Town of Eastchester, NY: Minutes, Architectural Review Board, November 1, 2007

2 EASTCHESTER ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

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MINUTES OF THE

EASTCHESTER ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD MEETING

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10 HELD AT: Eastchester Town Hall

40 Mill Road

11 Eastchester, New York 10709

November 1, 2007 7:00 p.m.

13 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Rose Marie Brescia

15 Enda McIntyre

Laura Raffiani

16 Maria Bonasia

18 EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:

20 LOUIS REDA, Deputy Town Attorney

MARGARET UHLE, Director of Planning

21 JAY KING, Building Inspector

KERI OUELLETTE, Assistant Planner

23 DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

25 COLONIAL ROAD

24 BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK 10708

(914) 469-6353

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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The Chairman: Calls meeting to order.

Pledge of Allegiance.

Roll call conducted by Ms. Uhle:

Ms. Brescia: Present.

Ms. Raffiani: Present.

Ms. Bonasia: Present.

Ms. Uhle: Believes Mr. McIntyre and Mr.

9 Papale will be arriving shortly.

10 Ms. Brescia: States applications for 69

Hickory Hill Road, 344-356 White Plains Road

11 and 83-87 Maple Street have been adjourned.

13 APPLICATION 07-78, 97 RIDGE STREET

Mr. Abilama: Tom Abilama, architect for

15 the applicant. States they are proposing a one

family dwelling on Ridge Street. Explains it's

16 a two story brick building with vinyl siding.

Shows drawings. States first floor and gables

17 are made out of brick. States vinyl siding

will wrap around. States chimney will be

18 brick. States trim is white. Describes layout

of house.

Ms. Brescia: Asks to see material

20 samples.

21 Mr. Abilama: Shows samples. States roof

color is sea green. States vinyl siding color

22 will be winter mauve. Shows sample of brick.

States front door will be a mahogany finish.

Ms. Brescia: Discusses lighting.

24 Suggests putting lighting over the garage.

25 Ms. Raffiani: Asks what garage door will

be.

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Mr. Abilama: Explains it will be the

3 same color as the vinyl siding. States garage

door looks like a barn door but it's a

4 sectional door.

5 Ms. Brescia: Feels this is very nice and

appropriate for the neighborhood. Makes a

6 motion to open the public hearing on

Application 07-78.

Ms. Raffiani: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

Resident: Asks about renovations to the

10 house next door.

11 Mr. Abilama: States the section of the

other house that will be taken down was an

12 addition. Explains they're taking that down

and refinishing the house to match the existing

13 finishes. States it complies with all the

setbacks.

Ms. Uhle: States side yard will be eight

15 point five feet where eight feet is required.

States front yard is on Ridge Street. States

16 rear yard, which is opposite Ridge Street,

received a variance years ago to allow the

17 garage to be located closer to the rear yard

property line. Explains that is a legal rear

18 yard setback because of the variance that was

granted.

Resident: Feels they're putting all

20 these houses on these fifty by one hundred lots

and it ruins the way this neighborhood looks.

Ms. Brescia: Asks if this is a buildable

22 lot.

23 Ms. Uhle: Explains the lot they're

building on is a fully conforming fifty by one

24 hundred square foot lot, which is what is

permitted and required in that district.

25 States that lot is a fully conforming building

lot. Explains the remaining residence that's

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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at 73 Middle Road when they remove that rear

2 addition that's what is making the existing lot

conforming. States resident is correct in that

3 it does not have a typical rear yard setback

because it received a variance in 1973.

4 Explains it meets the required side yard

setbacks.

Resident: States he would not have

6 purchased his house if he knew they could do

that.

Ms. Brescia: Explains it's a legal

8 building lot and it would not have come to the

Architectural Review Board if it were not legal

9 to build a house on that lot. States she can

understand his concerns, but they are entitled

10 to put a house on that lot. States house on

Middle Road is a corner lot and it has

11 different front yard and side yard things going

on.

Mr. Smith: Doug Smith, 89 Ridge Street.

13 States his concerns are the same as Larry's.

States he's surprised a variance is for the

14 life of the property. Asks if there was any

traffic study done. States a concern about the

15 people, cars and school kids going through that

intersection. Explains it's so congested with

16 the parking, students and teachers are parking

all over the streets. Feels a traffic study is

17 necessary before this gets approved.

