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THE MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA THURSDAY, August 17, 2023 – 7:00 P.M. ]
FOR THE TOWN OF GREENVILLE GREENBURG WILL COME TO ORDER.WE HAVE FIVE CASES SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE WILL NOT HEAR ANY TESTIMONY ON TWO CASES 2305 BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED FOR DECISION ONLY RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
SHOULD I START ALL OVER
UH, WELCOME TO THE, THE MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
WE HAVE FIVE CASES SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE WILL NOT HEAR ANY TESTIMONY ON TWO CASES 2305 BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED FOR DECISION ONLY.
AND 2314 BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED AN ADJOURNMENT TO THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21ST.
UM, LOOKING FORWARD, THE ZONING BOARD WILL HAVE OUR NEXT REGULAR, REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR ACCORDINGLY, AS IN THE PAST, IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME, WE WILL WAIVE THE READING OF THE PROPERTY LOCATION AND THE RELIEF SOUGHT FOR EACH CASE.
HOWEVER, THE, THE REPORTER WILL INSERT THE INFORMATION INTO THE RECORD.
UH, THIS INFORMATION ALSO APPEARS IN THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING OF TONIGHT'S CASES, THE BOARD WILL DISCUSS EACH CASE.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO LISTEN TO OUR DELIBERATIONS, BUT THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK OR PARTICIPATE.
AFTER OUR DELIBERATIONS ON ALL THE CASES, WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE BOARD'S DECISION FOR THE FORMAL RECORD AND TO BE BROADCAST TO THE COMMUNITY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT, YOU MUST COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS OR YOUR PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION.
UM, KIRA, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? YES.
UM, WE ONLY HAVE FOUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION TO ADJOURN YOUR, UM, YOUR HEARING FOR THIS EVENING BECAUSE WHAT IT MEANS WHEN THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF US IS THAT WE ALL FOUR, UM, WOULD NEED TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR YOUR APPLICATION.
UM, IF, IF THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO, UM, DOESN'T VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL.
SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WAIT TILL WE HAVE A FULL BOARD.
THE FIRST CASE WE WILL HEAR TONIGHT IS GONNA BE CASE NUMBER 2318 SADE VADO AT 93 RUSSELL STREET.
JUST IF YOU WANNA JUST PRESENT WHAT, WHAT IT IS YOUR APPLICATION IS.
WHAT YOU NEED, A VARIANCE, WHAT YOU WANNA DO, WHAT THE VARIANCES ARE.
AND, UM, WE NEED VARIANCES FOR TWO SIDES BY THE STEPS.
AND THEN IN FRONT OF IT, BECAUSE, UM, THE WAY THE SURVEY IS SHAPED IS SAYING THAT I'M TOO CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBOR IN THE BACK AND TOO CLOSE TO MY NEIGHBOR ON THE SIDE.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO EXTEND THE DECK SO WE COULD HAVE MORE FAMILY TIME WHILE OUR TIMES WITH OUR BOYS AND FIX THE DECKS.
THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ROTTEN RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE HOUSE? 12 YEARS.
IS THIS THE SAME DECK YOU'VE GOTTEN PREVIOUS, UM, UH, ZONING OF APPEALS, UH, APPROVALS FOR BEFORE? NO, THIS CAME WITH THE HOUSE.
I THINK THE PREVIOUS OWNER MUST HAVE THEN.
'CAUSE THERE WERE, THERE WERE APPEALS GRANTED IN, UM,
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2014 AND 2018.BUT THAT WAS FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I DID A PORTAL IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND THEN I DID A SHED ATTACHED TO MY HOUSE, BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT A DECK.
ARE THESE THE SAME YARDS? 'CAUSE IT SAID TWO SIDE YARDS WERE REDUCED AND THREE SIDE YARDS WERE REDUCED IN THE DISTANCE THAT WAS ALLOWED IN THE PREVIOUS, UM, EXEMPTIONS THAT WERE GRANTED.
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BACK.
AND IF YOU'RE FACING THE HOUSE, IT HAD TO DO WITH THE, UM, LEFT SIDE.
THE DECK IS IN THE BACK, AND THEN THE OTHER PART, IT GOES TO THE RIGHT.
WELL, IN 2014 THERE WAS THE FRONT YARD THAT WAS DONE.
BUT IN 2018 THERE WERE, UM, SIDE YARDS.
SHE, THE SHED THAT IS ON ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
IT'S ON THE SHED IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
YEAH, IT'S ON THE, IT WAS TWO SIDE YARDS THAT WERE GRANTED IN 2018.
IT'S PROBABLY THE SIDE YARD AND THEN THE TOTAL OF THE TWO YARDS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GUESSING IT NEEDED.
SO LIKE, IF, IF NEEDED 20 TOTAL, THAT NUMBER IS REDUCED IF THEY NEED IT ON THE LEFT SIDE.
I'M JUST READING WHAT IT SAID.
THE TWO SIDE YARDS HONOR, THAT MEANS BOTH SIDE YARD, RIGHT? THE TOTAL NOT, NOT.
SO THE SIDE YARD THAT NEEDS THE VARIANCE NOW DID NOT NEED A VARIANCE THEN, THEN WAS THE TOTAL, THE, UM, THE CERTIFICATION OF DECISION READS THAT APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AREA VARIANCES FROM SECTION 2 85 16 B FOUR B TO REDUCE ONE SIDE YARD FROM EIGHT FEET REQUIRED TO THREE POINT 16 FEET PROPOSED AND FROM SECTION 2 85 16 B FOUR C TO REDUCE TWO SIDE YARDS FROM 18 FEET REQUIRED TO 11 POINT 16 FEET PROPOSED IN ORDER TO BUILD AN ATTACHED STORAGE GARAGE.
SO THAT'S THE TOTAL TOTAL, THAT'S WHEN YOU ADD THE TWO TOGETHER, THE TWO SIDES TOGETHER.
THE OTHER SIDE WOULD'VE BEEN 14 POINT 84 BACK IN 2018, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN FOUR.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? SO, SO THERE'S TWO SIDE YARDS, RIGHT.
