The Town of Clay Planning Board split 5-1 on a recommendation to rezone land on Lawton Road for a proposed residential subdivision, and voted unanimously against a larger-than-code sign package for a Route 31 restaurant, during its June 10 regular meeting. The board considered a zone change referral for Cornerstone Homes CNY LLC's proposed "Reserve at Clay" development on Lawton Road, changing the parcel from RA-100 to R7.5. Chairwoman Michelle Borton said the Town of Cicero had not responded to the referral. A resident, David Yates of Brisbane Trail, asked whether the board would hear further from Cicero and raised concerns about the project having only one entrance; Borton said the current review was limited to the zone change and that entrance and layout issues would be addressed later, at the preliminary plat stage. Board member Karen Guinup told neighbors with concerns to put them in writing to the Town Board or attend its meeting, since the Town Board makes the final zoning decision. Polling the board, Hal Henty, Guinup, Jim Palumbo and Deputy Chair Russ Mitchell voted in favor; Paul Graves voted no, saying he would side with the neighbors and suggesting the parcel remain RA-100. The board's motion, recommending R7.5 based on surrounding R7.5 zoning, carried 5-1, with Borton also advising the Town Board to work with Cicero on improvements to Lawton Road. Separately, the board took up a referral from the Zoning Board of Appeals on an area variance requested by Allied Sign Company on behalf of Tully's Tenders at 3567 State Route 31. The applicant sought three internally lit wall signs, where two are allowed, and a 59-square-foot freestanding sign, where town code permits 32 square feet. Every board member who spoke opposed the request. Mitchell said the applicant had previously promised to be a good neighbor and that the proposed sign was not; he said it would obscure the neighboring Mauer Funeral Home and compared it to signage on Erie Boulevard, suggesting a monument sign instead. Borton agreed, saying the sign exceeded code and would set a precedent if approved. The board voted 6-0 to send a negative recommendation to the ZBA. On infrastructure, the board recommended approval, 6-0, of a special permit for AT&T Mobility to build a 114-foot public utility cell tower on a 3.6-acre parcel between the Moyers Corners fire department and West Taft Road, to be leased from the Moyers Corner Volunteer Fire Department. Onondaga County Planning Board comments asked that construction avoid encroaching on OCWA easements and that existing trees and shrubs be retained where possible. Applicant representative Mark Fuentes said an FAA report had been submitted, and Commissioner of Planning & Development Brian Bender said the Town Board had reviewed the proposal on June 1 with no significant concerns raised. Hal Henty asked about the tower's fall zone, which Fuentes said is 135 feet. The board polled unanimously in favor before voting 6-0 to recommend approval to the Town Board. The board also approved a SEQR negative declaration and an amended site plan, both 6-0, for the Goguen Service Yard on Goguen Drive, after engineer Caitlin Choberka said the applicant had exceeded what was requested during initial review. Later in the meeting, the board added and then approved, 6-0, final plat for an eighth, 24-lot section of the Maple Road Associates subdivision, based on a map from Ianuzi & Romans dated August 21, 2025. Several other site plan and subdivision cases were adjourned to the board's July 8 meeting, each by 6-0 vote, at the applicants' request or pending further engineering and legal review: West Herr Automotive Group's dealership expansion on Route 31; the Amazon Drone facility on Morgan Road; the Fisher Service Yard on Wetzel Road; the long-pending Northern Credit Union project at 5004-5008 West Taft Road, where the board discussed generator screening, an ADA parking bollard and ongoing wetland delineation with the state Department of Environmental Conservation; the Henry Clay Warehouse project; the Hinerwadels subdivision on West Taft Road; and a Summit Federal Credit Union branch planned at 4955 West Taft Road, where Borton asked for clearer, more legible plans and Mitchell asked that fencing along the property line be eliminated.