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Minutes, Planning Board Meeting, June 25, 2008
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2 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING JUNE 25, 2008 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X 4
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11 HELD AT: Eastchester Town Hall 40 Mill Road 12 Eastchester, New York 10709 June 25, 2008 7:00 p.m. 13
14 BOARD MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:
15 Chairman Raymond DelSavio 16 Joseph Cermele, Member Robert Pulaski, Member 17 Angela Cascione, Member James Bonanno, Member 18
19 EASTCHESTER EMPLOYEES IN ATTENDANCE:
20 MARGARET UHLE, Director of Planning 21 ROBERT TUDISCO, Deputy Town Attorney JAY KING, Building Inspector 22 KERI OUELLETTE, Assistant Planner
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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 Ms. Cascione: Calls roll:
6 Mr. Bonanno: Present.
7 Mr. Pulaski: Present.
8 The Chairman: Present.
9 Ms. Cascione: Present. States they are expecting Mr. Cermele but he is 10 running late.
11 APPLICATION 07-58, 31 STEWART PLACE 12
13 Mr. Salerno: Rocco Salerno, attorney for the applicants Robert and Helen Reese. States 14 property is located in an R-5 zone, consists of approximately twenty-two thousand six hundred 15 and ninety-two square feet. Describes lots. States applicant is proposing a minor 16 re-division of the boundary line between lots 9.1 and 9.2. States easterly boundary line 17 would be moved two point one nine feet to the west and northerly boundary line would be moved 18 eighteen point three eight feet to the south. Explains this permits the applicants to create 19 a third lot which complies with the zoning code with respect to lot area and would reduce the 20 size of the existing lot 9.2 to seven thousand five hundred and five square feet which renders 21 lot 9.2 more in keeping with the character of the neighborhood. States proposed lot 9.3 22 would consist of seven thousand five hundred and six square feet fronting on Stewart Place. 23 Explains a minor variance for the effective square of the proposed new lot 9.2 and a minor 24 variance for the gross floor area of the existing three family dwelling on lot 9.1 were 25 granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals. States to address the Zoning Board's concerns
DINA M. MORGAN, REPORTER
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1 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 6/25/08 regarding parking and density this proposal 2 includes converting the three family dwelling to a two family dwelling. 3 Ms. Uhle: States application is here for 4 subdivision and re-division. Explains as a condition of the Zoning Board approval, which 5 she would recommend it be a condition of the Planning Board approval, the Zoning Board 6 indicated that the existing three family residence located on tax lot 9.1 shall be 7 converted to a two family residence. The final subdivision plat shall not be signed by the 8 Chairman of the Planning Board or filed with the office of the County Clerk until a 9 Certificate of Compliance has been issued for the conversion. States a second condition is 10 the time period for the expiration of the variance under Section 10.H of the zoning law 11 shall run from the date of the Planning Board Chairman signing the subdivision plat 12 constituting final subdivision approval in accordance with Section 10.H.1.2. 13 Mr. Bonanno: Makes a motion to open the 14 public hearing on Application 07-58, 31 Stewart Place. 15 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion. 16 (No comments.) 17 Mr. Bonanno: Makes a motion to close the 18 public hearing.
19 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.
20 (All aye.)
21 Mr. Pulaski: Asks if the driveway they are seeing will be implemented. 22 Ms. Uhle: States yes. 23 Mr. Pulaski: Asks if they can put shrubs 24 between that driveway and the new adjoining lot. 25 Ms. Uhle: States board could ask for
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1 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 6/25/08 that. Explains the only problem is within a 2 three foot area you're very limited to what you could plant. 3 Mr. Pulaski: Suggests putting in a low 4 shrub cover.
5 The Chairman: Asks that the applicant submit a planting plan to the building 6 department showing landscaping to add some visual break to a twenty-two foot wide sea of 7 asphalt and whatever Ms. Uhle finds suitable is fine. 8 Entertains a motion to declare a negative 9 declaration under SEQRA for Application 07-58.
10 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.
11 (All aye.)