WHICH IN TOTAL HAVE TO ADD UP.
OH, THAT'S WHAT THAT LOSS MAKE.
SO, AND THEN THERE'S, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM ON EACH SIDE, BUT THE TOTAL IS SUPPOSED TO ADD UP.
SO NOW SHE'S REDUCING THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH EXISTED IN 2018, BUT RIGHT.
BUT IT'S THE STEPS THAT ARE IN THE SIDE YARD.
SO I'M BUILDING THE STEPS EXACTLY HOW THEY ARE NOW, BUT THE BUILDER THAT SOLD ME THE HOUSE DID IT, I GUESS WITHOUT PERMISSION.
SO THEY'VE BEEN THERE ALL THIS TIME.
ALL I'M DOING IS JUST REBUILDING WHATEVER IS NOT GOOD THERE.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS EXISTED THERE.
I'M JUST DOING IT LEGALLY NOW.
'CAUSE WHATEVER HE DID WAS ILLEGAL.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE IS NO EXTENSION? IT'S, SO WE GO IN AN EXTENSION ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, WHICH IS ON MY PROPERTY TOWARDS, UM, THE BASEMENT AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE LIKE A BASEMENT SLIDING DOOR.
SO YOU SEE THE STEPS THE DRAWING SHOWED? YEAH.
ARE YOU GOING FURTHER OUT THAN WHAT'S EXISTING? NO, BECAUSE YOU SEE IT'S ON A SLANT.
APPARENTLY THEY TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE OF THE VARIANCE WITH THE, UM, PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF US WITH THE, SO HE ENDED UP HAVING TO CUT IT AT A ANGLE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE IT COMPLETELY SQUARE.
SO THAT, THAT POINT WHERE YOU SEE THERE, THAT'S THE, THE SEE THE PICTURE, THE LENGTH OF IT.
I JUST WANNA RUN IT RIGHT ACROSS.
I I I, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT, IT'S VERY UNCLEAR THE DRAWINGS THAT WERE SENT BY YOUR ARCHITECT OR, UM, WERE JUST REALLY UNCLEAR.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A NEW STAIRCASE BEING PUT IT.
WELL, THOSE STEPS NEED TO GET REPLACED.
THEY'RE, BUT WE'RE GONNA, THEY'RE DEMOLISH AND REPLACED.
NOT, BUT WE'RE NOT EXTENDING IT.
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REPLACING EVERYTHING.IT'S NOT SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN OR FOR ANYBODY, ANY OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THE DECK, THE DECK THAT YOU HAVE THAT NOW STICKS OUT FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND YOU'RE GONNA DO EXACTLY THE SAME STICKING OUT FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO YOU SEE THAT CORNER? YEAH, THAT CORNER RIGHT THERE.
SO IT'S GONNA BE SQUARE VERSUS ON AN ANGLE.
WHERE IT IS NOW, IT SHOWS IT'S SQUARE WHERE IT IS NOW HERE ON YOUR DRAWINGS.
SO SHE'S, SO THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED THAT THE, THE EXISTING CONDITION AS DRAWN IS SQUARE.
IT'S NOT SQUARE, IT'S ON THE ANGLE.
THE PROPOSED IS GONNA BE SQUARE, BUT THE EXISTING, THE EXISTING IS SQUARE.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA NO, NO, THE EXISTING IS LIKE THIS, WHICH IS WHAT IT DOES.
THE, THE LINE THAT'S EXISTING, THAT LINE, IT'S, OH, OKAY.
RIGHT NOW YOU COME UP THE STEPS.
YEAH, THERE'S A LINE, A DOTTED LINE.
IT'S JUST WRITTEN, IT'S WRITTEN BLURRY AND VERY SMALL.
I COULDN'T READ THAT WRITING EITHER.
AND IT LOOKS ON MINE,
WHAT'S DRAWN AS EXISTING CONDITION SHOWS THIS, BUT IT'S NOT THE EXISTING CONDITION I GET.
UH, IS THE ARCHITECT HERE, I SEE PEOPLE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NO, THAT'S MY HUSBAND.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE EXISTING CONDITION SHOWS A SQUARE WITH A DOTTED LINE AND IT SAYS TO, TO BE REMOVED.
THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME EITHER.
EITHER YOU'RE SHOWING ME THE EXISTING CONDITION OR YOU'RE NOT.
AND THAT'S WHERE, WHY IS THIS DRAWN HERE UNDER EXISTING CONDITION PLAN? I'M SORRY, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
THAT, THAT'S NOT THE EXISTING DECK.
THAT'S NO, THAT'S MY PROPERTY.
THE LINES THAT INDICATE THE DIMENSIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 13.6, THAT'S THE REAR OF MY PROPERTY LINE.
THE DECK IS THE.IS, UM, WHERE IT SAYS EXISTING, IT'S BACKWARDS OF EVERY OTHER PLAN I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE.
THAT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT EVERY OTHER PLAN I'VE EVER READ IN MY LIFE.
THE DOTTED IS ALWAYS WHAT'S NOT THERE.
THE SOLID LINE IS WHAT IS THERE.
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S OKAY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, SHAUNA? NO.
IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
UM, AND ON THE NEXT CASE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS NUMBER 23 19 1 4 1 CENTRAL AVENUE, L L C.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR, OH, SOMEONE'S ON ZOOM.
HELLO, I'M MAGGIE STERN AND I REPRESENT 1 41 CENTRAL M U L L C.
UM, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY FOUR MEMBERS TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REQUEST AN ADJOURNMENT.
I DON'T WANT TO, BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO.
WAS ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON 1 4 1 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE? NO.
WELL THAT BRINGS US TO OUR LAST MATTER,
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ZAIN AND STEINMETZ, 81 MAIN STREET, WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK.I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF HEART HILLS HOSPITALITY, L L C, UM, AS WELL AS THE OWNERS, UH, DETO HEN HENRIQUE AND FLO SOZA.