18 The Chairman: Explains that's not an

Architectural Review Board issue.

Ms. Uhle: States Architectural Review

20 Board looks purely at aesthetic issues.

Explains if this is referred to the Planning

21 Board they will be before the Planning Board on

November 28th and that's when those issues will

22 be addressed. States typically for single

family homes the Planning Board does not

23 require traffic impact studies. States she

will relay that to the Planning Board.

24 Suggests they send a letter to the Planning

Board or herself.

Mr. Smith: States his concern is safety.

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The Chairman: States there is also a

2 traffic committee that addresses these issues.

3 Mr. Smith: States he would like to voice

his concern at the Planning Board meeting.

Ms. Bonasia: Asks what the two lines are

5 on the second floor by the window.

6 Mr. Abilama: Explains those are trim

lines to emulate there is a dormer there.

Ms. Bonasia: Feels they are distracting.

8 Feels it takes away from the design.

Recommends they take them out.

Mr. Abilama: States for the Planning

10 Board meeting they could provide a scheme

without them.

The Chairman: Makes a motion to close

12 the public hearing on Application 07-78.

13 Mr. McIntyre: Seconds motion.

14 (All aye.)

15 Ms. Uhle: Reviews comments: Provide a

scheme that does not show the trim for the mock

16 dormer and add lighting on plan.

17 Ms. Bonasia: Feels if garage door and

front door were both mahogany it would be nice.

18 Feels they look totally different. Feels they

should match the door rather than the siding.

Mr. Abilama: Feels it might give a

20 darker look to the house. States they will try

the scheme and see how it looks.

Mr. McIntyre: Feels front door and

22 garage door should have some relationship with

one another.

Ms. Raffiani: Makes a motion for

24 Application 07-78 to be passed on to the

Planning Board with the recommendations as

25 noted.

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The Chairman: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

Application 07-73, Immaculate Conception School

Mr. Ryder: Robert Ryder, Peter Jasalfi

7 Associates. Shows site plan. States they are

proposing an eighty-five hundred square foot

8 gymnasium addition. States it's to be located

just north of the existing school which will

9 also have a connecting piece which is free

standing which is a covered, sheltered

10 connection. Shows sketch plan. Shows

photograph of existing conditions. Shows

11 photograph of area where they are proposing

addition. States roof would be a PVC standing

12 seam roof in a dark smoky gray which would be

compatible with the existing roof on the

13 adjacent structures. Shows elevation from

Winter Hill Road side. States materials will

14 be in keeping with the existing structures.

States gutters will be aluminum. Shows

15 windows. States brick will match the existing

as close as possible. States there will be a

16 cast stone banding to compliment what is

already on the adjacent buildings. States

17 window trim and door trim will be aluminum.

States they will have a circular light over the

18 doorway, which will have a sconce effect.

19 Mr. McIntyre: Asks what louver is on the

PVC roof.

Mr. Delavecas: Marcel Delavecas,

22 architect for the project. States it's for

venting the gymnasium. States it will be made

23 out of the same PVC roofing and metal in the

front.

Ms. Brescia: Asks if it will be a grill

25 look.

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Mr. Delavecas: States yes.

Mr. Ryder: Hands board material samples.

The Chairman: Discusses roof material.

Mr. McIntyre: Asks if it will be a

5 semigloss finish.

6 Mr. Ryder: States they could look into

another finish.

Mr. McIntyre: Asks if roof material is

8 an alternative to a standing seam copper or

zinc.

Mr. Ryder: States yes. States they used

10 this type of material at Mount Saint Vincent's

and it looks nice.

Ms. Raffiani: Recommends if they have a

12 picture of it to bring it to the Planning

Board. States they should get as much

13 information regarding weathering, color

variations and the life expectancy of this

14 product.

15 Ms. Brescia: Feels it's very uniform.

16 Mr. McIntyre: Feels for a roofing

material it looks somewhat flimsy.

Mr. Delavecas: Describes how they

18 install the roof material.

19 Mr. Ryder: States in terms of durability

and color consistency it's no different than a

20 regular standing seam roof depending upon what

color lots you get. States they could provide

21 the information on how it wears.

22 Mr. McIntyre: Explains he has not seen

this material before. States existing building

23 has a slate roof. States this particular

treatment of the roof is different in terms of