Town of Eastchester, NY: Minutes, Planning Board Meeting, January 24, 2007

2 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING

JANUARY 24, 2007

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6 MINUTES OF THE

7 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING

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11 HELD AT: Eastchester Town Hall

40 Mill Road

12 Eastchester, New York 10709

January 24, 2007 7:00 p.m.

14 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Chairman Raymond DelSavio

16 Robert Pulaski, Member

Angela Cascione, Member

17 Joseph Cermele, Member

James Bonanno, Member

19 EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:

LOUIS REDA, Deputy Town Attorney

21 MARGARET UHLE, Director of Planning

JAY KING, Building Inspector

24 DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

25 COLONIAL ROAD

25 BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK 10708

(914) 469-6353

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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3 The Chairman: Calls meeting to order.

4 Pledge of Allegiance.

5 The Chairman: Introduces new member, Jim

Bonanno. States Mr. Bonanno is a structural

6 engineer. Thanks Joanne Murphy for her five

years service and dedication to the board.

Ms. Uhle: Calls roll:

Mr. Pulaski: Present.

Ms. Cascione: Present.

The Chairman: Present.

Mr. Bonanno: Present.

Mr. Cermele: Present.

APPLICATION 06-56, PETRIELLO SUBDIVISION

Ms. Uhle: States this is just an agenda

17 item. Explains Planning Board previously

granted subdivision approval for a two lot

18 subdivision at 85 Tuckahoe Avenue and 67

Hickory Hill Road and the approval runs for a

19 hundred and eighty days. States approval has

expired and the applicant has requested

20 Planning Board grant one ninety day extension

to allow them more time to file a subdivision

21 plat with Westchester County.

22 The Chairman: Asks if that is

retroactive to January 18th?

Ms. Uhle: States yes.

The Chairman: States he has no objection

25 to that.

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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Ms. Cascione: Makes a motion that the

3 Planning Board extend the conditional approval

of the final subdivision plat for Application

4 06-56, Petriello subdivision, for a period of

ninety days to commence on January 18th, 2007

5 and end on April 17th, 2007 in accordance with

Town Law Section 276, Subsection 7C.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

APPLICATION 06-72, 42 ORCHARD STREET

11 Ms. Uhle: Explains Planning Board

previously granted special permit approval to

12 allow the two family residence to be put on the

front of the property which is actually in a

13 single family residence district. States

special permit approval was granted with a

14 number of conditions related to the site plan.

States those conditions have been represented

15 on the site plan presented this evening.

States ARB reviewed application and comments

16 were they would prefer a reddish brick rather

than a beige tone brick. States applicant has

17 made it clear that he would prefer the brick

that is proposed. States application is now

18 here for final approval.

19 Mr. Cotugno: John Cotugno, architect for

project. States house is colonial in style,

20 all brick with brick quoins on the corners, a

brick soldier course that sticks out to give a

21 shadow line. States house will have white

trim, white columns, asphalt shingle roof.

Ms. Cascione: Makes a motion to open the

23 public hearing on Application 06-72.

24 Mr. Cermele: Seconds motion.

25 (All aye.)

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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Mr. Cotugno: Shows landscape plan.

3 Explains there are two trees on the rear of the

property that will remain.

Ms. Cascione: Asks if the maple tree and

5 Norway spruce in the front will be removed.

6 Mr. Cotugno: States yes.

7 Ms. Cascione: Asks if they will be

putting in some other flowering tree or

8 something to replace that.

9 Mr. Cotugno: Feels it would be a good

idea to show a flowering tree.

Ms. Jansen: Karen Jansen, 48 Orchard

11 Street. States her main concern relative to

the landscape plan is if there are just small

12 shrubs between herself and this house as a

buffer.

Ms. Uhle: Explains those are five to six

14 foot arborvitae.

15 Ms. Jansen: States she went before the

ARB and supported this particular plan and does

16 support it again. States she was dismay to

hear that the board was willing to consider the

17 circular driveway that they original said was

going to be out, but the applicant decided to

18 do the right thing by the neighborhood and

agreed to not go with the circular driveway.