UM, I BELIEVE THE OWNER, UM, DETO HENRIQUE IS ON ZOOM AS WELL AS FRANK SPATARO OF GALLAND BEELER DESIGN STUDIO.
THE ARCHITECT PETER CATONE OF CATONE ENGINEERING PC AND SAM THOMPSON OF IQ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A GREAT PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD A COUPLE OF TIMES.
UM, MOST RECENTLY YESTER YESTERDAY.
WE WERE BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD.
THEY DID ISSUE, UM, A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE TO YOUR BOARD.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN RECEIVED YET.
UM, THEY ALSO, UH, ADOPTED A SECRET NEGATIVE DECLARATION WITH REGARD TO THE PROJECT ITSELF.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A TWO STORY EIGHT UNIT MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 45 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET THAT PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY USE IS PERMITTED AS OF RIGHT IN THE M 14 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE VARIANCES THAT WE'RE SEEKING FROM YOU, UH, TONIGHT WE ARE ALSO SEEKING SITE PLAN APPROVAL, STEEP, STEEP SLOPE AND TREE REMOVAL PERMITS FROM OTHER BOARDS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, UP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE THE EXISTING SITE SURVEY AS WELL THAT SHOWS THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF THE NEW BUILDING OVERLAID.
TO GIVE SOME MORE CONTEXT, UM, THE TWO STORY SINGLE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT'S ON THE SITE, UM, HAS A DETACHED PARKING GARAGE THAT, THAT'S LOCATED IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THAT'S THE WESTERLY CORNER.
UM, BOTH THE HOME AND PARKING GARAGE THAT EXISTS IN THE SITE RIGHT NOW ENCROACH ONTO THE REAR YARD AND SIDE YARDS RESPECTIVELY.
THE EXISTING PATIO IN THE REAR IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET FROM THE REAR BOUNDARY, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING HOUSE BEING 18.2 FEET FROM THE REAR BOUNDARY LINE.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THIS SITE, UM, DO HAVE SOME FAMILIAR, UM, USES THAT INCLUDES A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE LEFT, UM, A MULTI-FAMILY, FAMILY APARTMENT TO THE REAR.
UM, WE DO HAVE WOODS TO THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THERE'S THE PEST CEMETERY ALONG THE FRONT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
WE DO HAVE A BUILD THE BUILDING INSPECTOR FRANK MORABITO, UH, DID PROVIDE A VARIANCE LETTER THAT WE DO HAVE.
IT NOTES THAT WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT VARIANCES.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, BUT, UM, FROM THE, JUST TO START, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UM, THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER VARIANCE THAT IS NOTED.
UM, WE ARE SEEKING A WAIVER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION 2 85, 38 H TWO C.
UM, SO THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE NECESSARY.
THE SEVENTH VARIANCE, WHICH IS THE LAST VARIANCE ON THAT LIST, IS WITH REGARD TO THE NON ILLUMINATED WALL SIGNS.
THE PACKAGE THAT IS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DOES ADDRESS THAT ITEM.
SO THAT, THAT ALSO IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.
UM, WHAT WE'RE NOW PROPOSING IS JUST A SINGLE NUMBER STATES 45.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD 45 NORTH WASHINGTON.
NORTH WASHINGTON HAS BEEN REMOVED.
WE'VE ALSO ENSURED THAT THAT DOES NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT PERMITTED BY CODE.
WAIT, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? YOU SPOKE VERY QUICKLY, WHICH, OH, SORRY,
SO THE, UM, THAT LAST VARIANCE WITH REGARD TO OUR SIGNAGE, UM, FRANK'S POINTING THIS OUT ON THE SCREEN NOW.
UM, WE ARE NOW JUST SHOWING A 45.
PREVIOUSLY IT STATED 45 NORTH WASHINGTON.
WE'VE REMOVED THE NORTH WASHINGTON.
SO THERE'S JUST NOW WHAT'S DEEMED A SINGULAR SIGN ON THE BUILDING.
SO YOU'RE NOT GOING FOR A VARIANCE FOR NOT FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM, NO.
'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE SIX LISTED ON OUR, OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE THE SIGN VARIANCE ON THAT? NO.
UM, SO NOW GOING THROUGH WITH YOUR LIST, I'LL GO THROUGH IT ONE BY ONE.
UM, FIRST WE HAVE A MINIMUM LOT VARIANCE, A LOT AREA VARIANCE, WHERE CURRENTLY UNDER THE CODE UNDER TWO SECTION 2 85 DASH 19 B ONE, IT REQUIRES 3000 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT.
WE'RE PROPOSING EIGHT UNITS ON THIS SITE.
THE SITE, IN ACTUALITY, DOES HAVE A TOTAL LOT AREA OF 27 3, 328 SQUARE FEET.
UM, HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE STEEP SLOPES THAT ARE EXISTING ON THE SITE, AND THE FACT THAT WE DO NEED TO UTILIZE A BUILDABLE LOT AREA, THE LOT AREA IS REDUCED TO 22,912 SQUARE FEET.
UM, FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF 1088 SQUARE FEET, OR 4.4 0.5%.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE LOT AREA DOES ACTUALLY EXCEED THE REQUIREMENT, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN 24,000, UM, IN TOTALITY.
SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE PASSERBYS OR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK VISUALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE
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BE IN COMPLIANCE.WITH REGARD TO OUR SECOND VARIANCE, WHICH IS FOR MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE BUILDING COVERAGE, WHAT IS PER WHAT IS PERMITTED IS 18.3%.
AND WHAT IS PROPOSED IS 18.8%.
UM, THAT'S 143 SQUARE FEET OR A 0.5% DIFFERENCE.
THIS UTILIZES THE GROSS LOT AREA AS OPPOSED TO THE LAST VARIANCE.
SO OF THE 27,328 SQUARE FEET, UM, 5,153 SQUARE FEET IS PROPOSED TO BE COVERED WITH IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
UM, WHEREAS 5,010 SQUARE FEET PERMITTED.
THE THIRD VARIANCE, WHICH IS A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 2 85 DASH 19 B FOUR, IS A VARIANCE OF THE MINIMUM REAR YARD SETBACK.
