Town of Eastchester, NY: Minutes, Planning Board Meeting, March 26, 2008

2 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING

MARCH 26, 2008

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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

March 26, 2008 7:00 p.m.

14 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:

Chairman Raymond DelSavio

16 Joseph Cermele, Member

Robert Pulaski, Member

17 Angela Cascione, Member

James Bonanno, Member

19 EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:

MARGARET UHLE, Director of Planning

21 ROBERT TUDISCO, Deputy Town Attorney

JAY KING, Building Inspector

22 KERI OUELLETTE, Assistant Planner

24 DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER

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The Chairman: Calls meeting to order.

Pledge of Allegiance.

Mr. Bonanno: Calls roll:

Mr. Pulaski: Present.

Ms. Cascione: Present.

The Chairman: Present.

Mr. Bonanno: Present.

Ms. Uhle: States Mr. Cermele is running

10 a little late.

APPLICATION 07-94, 551 WHITE PLAINS ROAD

13 The Chairman: Explains until the fifth

member gets here they will need a three out of

14 four vote otherwise it's a non-decision.

15 Ms. Cascione: Explains they could wait

for the full board or proceed with the four

16 members.

17 Mr. Anderson: Steve Anderson. States

they will proceed with a four member board.

18 States they proposed a two lot subdivision.

Explains they would like to keep the existing

19 house and in order to do that they needed a

three foot setback on the side. Explains they

20 have to remove an addition. Shows site plan.

States it's compliant with all the regulations.

21 States they received the variance from the

Zoning Board.

Ms. Cascione: Makes a motion to open the

23 public hearing on Application 07-94.

24 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

25 (All aye.)

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2 (No comments.)

3 Ms. Cascione: Makes a motion to close

the public hearing.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

The Chairman: Asks if there was any

7 discussion about the proposed new house, which

is set ten feet back from the property line, to

8 have a dimension greater than that to

compensate for the three feet on the westerly

9 property line of the existing lot.

10 Ms. Uhle: States they are not proposing

a house at this time. Explains it was

11 discussed at the Zoning Board meeting and if

you look at the building footprint the houses

12 are staggered so the houses aren't adjacent to

each other. Explains it's only at the front

13 and rear corner where you would see that.

States they are the only two homes on White

14 Plains Road in this location. Explains in

granting the area variance the Zoning Board did

15 acknowledge the fact that because of the way

the buildings are set on the property they

16 didn't feel that granting the three foot

variance was significant since the separation

17 is not going to be perceived from the street

and it's also very far back.

The Chairman: Asks if they had

19 discussion about the fact that the result would

be thirteen feet building to building.

Ms. Uhle: States yes. Explains they

21 only overlap on a very small portion for each

of the homes.

Mr. Bonanno: Asks when the one story

23 addition is to be demolished.

24 Mr. Anderson: States for the subdivision

to be filed it would have to be demolished.

The Chairman: Makes a motion to adopt a

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negative declaration on Application 07-94.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

The Chairman: Makes a motion for the

5 granting of subdivision approval for

Application 07-94 with the condition that it be

6 referred to the town board for an assessment of

recreation fees.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

10 APPLICATION 07-53, 68 LAKE SHORE DRIVE

Ms. Rivera: Rebecca Rivera, Joseph

12 Crocco Architects. Explains this is a single

family residence under construction and the

13 home owners have decided they would like to

modify the previously approved exterior

14 finishes. States previously it was a stucco

exterior finish that was proposed and they

15 would like to change it to brick. Shows sample

of brick. States they would like to change the

16 shingle finish. Shows sample of shingles.

Explains they met informally with the ARB and

17 the ARB asked that the dormers over the garage

stay stucco, which they are in agreement with.

The Chairman: Makes a motion to open the

19 public hearing on Application 07-53.

20 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

21 (All aye.)

22 (No comments.)

23 The Chairman: Makes a motion to close

the public hearing.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

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The Chairman: Makes a motion to approve

3 the site plan and architectural review for

Application 07-53.

Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.

(All aye.)

