Town of Eastchester, NY: Minutes, February 22, 2006

2 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING

FEBRUARY 22, 2006

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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

February 22, 2006 7:00 p.m.

14 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Chairman Raymond DelSavio

16 Joseph Cermele, Member

JoAnn Murphy, Member

EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:

LOUIS REDA, Deputy Town Attorney

21 MARGARET UHLE, Director of Planning

JAY KING, Building Inspector

24 DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

43 CENTRAL DRIVE

25 BRONXVILLE, NEW YORK 10708

(914) 469-6353

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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2 The Chairman: Calls meeting to order.

(Whereupon the Pledge of Allegiance

3 was said.)

4 Mr. Cermele: Calls roll.

5 The Chairman: Present.

6 Ms. Murphy: Present.

7 Ms. Uhle: Present.

States Mr. Pulaski and Ms. Cascione are

8 unable to attend tonight's meeting.

Explains applicants need a unanimous vote

9 to get an approval. States applicants have the

option to adjourn to the next meeting.

10 States application for 92 Brook Street

has been adjourned for additional information,

11 which requires a new notice. States Montefiore

Medical Center, 32 Lakeshore Drive and 88

12 Lakeview Avenue have been adjourned to the

March 22nd meeting.

APPLICATION 05-79, 49 LAKESHORE DRIVE

Ms. Uhle: Explains this is an

17 application for a new single family home that

was approved by the Planning Board in October.

18 States plans that were approved showed all the

windows being true divided light windows and

19 applicant is now proposing fine light windows.

States applicant is here to ask permission to

20 replace the true divided light windows with the

fine light windows.

Ms. Rivera: Rebecca Rivera, Joseph

22 Crocco Architects. Shows sample of windows.

23 The Chairman: Asks if this applies to

all windows and French doors.

Ms. Rivera: States just the windows.

25 States French doors will remain true divided

light.

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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2 The Chairman: States if the French doors

remain true divided light and the other windows

3 are replaced with the specific profile shown,

that's fine.

Mr. Cermele: Makes a motion to approve

5 Application 05-79 with the amended fine light

windows as presented.

Ms. Murphy: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

APPLICATION 05-49, 370 WHITE PLAINS ROAD

11 Ms. Uhle: Explains there were a number

of staff meetings and meetings with the fire

12 department as well as two round table meetings

with members of the ARB and Planning Board that

13 addressed site plan issues and there was a

round table meeting where they looked at

14 architectural issues in more detail. States at

this point the two outstanding issues are with

15 regard to the character of the proposed

architecture and with regard to the lighting

16 plan. States application is before Board for

referral to the ARB. States application will

17 be coming back to the Planning Board to address

more of the site plan issues.

Mr. Kirkpatrick: John Kirkpatrick.

19 States they would like to be referred to the

ARB. States they have made several changes.

21 Ms. Serosati: Diane Serosati (Ph.),

design building firm. States she has presented

22 the elevations with modifications as well as

four alternate ways to look at the building.

23 States one of the suggestions was to extend the

windows adjacent to the front entry down to the

24 water table. States they added a lintel to the

entrance window. States they removed all of

25 the neon. States another suggestion was to

look at breaking up the awnings and that is

DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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2 shown in the alternate elevations that they

have presented for review.

The Chairman: Asks about southwest

4 corner wall.

5 Ms. Serosati: States they have soldier

coursing running around the entire building as

6 well as the rock base. Explains that elevation

is a stacking lane for cars.

The Chairman: Suggests putting in some

8 clear story glass below the awning.

9 Ms. Uhle: States there is landscaping

also along that property line.

Ms. Serosati: Explains there will be

11 trees and shrubs.

12 The Chairman: Asks about logo.

13 Ms. Uhle: States applicant shows

different treatments of the logo. States

14 technically logos are not permitted except if

Board approves them.

Ms. Serosati: States alternate one shows

16 the logo on a wall that's about three feet back

from the face of the window. States alternate

17 two is a wood sign with neutral colors and that

sign would be lit with gooseneck lights from

18 the facade and there would be no window.