40 FEET IS REQUIRED AND 35.16 FEET IS PROPOSED.
THE 4.84 FOOT ENCROACHMENT CONSISTS OF PORCHES AND BALCONIES ON THE REAR FACADE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE THESE LOCATED IN THE FRONT WHERE THEY WOULD'VE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE, BUT, UH, IN REACTION TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, WE MOVE THOSE TO THE REAR OF THE STRUCTURE SO THAT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE HAS A CLEANER, NICER VIEW, UM, THUS RESULTING IN HAVING THE VARIANCE IN THE REAR.
AGAIN, UM, THIS STILL IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE EXISTING CONDITION AS THE HOME IN THE REAR IS ACTUALLY MUCH, MUCH CLOSER TO 18.2 FEET.
THE FOURTH VARIANCE THAT WE WERE SEEKING IS A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF OFF STREET PARKING TO THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING.
THAT'S A VARIANCE OF SECTION 2 85 DASH 19 B FIVE A.
UM, WHAT WE STATE ON HERE IS, IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, SO I'LL TRY TO CLEAR THIS UP.
WE HAVE 4.2 FEET BEING PROPOSED WHERE 10 FEET IS REQUIRED.
UM, THERE ARE TWO SPOTS THAT ARE BEING SHOWN HERE THAT ARE ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF OUR SITE.
UM, THEY'RE UTILIZED WITH PERVIOUS PAVEMENT.
UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED ON THIS SITE IS 16 PARKING SPACES.
THE 16 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED FOR ALL THE TENANTS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED BELOW THE BUILDING.
UM, WE LIKEWISE HAVE PARKING NEARBY THE BUILDING TO THE SIDE.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
WE, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA IMPACT THE BUILDING IN ANY WAY WITH PEOPLE PARKING IN THIS LOCATION.
UM, IN FACT, IT WOULD ONLY BE USED BY POSSIBLY VISITORS, UM, MAYBE SOMEBODY DROPPING SOME SOMETHING OFF.
BUT THE PARKING IS SUFFICIENT PER CODE AND PROVIDED UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING, PRIMARILY.
WITH REGARD TO VAR, THE FIFTH VARIANCE, WHICH IS A REDUCED LOADING BER, UM, DIMENSION, THAT'S A VARIANCE OF SECTION 2 85 DASH THREE EIGHT G.
THAT, THAT DOES REQUIRE THAT WE HAVE A LOADING BER OF 15 FEET BY 45 FEET.
UM, TYPICALLY LOADING SIZES, LOADING TRUCK SIZES THAT YOU DO HAVE, UM, FOR THIS TYPE OF UNIT.
THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING THAT SIZE.
SO BEING MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE MOVING TRUCK SIZE IS SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING A LOADING BER AREA OF EIGHT FEET BY 26 FEET.
THAT AREA IS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE TRASH ENCLOSURES.
UM, IT'LL BE A TEMPORARY SPOT.
IT CAN BE THOSE LOADING AREAS CAN BE MOVED IF THERE, IF TRASH IS BEING COLLECTED, BUT IT'LL BE COLLECTED DURING SPECIFIED HOURS.
SO THAT DOES NOT CONFLICT, UM, THAT, THAT SUMS UP THE VARIANCES THAT WE ARE SEEKING.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT WE DID RECEIVE, UM, PUBLIC LETTERS THAT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY.
UM, THE TWO LETTERS THAT WE DID RECEIVE WERE FROM MYRNA ANDOVER, AS WELL AS CAR CAROL LAVERS.
I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME KEY POINTS I'M JUST WANTING GO THROUGH REAL QUICKLY, UM, THAT WERE RAISED IN THIS.
ONE OF THE CONS, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IN, IN THESE LETTERS WAS WITH REGARD TO DRAINAGE AND STORMWATER RUNOFF.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO STATE THAT GIVEN THE SOIL CONDITIONS ON THIS SITE, THEY HAVE, THE SOIL CONDITIONS HERE ARE POOR IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE CAPABILITIES, BUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A, A COMBINATION OF LANDSCAPING THAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT INTO THE SITE AS WELL AS 18 CALTECH DRY WELL UNITS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY PER CODE, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ALLOW STORMWATER TO RUN OFF THE SITE.
AND IN FACT, WHAT THE SWP DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE PREPARED OR STORMWATER DOCUMENTS WE'VE PREPARED SHOW IS THAT THE STORMWATER CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY IMPROVING OVER THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
UM, WITH REGARD TO TRASH ENCLOSURES, UM, THERE'S A CONCERN RAISED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'LL BE A VIEW OF THE TRASH ENCLOSURES FROM SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
UM, FRANK, IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST PULL UP THE RENDERING FOR ME, UM, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO SEE ON THAT.
UM, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S SOME, SOME STEEP SLOPES ON THIS SITE.
UM, THE SLOPING FROM THE BACK.
AS A RESULT, WE HAVE A RETAINING WALL THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE IS FULLY, UM, FULLY SCREENED ON TWO SIDES BY THAT RETAINING WALL.
ON THE THIRD SIDE, YOU HAVE THE BUILDING SCREENING, THE, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE.
IN ADDITION, YOU DO HAVE LANDSCAPING THAT SURROUNDS THAT ENTIRETY, ENTIRETY OF THAT CORNER,
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AS WELL AS IN FRONT OF THE PARKING, PARKING AREA OF THE DRIVEWAY.UM, YOU ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE GATES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE IN FULL ENCLOSURES, SO THAT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ANY SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WITH REGARD TO THE NOISE REQUIREMENTS, THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT NOISE.
UM, WE WILL BE FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG.
UM, IN ADDITION, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE SURROUNDING USES AROUND HERE ARE ALSO RESIDENTIAL.
THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING IMMEDIATELY ABUTTING THE REAR OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS ARE NOT GONNA EXCEED WHAT IS ALREADY EXISTING.
UM, MOVING ON TO CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND VIBRATIONS, THERE ARE, WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE VIBRATIONS, UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THIS SITE.