7 APPLICATION 07-84, 69 HICKORY HILL ROAD

Ms. Rivera: Rebecca Rivera, Joseph

9 Crocco Architects. States this is a single

family residence. Explains they now have an

10 engineer on board because of the board's

concerns with the high water table. States

11 they have raised the basement from a nine foot

ceiling height to an eight foot ceiling height.

12 States they raised the residence up a little.

13 The Chairman: Asks if they kept the

first floor elevation the same.

Ms. Rivera: States no. Explains they

15 did it to alleviate any water problems that may

occur down the road.

Mr. Schroeder: Doug Schroeder, Kellard

17 Sessions ^ check. Explains his firm was asked

to look at the drainage for this site and for

18 the site behind it on Tuckahoe Avenue.

Explains they provided for a series of tanks

19 and also allowed for a future connection with

the Tuckahoe Avenue lot. States all of the

20 runoff will be brought by swale and yard drains

into the tanks and into the existing storm

21 drain system. States there is no increase in

runoff.

Mr. Pilch: Alan Pilch, Evans Associates.

23 States he reviewed the storm water management

plan that Kellard Sessions prepared and felt

24 the calculations were done properly and on a

site they would anticipate the ground water

25 table to be high it would provide attenuation

of that peak rate of flow for all storms for

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the one through the fifty year storm and

2 calculations were consistent with typical

practices. Explains there were a few items

3 that needed to be addressed on the plans.

States his comments were: There was no storm

4 water drainage piping shown from the site to

Hickory Hill Road; they were asked to supply

5 the pipe capacity calculations so they know the

system is designed properly; that they better

6 depict roof drain liters from all the building

corners; provide additional spot grades in the

7 proposed swales so they have that level of

comfort that in the future they will actually

8 convey the flow in the catch basins and not

onto adjacent property; finally, the plans

9 themselves do not depict either the sanitary

sewer connection to the existing sewer on

10 Hickory Hill Road or the water main connection

to provide water to the property.

The Chairman: Asks if the points that

12 are raised in Mr. Pilch's memo become

conditions of this approval.

Ms. Uhle: States as conditions of

14 approval it would be items one through eight

and she would recommend related to the ninth

15 item they at least show where the sanitary

sewer and water line are connecting for the

16 Hickory Hill project.

17 Mr. Pulaski: States he is very concerned

that these items be followed through because

18 this is an area that has a water table problem.

19 Ms. Uhle: Explains a permit would not be

issued until the drawings reflect the

20 conditions of approval and a Certificate of

Occupancy would not be issued until it was

21 guaranteed all those elements were installed

properly.

Mr. Pulaski: Feels it was very good that

23 Mr. Pilch pointed out the direction of the

swale because getting it in a fashion that it's

24 likely to stay there is also helpful.

25 Ms. Uhle: Explains two issues that her

and Mr. Pilch discussed is by requiring the

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area drains that takes some of the burden off

2 of that swale, but also having it on the plan

and as a condition of approval that that swale

3 has to be maintained it gives the building

department leverage if in the future someone

4 were going to try to fill in that swale they

have something requiring them to restore it.

The Chairman: Asks if there was any

6 discussion of a temporary erosion control

measure.

Ms. Uhle: States as a condition of a

8 approval the board should indicate they provide

a sediment and erosion control plan. States

9 she received a call from one of the neighbors

that asked for the board to consider the AC

10 units be located on the opposite side of the

house or in the rear yard. Explains right now

11 they're located on the right side of the house

adjacent to his pool area. Explains if they

12 were on the left side of the house they're

adjacent to somebody else's rear yard. States

13 this neighbor also talked about the exterior

pool lighting asking that the board require it

14 be ground lighting so it does not disturb the

neighbors and asked if there is any soil stock

15 piled on the site it be required to be kept

away from the property line.

Mr. Pulaski: States if there was pool

17 lighting or pool fencing that would be

important to show because that would be

18 important for the board to review. Discusses

landscaping. Feels there is very little

19 landscaping shown.

20 Ms. Rivera: States they have a landscape

plan prepared. States they didn't take into

21 consideration the lighting for the pool.

22 Ms. Uhle: Explains the pool will have to

be fenced because New York State Law requires

23 it be fence.