12 The Chairman: Entertains a motion for approval of Application 07-58 with the 13 conditions of the plantings and the curb cut being fixed only on the existing lot that will 14 be transferred from three to two family and the conditions that Ms. Uhle just read. 15 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion. 16 (All aye.) 17
18 APPLICATION 07-67, 737 WHITE PLAINS ROAD
19 Mr. Chirigianis: Steven Chirigianis, 20 architect for the applicant. States they were here a few months ago and certain requirements 21 were made for changes. States he had two meetings with Ms. Uhle and all the changes that 22 were requested were made. Explains they reduced the size of the project and reduced the 23 number of required parking spaces. Explains they reconfigured the location of the trash 24 containers; they put an eighteen foot driveway entrance; they show the sections on detail B 25 for the retaining wall.
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1 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 6/25/08 Ms. Uhle: Explains they also increased 2 the driveway width to twenty-five feet for the back up aisle width and provided the four foot 3 wide sidewalk that was requested.
4 The Chairman: Asks if there is anything outstanding in terms of drainage. 5 Ms. Uhle: Explains the applicant did 6 retain an engineer and the town has retained an engineer. Explains that is still in progress. 7 States she would feel comfortable making that a condition of approval if the board is at that 8 point.
9 Mr. Pulaski: Asks about the retaining wall. 10 Ms. Uhle: Explains applicant decided to 11 build their own wall so they are not dependant upon the wall that's on the other property. 12 States applicant indicated he does not feel comfortable with the bollards adjacent to the 13 sidewalk and also the board had required a guardrail at the rear property line, the plan 14 still shows the guardrail but that is when the pavement went all the way up to the back. 15 The Chairman: States bollards are in 16 front of the curb and not on top of the curb where they should be. States he would cut the 17 number of them in half. Feels they should put them around the handicapped ramp. 18 Mr. Chirigianis: Asks if he is 19 suggesting two at the top of the ramp.
20 The Chairman: States yes. Suggests putting two at the top of the ramp and two at 21 the center line of five and six and two at the center line of one and two. Asks about the 22 traffic issue.
23 Ms. Uhle: States prior to the issuance of the building permit they would need DOT 24 approval for the curb cut.
25 Ms. Cascione: Asks about guardrail in the back.
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2 Ms. Uhle: Explains applicant does not 3 think it's necessary now that the pavement is moved away from the wall. Explains the grade 4 goes down and there is a wall and a fence on top of the wall. States the question is 5 whether that guardrail is still necessary.
6 The Chairman: Feels if there is a five or six foot separation from the curb to the 7 wall that's ample room and they don't need the guardrail there now. 8 Mr. Pulaski: Asks if they could fit 9 shrubs in there.
10 The Chairman: Asks that they submit a planting plan that fills in all the missing 11 teeth along the westerly side and something in the front. 12 Asks if anyone from the public would like 13 to comment on the application.
14 (No comments.)
15 The Chairman: Makes a motion to close the public hearing on Application 07-67, 737 16 White Plains Road.
17 Mr. Pulaski: Seconds motion.
18 (All aye.)
19 Mr. Chirigianis: States their engineer is here and they can show the drainage. 20 Engineer: Shows site plan. States they 21 developed a site plan that is going to incorporate full on site detention of all the 22 water and sheet flow off the building and off the paved services. States they have ten 23 thousand gallons of storage capacity. States they did sidewalk details with respect to the 24 DOT regulations. States they have the pavement details, sidewalk details and the information 25 that's required for site plan approval.
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1 EASTCHESTER PLANNING BOARD MEETING - 6/25/08 The Chairman: Asks if they have perc 2 tests to back up the data.
3 Engineer: States yes.
4 The Chairman: Asks if there is a drain inlet within the trash enclosure. 5 Engineer: Explains they don't have it, 6 but if that's a requirement of the board it's simple to do that. 7 The Chairman: States he would do that. 8 Asks if there is any lighting.
9 Mr. Chirigianis: States lighting would be on the face of the building. 10 The Chairman: Entertains a motion to 11 declare a negative declaration under SEQRA for Application 07-67, 737 White Plains Road. 12 Mr. Bonanno: Seconds motion. 13 (All aye.) 14 Ms. Uhle: Reviews conditions: Building 15 permit shall not be issued prior to the review and approval of the revised storm water 16 management plan by the town's environmental engineer and consultant; planning approval 17 shall be subject to the New York State Department of Transportation review of the 18 proposed curb cut on Route 22; applicant shall |