WE DO HAVE BEDROCK, UM, THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF DURING GRADING.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE UTILIZING AS A CHIPPING METHOD, THAT'S THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY METHOD.
IT'S THE SAFEST METHOD TO PREVENT ANY IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, AND WE WILL BE FULLY AND COMPLIANT WITH BOTH THE NOISE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE BEDROCK CHIPPING AND BLASTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOWN CODE.
UH, WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC, THERE WILL BE A MINIMAL, IF ANY INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THIS SITE.
UM, WE DID MAKE REFERENCE TO REFERENCING BACK TO I T E, UM, WHICH IS THE GENERAL STA STANDARD FOR ENGINEERS.
WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC, THIS SITE WOULD GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL 36 TRIPS, OR NOT ADDITIONAL, BUT 36 DAILY TRIPS FROM THE SITE.
THAT INCLUDES THREE TRIPS GENERATED DURING THE PEAK AM HOURS AND THREE TRIPS GENERATED DURING THE PEAK PM HOURS.
UM, USE OF TRANSIT MAY FURTHER REDUCE THESE DAILY TRIPS, BUT GIVEN THAT THIS IS EIGHT UNITS, UM, THE, THE INCREASE IN TRIPS FROM THIS SITE IS GONNA BE MINIMAL.
WITH REGARD TO PARKING, UM, THERE WAS A CONCERN LAST LAST WEEK WITH PARKING AND THAT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE ACTUALLY SURPASSING THE TOWN CODE IN TERMS OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS THERE.
TOWN CODE REQUIRES 16 SPACES WE'RE REQUIRED, WE'RE PROPOSING 18.
UM, WITH THOSE 18 SPACES, WE DO HAVE FOUR EV CHARGING STATIONS WITHIN OUR, UM, DOWNSTAIRS LOCATION FOR OUR TENANTS.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPACES THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED.
UM, THERE ARE AREAS IN THE, IN THE NEARBY LOCALE, UM, THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THERE.
THERE'S FREE PARKING ON SOUTH WASHINGTON AVE, UM, METER PARKING ALONG NORTH CENTRAL AVE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO FREE PARKING ALONG LAUREL STREET.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN 0.3 MILES.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEW SIDEWALK AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY RUN ALONG NORTH NORTH WASHINGTON.
UM, AGAIN, THESE ARE ONLY ADDITIONAL ITEMS. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SURPASSED WHAT IS REQUIRED BY TOWN CODE.
SO THE TOWN, UH, I'M SORRY, THE TOWN DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE VISITOR PARKING.
PARKING, JUST THE NUMBER OF SPACES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THERE IS NO VISITOR PARKING REQUIRED IN THE M 14 DISTRICT, BUT WE ARE PROVIDING THE TWO ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT WE CAN ON THE SITE, UM, FOR VISITOR PARKING.
I DO WANNA TURN THINGS OVER NOW TO FRANK VITARO WHO'S GOING TO GET INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE SITE.
HE'S GOING TO JUST WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE, TRY TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AS WELL AS THE BUILDING MATERIALS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU GOT THE WAIVER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD, SO YOU DON'T NEED THE VARIANCE FOR THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE BUFFER? WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE SEEKING THE WAIVER.
WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE WAIVER.
WE HAVEN'T, UM, HAD A DECISION YET.
WE'VE JUST HAD A NEGATIVE DECLARATION SO FAR.
UM, BUT WE DO INTEND TO RE WE'RE GOING TO BE PURSUING THE WAIVER THROUGH PLANNING BOARD.
I AM NOT SURE IF WE HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF FRANK, IF FRANK NEEDS TO BE INVITED IN.
HE CAN JUST, UM, IF THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO PRESENT ON THAT IS, UM, FRANK RO? YEP.
HELLO? CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES.
IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET UNMUTED.
I'M FROM GAMBLE DEALER DESIGN STUDIO.
I'M THE PROJECT ARCHITECT ON THIS.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, WE WILL DISCUSS MIGHT BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT, SO I'LL TRY TO GO THAT THROUGH THIS.
UM, THE TWO STORY EIGHT APARTMENT BUILDING.
IT'S CENTERED ON THE PROPERTY AND RUNS EAST TO WEST ON THE SITE.
THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING IS 5,053 SQUARE FEET.
THE BUILDING IS CENTERED ON THE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE ZONING COMPLIANCE SIDE YARD AND FRONT YARD SETBACKS.
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SLOPES ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY INTACT.THE BUILDING CONTAINS FOUR APARTMENTS PER FLOOR AND HAS REAR BALCONIES FOR SECOND FLOOR RESIDENCE AND REAR PORCHES FOR THE FIRST FLOOR RESIDENCE.
GIVING ALL RESIDENTS MORE ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS.
BALCONIES WERE ADDED TO THE REAR THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PLANNING BOARD.
BALCONIES WERE NOT ADDED TO THE FRONT TO KEEP THE FRONT OF THE SIDE CLEAN AND SIMPLE AND LOOKING MORE RESIDENTIAL.
THE BUILDING HAS FOUR, TWO BEDROOM, FOUR, THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE SPACIOUS WITH OVER 1000 SQUARE FEET.
THE REAR YARD ALSO HAS A 1,500 SUITABLE OPEN SPACE AREA FOR RESIDENCE USE, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY CODE.
AND AS BRIAN HAD STATED, 16 OF THE PARKING SPACES, 16 OF THE 18 PARKING SPACES ARE HIDDEN FROM VIEW UNDER THE BUILDING, RESULTING IN A LESS DISTURBED SITE.
HERE ARE THE FOUR EV CHARGES HERE.
UH, THE TWO EXTERIOR PARKING SPACES ALONG WITH THE REAR YARDS WILL USE PREVIOUS PAVERS TO HELP REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF.
UM, BRIAN TALKED ABOUT THE TRASH CORRAL, UM, AND THEN ALSO THE EIGHT FOOT, LIKE 26 FOOT UNLOADING AREA.
