there would be a kiln and whether students would take their work home, he said no — his classes are "build and destroy" based, meant to push students to try something new rather than produce finished pieces. The only public comment came from Chris Close of 5160 Lyle Drive, who told the board he was worried about students parking on Caughdenoy Road itself. He described a sharp curve near the property lined with cattails where he said accidents happen frequently. Mr. See responded that no students would park on the road — his property has ample parking for the one student expected at a time. The board's attorney, Robert Germain, added a legal backstop to that assurance: Caughdenoy Road is owned by Onondaga County, he noted, and parking on county roads is already prohibited. Germain also walked through the environmental review, finding the request an Unlisted Action under a filed short-form EAF, with no other permitting authorities involved and no effect significant enough to require further environmental review. With no one speaking in opposition, the board closed the hearing and approved the permit, formally writing Close's concern into the approval as a condition: no parking on Caughdenoy Road. The vote was unanimous, with Ryan Frantzis, David Porter, Deputy Chairperson Karen Liebi and Chairperson Vivian Mason all voting in favor. The meeting also handled the board's annual organizational business, adopting its 2025 meeting calendar, reconfirming Liebi as Deputy Chairperson and acknowledging the Town Board's appointments of Chelsea Clark as Secretary and Germain, of Germain & Germain, as Attorney. The board adjourned at 6:13 p.m., its entire slate of 2025 business to that point consisting of the one case.