States alternate three is the window a typical

19 Walgreen's would have with no graphic displayed

in it at all.

Mr. Cermele: Asks if alternates one and

21 two would be a neon illumination.

22 Ms. Serosati: States no. Explains the

lights in the room would light that space.

The Chairman: Asks why they need the

24 logo.

Ms. Serosati: Explains when you see it

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2 you know it's a Walgreen's.

3 The Chairman: Discusses signage.

Discusses masonry material.

Ms. Serosati: Shows brick samples.

The Chairman: Discusses bollards.

Ms. Serosati: States they could be

7 painted a color that is acceptable to the

Board.

The Chairman: States they could be

9 pre-cast and match the color of the coping.

States he would consider the logo to be

10 acceptable if it were smaller and that the

secondary signage be eliminated, keep the

11 Walgreen's center at fifty percent. States

logo should relate to the mutton spacing.

12 Reviews recommendations of the Board: Flat

roof versus the pitched roof; the five mullions

13 versus the four mullions; the segmented awning

all the way down including over an opaque

14 masonry area; the change in the brick to the

rose color; the cast stone and motor joint will

15 be the same color; the bollard will be a

pre-cast sleeve over the top of the bollard to

16 match the pre-cast stone and the signage on the

north elevation; the secondary signage will be

17 eliminated; the center sign will be fifty

percent of the allowable and the logo will be

18 reduced.

19 Ms. Serosati: Suggests eliminating the

logo from the window versus shrinking it.

Mr. Kirkpatrick: States they would

21 prefer the secondary signage.

22 The Chairman: Feels anyone driving south

on 22 will see the word Walgreen's on the north

23 elevation and will see it on the west

elevation. Feels there is no loss in not

24 having the secondary signage.

25 Mr. Kirkpatrick: States they could drop

the logo and go for half the size on the

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2 secondary sign.

3 The Chairman: Explains it's not the size

it's the clutter. States logo should be shrunk

4 down to whatever works proportionately.

5 Ms. Uhle: States residents were

concerned about the landscaping. States she

6 wants to review the landscaping plan in more

detail. States she will work with applicant on

7 the landscape plan more.

8 Mr. Kirkpatrick: States they are

proposing a six foot stockade fence.

Mr. Romano: States it will be a natural

10 wood fence.

11 The Chairman: Asks if it will be cedar.

12 Mr. Romano: States yes.

13 Ms. Uhle: States the only other

architectural issue is the applicant prepared a

14 revised lighting plan.

15 The Chairman: States they will look at

that the next time the application comes back.

Ms. Uhle: Reviews recommendation: Flat

17 roof versus gable roof; segmented awnings

versus continuous awning and continue so they

18 balance out the pharmacy and photo sign on

north elevation; rosewood brick; buck stone

19 coping; cast stone and mortar should match;

applicant needs to provide details of proposed

20 bollards that match the cast stone. With

regard to logo and signage, smaller logo plus

21 or minus three by four feet rather than the six

by five feet that's proposed; on the north

22 elevation the Walgreen's sign is permissible

but fifty percent of the size of the sign on

23 the west elevation; signage on west elevation

is fine.

The Chairman: Asks hours building

25 illumination will be on.

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Ms. Serosati: States it's not a

3 twenty-four hour store.

4 The Chairman: States when the store is

open the lighting will be on.

Ms. Uhle: States there will be a six

6 foot high stockade cedar fence unpainted.

7 The Chairman: States mullion spacing

will be as per the architectural plans not the

8 rendering. States they will re-visit the

lighting when application comes back.

9 Entertains a motion to have the Planning

Board declare itself lead agency and to issue a

10 negative declaration for Application 05-49.

11 Mr. Cermele: Seconds motion.

12 (All aye.)

13 The Chairman: Entertains a motion to

refer Application 05-49 to the ARB with the

14 conditions just reviewed by Ms. Uhle to be

confirmed by Mr. Kirkpatrick.

Ms. Murphy: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

18 APPLICATION 05-86, 33 MILL ROAD