UM, SO A U-HAUL U-HAUL RECOMMENDS A 20 FOOT LONG TRUCK FOR A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT MOVE IN.
AND A TYPICAL AMAZON BOX TRUCK IS 26 FEET LONG.
SO THIS IS HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS DISTANCE.
UM, THERE IS A STAIR AND A D A RAMP FROM THE PARKING LEVEL, UM, THAT BRINGS PEOPLE UP TO ALL ENTRANCES TO THE BUILDING, WHICH ARE FACING THE FRONT YARD.
THE REAR, UH, SORRY, THE SOUTHEAST FACING ROOF WILL HAVE ROUGHLY 2000 SQUARE FEET OF SOLAR PANELS.
HERE'S THE RENDERING, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
UM, THIS PROPOSED RENDERING IS TAKEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, WHICH IS THE VIEW ONE SEES GOING UP THE DRIVEWAY.
LOOKING AT THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING IS ROUGHLY 91 FEET LONG AND 55 FEET DEEP.
THE MASS OF THE BUILDING IS BROKEN UP INTO SMALLER RESIDENTIAL FRIENDLY SCALE WITH BEARING MATERIALS AND COLORS.
THE MATERIAL IN THE BUILDING WILL BE LIGHT GRAY, SHINGLE STYLE SIDING, GRAY VERTICAL BAT AND BOARD SIDING, GRAY METAL CANOPIES AND STONE RETAINING WALLS, DEFINING THE PLANTERS AND THE BUILDING BASE.
THE ROOF LINE WILL BE A SIMPLE PITCH ROOF WITH SHED ROOF BUMP UPS TO ALIGN WITH THE BATTEN BOARD SIDING.
THE RETAINING WALL BEHIND THE EXTERIOR PARKING AND TRASH CORRAL WILL BE CONCRETE SCREENS WITH PLANTS.
LANDSCAPING WILL ALSO BE USED TO SCREEN THE RAMP AND BOTTOM OF THE STOVE WALLS.
AND I'LL HAND IT BACK TO BRIAN.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ARCHITECT? UH, YES I DID.
WHERE ARE THE 18 CALTECH DRAINS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY? THEY ARE LOCATED HERE AT THE BASE OF THE DRIVEWAY.
SO, UM, EITHER, EITHER ONE OF YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THIS.
SO FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR LOADING BER, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET A MOVING VAN IN THAT SPACE AND YOU KNOW, YES, UH, YOU MOVE A THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT, CROSS COUNTRY OR WHATEVER, IT WILL FIT IN A SMALLER VAN.
BUT MOST PEOPLE CO-MINGLE THEIR MATERIALS WHEN THEY MOVE, WHICH MEANS YOU GET THE LARGEST ONE POSSIBLE AND THERE COULD BE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE IN THAT VAN.
ARE YOU GONNA LIMIT THE SIZE OF VANS THAT ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO, THAT RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO UTILIZE? 'CAUSE YOU COULD GET A VERY LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER COMING TO MOVE AND THEN WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PUT IT AND HOW ARE THEY GONNA OFFLOAD? I THINK PRIOR TO MOVING IN, OWNERSHIP WILL RECOMMEND CERTAIN SIZES TO THEM AND ASK IF THEY ADHERE TO SIZES THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE SITE.
UM, IF THEY GO WITH A LARGER TRUCK, IT COULD OBVIOUSLY GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY FARTHER.
IT STILL DOESN'T RESTRICT THE ABILITY FOR A CAR TO MOVE PAST IT ON THOSE RARE OCCASIONS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD USE A LARGER TRUNK.
UM, BUT THE SITE COULD ACCOMMODATE
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IT.UM, WHAT IS THE ATTIC INTENDED TO BE USED FOR? RIGHT NOW? THE ASSUMPTION IS THE ATTIC, UM, PROBABLY WILL HAVE LIMITED STORAGE.
WE DON'T WANT THE TENANTS OR REALLY STUFF THAT'S BUILDING FULL.
SO THERE MIGHT BE A FEW LOCATIONS THAT WE PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE ATTIC, BUT I DON'T FORESEE US DOING THE WHOLE LENGTH.
SO IF LIKE THERE'S AN COMPARTMENT THAT TAKES IT THIS QUARTER, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA HAVE PORTAL ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE SPACE ABOVE.
IT'LL PROBABLY BE LIMITED TO A VERY SMALL AREA, PROBABLY IN THE MIDDLE.
AND, AND SO WHERE WOULD THE MECHANICALS BE FOR AIR CONDITIONING AND ALL THAT STUFF? THAT HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED YET, BUT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE LOCATED HERE, HERE AND HERE.
AND WHEN A MECHANICAL ENGINEER IS HIRED, YOU MIGHT DISCUSS MAYBE PUTTING SOME IN THE ATTIC BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UM, HOUSING PROJECTS NEARBY HAS ALL OF THEIR AIR CONDITIONER UNITS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
JUST, YES, WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TO BE ABLE TO SEE AND THE, THE H V A C UNITS ALSO, IF I COULD JUST ADD, I THINK, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS IT WITH OUR, I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH MY CLIENT, BUT THE MAIN INTENTION OF HAVING THIS ATTIC SPACE WASN'T NECESSARILY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE SO MUCH AS TO HAVE THIS FIT IN MORE WITH THE COMMUNITY OF HAVING A PEAK ROOF RATHER THAN A FLAT ROOF.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE A LITTLE UNSURE AS TO STORAGE AND OTHER ITEMS. I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT COULD BE MORE OF A SPACE FOR MECHANICALS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I CAN TALK TO MY CLIENT ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS ANY REAL INTENTION OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
AND IS THIS INTENDED TO BE, UM, A RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDING? YES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THE APPLICANT? I, IS THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT GONNA SPEAK? I COULD HAVE THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ITEMS FOR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME MORE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.
SO I I I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UH, SAM THOMPSON, I BELIEVE SO MIKE IS WHICH? HELLO.
HI, THIS IS SAM THOMPSON FROM IQ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.