19 States her major concern is because of the size

of this house and because of the additional

20 traffic due to the fact it's a two family

house, she doesn't know if a five to six foot

21 arborvitae is going to be enough. Feels maybe

a hemlock would be more appropriate. States

22 she will leave that up to the board. Explains

this was a piece of property that was

23 completely natural in its shape and form and

now all she sees is a row of arborvitae. Asks

24 that the landscaping plan be enhanced but

generally speaking does support the

25 application.

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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Mr. Pulaski: Feels it does appear to be

3 fairly sparse.

4 Mr. Gizleo: Mario Gizleo, 18 Oakridge

Place. States he is in the back of this house.

5 Asks if there will be any shrubs in the back.

6 Ms. Uhle: Explains they are proposing a

six foot high vinyl fence at the rear of the

7 property line.

8 Mr. Gizleo: States he would like some

hemlocks ten foot high, would like them grown

9 in soil instead of sand and would like metal

property markers.

Mr. Pulaski: Feels this property has

11 enough width on the shoulders and in the rear

to support a fuller tree than the arborvitae.

Ms. Uhle: Explains where they're showing

13 the arborvitae on the right side of the

property is a fairly tight space. Feels where

14 they're showing the fence, having the

arborvitae and a fence may be redundant. Feels

15 if they want to go with hemlocks it might make

more sense.

Mr. Pulaski: Feels just a fence doesn't

17 look like it has a lot of life.

18 Mr. Cermele: Feels they should take the

fence on the left side, bring it to the back of

19 the house and in place of the fence put four or

five additional arborvitae or hemlocks.

Mr. Pulaski: Feels if they want the

21 fence for security or to limit the spread of

light that's fine, but if you get some tall

22 growth around it that growth will tower the

fence and that's what you're eye will pick up

23 instead of the fence, particularly a plastic

fence which will stand out.

Ms. Uhle: Agrees with the comment about

25 putting a large deciduous tree or a cluster of

flowering trees in front of the property. Asks

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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2 the landscape architect to revise the plan to

show some additional perimeter screening with a

3 mix of larger evergreen shrubs and deciduous

shrubs.

Ms. Jansen: States front of this

5 property is set back further and not flush with

the other houses on the street and it looks

6 like that landscaping may be a little thin for

that.

Mr. Gizleo: States he would like metal

8 property markers because he has a buffer zone

there.

The Chairman: Explains property

10 demarcation is a matter of record.

11 Mr. Cermele: Feels if they add a cluster

of three flowering trees in the front that

12 should be sufficient. Feels there is no need

to add more landscaping around the property.

Mrs. Gizleo: Asks if in the back it's

14 just a white sterile fence.

15 The Chairman: Explains board cannot

mandate planting off the property or on town

16 property.

17 Ms. Uhle: Explains board can ask

applicant to plant additional landscaping into

18 the interior of that.

19 Mrs. Gizleo: States now she has to look

at this white fence.

Ms. Cascione: States board has never

21 required plantings in a back yard.

22 Ms. Uhle: Explains there are two trees

that they're preserving.

Mrs. Gizleo: Asks if they could consider

24 trees instead of a fence.

25 The Chairman: Explains if someone has a

complying lot and they want to put a fence up,

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2 they could put a fence up. Explains they never

mandated a planting off of somebody's site.

Mr. Gizleo: Asks if they could put a row

4 of hemlocks instead of a fence.

5 The Chairman: Explains someone might

want a fence because of children, a pet.

6 Explains anybody could plant anything in the

narrow buffer that's there.

Ms. Cascione: Makes a motion to close

8 the public hearing on Application 06-72.

9 Mr. Cermele: Seconds motion.

10 (All aye.)

11 The Chairman: Discusses color of brick

siding.

Mr. Cotugno: Shows sample of brick

13 siding.

14 The Chairman: States if the brick

matches 41 Orchard Street he has no problem

15 with the brick.

16 Ms. Uhle: Reviews recommendations: In

the front yard on left-hand side put either a

17 cluster of three smaller flowering trees or a

large deciduous tree; in all cases the six foot

18 fence can only extend to the rear foundation of

the building; on the left side in the place

19 where the fence will be shortened add enough

arborvitae to screen the