UM, THE LANDSCAPING IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UM, THIS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE'VE SCREENED THE TRASH ENCLOSURE WITH OUR VIDING AND CONTINUED TO, UH, SCREENED THE SOUTHWEST CORNER FROM THE CONDO'S DEVELOPMENT BEHIND US AND THE NEIGHBORING SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
AND THEN AROUND THE REAR, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, FLOWERING TREES, BUT THE MAIN IMPACT OF THE LANDSCAPING IS ALONG THE FRONT WHERE WE HAVE GRASSES, LOW PERENNIALS, AND, UH, FOUR RED, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOUR DOGWOODS, BUT ALL OF THE PLANTINGS ARE NATIVE.
UM, AND THEY MEET OR EXCEED THE TREE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TOWN.
IF, IF YOU COULD STEP QUESTION ONE IS, COULD YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT THE GREEN VERSUS PINK IS AND WHY SOME OF THE GREEN CIRCLES ARE NUMBERED AND SOME ARE NOT? SO THE TREES THAT ARE NUMBERED ARE THE TREES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO REPLACE.
AND THE PAINT TREES ARE JUST FLOWERING TREES.
AND THEN THERE ARE TWO TYPE THREE TYPES OF GREEN TREES THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAN.
THE ONE WITH THE CROSSES ARE THE PROPOSED TREES.
THEY'RE NUMBER AND THEN ALL OF THE SOLID CENTER CIRCLE GREEN TREES OR EXISTING TREES THAT ARE REMAINING.
AND MOST OF THOSE ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE PINE THAT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER RETAINING AREA.
AND I, I, THIS MAY BE A, A TYPO, UM, ON YEAH.
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I LOOK UNDER YOUR PLANT LIST, UNDER TREES, THEY TALK ABOUT BEING TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES.SO THAT'S THE, UM, DIAMETER OF THE TRUNK AT BREAST HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE SIZE THEY'LL BE AT PLANTING? CORRECT.
UM, AND SO THE, THE NINE, THERE ARE NINE LARGE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE LIKE 30 TO 40 FEET THAT ARE BEING KNOCKED, THAT ARE BEING TAKEN DOWN AND BEING REPLACED BY 19 DIFFERENT TREES.
SO A PINK IS A TREE, BLUE IS A BUSH.
UH, THE BLUEISH GREEN ONES ARE EVERGREENS AND THERE ARE THREE EVERGREENS THAT ARE COUNTED TOWARDS THE TREE TOTAL.
AND THOSE ARE THE PINE TREES ON THE SOUTH, UH, WEST CORNER OF THE SITE SCREAMING, UH, CONDOMINIUMS ON THE REAR SIDE.
THE REST ARE ALL, UM, DECIDUOUS OR FLOWERY NATIVE TREES.
BUT SAM, COULD YOU CLARIFY, UH, THE TWO INCH TO TWO AND A HALF, THAT'S THE DIAMETER OF YES.
THAT'S THE DIAMETER OF THE TRUNK AT BREAST HEIGHT ON INSULATION.
SO THEY'RE NOT TWO INCHES TALL.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE HERE.
UM, YOU CAN COME UP ONE AT A TIME IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
I GAVE YOU A LIST OF WHAT MY CONCERN
YOU HAVE TO COME UP AND, AND ON THE MICROPHONE.
OH, SHE DOESN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T WANT, BUT I HAVE, UM, YOU JUST GO GIVE YOUR NAME TO THE RECORD.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE GARBAGE AREA.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE YOUR NAME PLEASE? MY NAME IS CAROL LAVERS.
I AM ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE LEFT.
YOU HAVE PARKING AT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE SCHOOL CONDOS.
NOW THEY WANNA PUT 16, 18 CARS GOING HERE.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PUT THEIR GUESTS? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO, UH, TO THIS PROPERTY LINE? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH ALL THE CARS? WHERE ARE THEY GONNA SIT? THE GARBAGE? I, I MEAN I HAVE TO HAVE EVERYTHING ENCLOSED IN ME.
YOU HAVE WASHINGTON AVENUE CONDOS PLUS THIS THING THAT HE'S PUTTING UP HERE.
I'LL HAVE 20 SOMETHING CARS UP THERE AND WHEN THEY HAVE COMPANY IT'S GONNA BE EVEN MORE.
THAT'S A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UH, HOME THERE FOR THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY.
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OVER THERE.
YOU GOT PLENTY IF THEY GOT THAT MUCH POP, YOU PUT YOUR GARBAGE IN YOUR CARS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, AND WHEN THEY GET UNDER THAT HAT ON UNDER THE BUILDING, IS THERE A WAY TO FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND OR, OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, YES.
WHEN THEY ENTER AND PARK, THE WIDTH OF THE DRIVE AISLE IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO TURN AROUND TO COME BACK OUT.
WHERE WOULD THE GUESTS BE? PARKING? THERE'S GUEST SPACES HERE.
WHICH ARE THESE TWO? I CAN'T SEE.
YOU GONNA HAVE 16 FAMILIES IN THERE EACH.
MOST LIKELY WE'LL HAVE TWO CARS.
WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT THE GUESTS WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR PARTIES AND, AND AND IT IS A RENTAL.
IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? IT'S GONNA BE RENTALS.
THERE'S EIGHT APARTMENTS, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT FAMILIES.
YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEM ON WASHINGTON AVENUE WITH PRAC UH, UH, TRAFFIC.
THEY JUST REDID IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T SOLVE ANY OF THE PROBLEMS. OKAY.
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THEY'RE STILL MAKING THE LEFT TO GO DOWN TOWARDS THE, UH, UH, 25 WEST HARTSDALE.THEY COME OUT ON WASHINGTON AVENUE AND I'M HERE ALL MY LIFE.
THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS EX UH, ACCIDENTS ON THAT STREET.
EVERY, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE OUT OF IT NOW.
YOU CAN'T GET UP THAT STREET SAFELY RIGHT NOW.
I CAN GO OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND I CAN SHOW YOU.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF A MESS.
THIS IS WHERE OUR HOMES, THIS IS, UM, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT THEIR HOME IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IS IT NOT? THERE WERE TWO HOMES HERE SINCE I WAS A KID.
YOU HAD THE SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THAT FENCE THAT GOES UP AROUND IT, THE TWO HOUSES ARE BEFORE THAT, RIGHT? HOW IS THAT MULTI-FAMILY WHEN, WHEN MINE IS A A HOW COME I HAVE, WHY AM I A SINGLE FAMILY THERE? AND THEY CAN GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THAT PROPERTY.
HOW DID THEY GET THAT? WHEN I HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HERE THAT, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENT ZONE FOR THIS PROPERTY VERSUS YOUR PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE M 14, WHICH IS MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN YOU ARE IN THE R 7.5, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? DO WE, WELL, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PROPERTY WAS, UH, SIR, YOU, YOU HAVE TO, THAT WAS WAHLBERG'S PROPERTY.
THERE'S NO PART IN THIS UNTIL THIS DONE.
YOU, YOU HAVE TO COME ON THE RECORD OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE, THE PROPERTY IS WAHLBERG'S PROPERTY THAT I'M ON AND THEIR PROP THEIR HOUSE.
HOW COULD IT BE DIFFERENT WHEN, WHEN IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE OWNED THAT LANDOWNER? THE WAHLBERG OWNED EVERYTHING OVER HERE.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY LINES.
BUT YOU'RE GETTING, EVERYTHING'S CLOSING ME IN EVEN WORSE.
YOU GOT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE CONDO.
I'M GONNA HAVE PARKING ON THAT SIDE TOO WITH THAT MANY CARS AND THEIR VISITORS AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT COMES IN.
WHY DO I HAVE, WHY YOU GOT PLENTY OF PLACES TO PUT THAT GARBAGE? PLENTY.
I'M GONNA BE STUCK IN BETWEEN PARKING AND GARBAGE.
WASHINGTON AVENUE SCHOOL AND OUR, OUR HOUSE.
MY HOUSE AND THIS PROPERTY WITH GARBAGE AND, AND ALL THE CARS.
AGAIN, I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.
I I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
WILL THE GARBAGE BE COVERED? UM, YES.
IT WILL NOT BE VISIBLE FROM EXTERIOR PROPERTY LINES IN ANY WAY.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, VISIBLE.
AND IS THERE, UH, AN ONSITE MANAGER OR ANYONE WHO WILL ASSURE THAT THAT'S DONE THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT? WE, THE OWNER WILL REMAIN AS PROPERTY MANAGER.
UM, WE WILL BE CONTRACTED WITH A PRIVATE HAULING COMPANY THAT WILL BE PICKING UP ON REGULAR BASIS.
BUT JUST TO CHECK THAT THE COVERS ARE ON AT A REGULAR DAILY BASIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, WE'LL TRY TO, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, COME ON.
HI, MY NAME'S JACQUELINE SIGLIA.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND, UM, THOMAS SIGLIA.
UH, WE LIVE ON THE PROPERTY 32 NORTH WASHINGTON, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, SO WE MOVED IN ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE SOME SIMILAR CONCERNS TO OUR NEIGHBORS, MYRNA AND CAROL IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC.
UM, IT IS A DOUBLE YELLOW LINE STREET AND IT'S VERY BUSY.
EVEN WHEN THEY DID THE CONSTRUCTION WITH THE SIDEWALK, I HAD DELAYS COMING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY FOR FIVE MINUTES.
THERE WERE DAYS THAT THE ROADS WERE CLOSED OFF AND WE HAD TO TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE CUT THROUGH OUR BLOCK TO AVOID THE LIGHT AT CENTRAL AVENUE.
SO WE DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH THAT MANY VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT, EVEN DEPENDING ON THE HOURS OF TIME.
BUT IT WOULD BE A LOT OF A HASSLE FOR US.
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WHEN WE MOVED HERE, IT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.WE BOTH CAME FROM THE BRONX WHERE WE WERE SURROUNDED BY APARTMENT BUILDINGS A LOT.
AND WE LIKED THE IDEA OF HAVING PRIVACY.
YOU GO OUTSIDE, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE HOUSES AND IT'S QUIET.
AND WE HAVE A BIG CONCERN THAT WITH THIS MANY UNITS, WITH RENTALS, THERE CAN BE HIGH TURNOVER.
UM, THAT, THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE LOOKED FOR WHEN WE WERE PURCHASING OUR HOME.
ALSO, THE, THE RENDERING OVER THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO LOOK LIKE THE GARBAGE IS ACTUALLY COVERED.
UM, IT KIND OF JUST LOOKS LIKE AN OPEN LOT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A OPEN LOT WITH A GATE IN FRONT OF IT.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S GONNA BE A CONCERN WITH OBVIOUSLY SMELL AND ANIMALS COMING INTO GET GARBAGE.
UM, ALSO THE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA INCREASE THE, THE SEWAGE FLOW EIGHTFOLD BY APARTMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL GONNA FLOW RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT PAST WHERE MY SEWER IS GONNA MEET WITH THE MAIN.
HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT THE WAY MY, LIKE IS IT GONNA BACK UP NOW INTO MY BASEMENT AND FLOOD MY BA EXCUSE ME, FLOOD MY BASEMENT? THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
UM, I HOW IS, HOW IS EIGHT MORE APARTMENTS GONNA AFFECT THE POWER GRID ON MY BLOCK? UM, I THINK THERE'S, IS NOT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY SAID ABOUT ARE YOU TALKING, CAN I ASK, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SEWER LINES OR THE STORM WATER? NO, THE ACTUAL SEWER LINES.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THAT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH LET'S SAY TWO BATHROOMS. MM-HMM.
TOILETS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT SEWAGE IS NOW GONNA FLOW INTO THE MAIN, WHICH PROBABLY FLOWS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, RIGHT PAST MY MAIN, WHERE MY SEWER MEETS THE MAIN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
IF ALL THAT FLOW IS NOW COMING THIS WAY, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA AFFECT MY FLOW BACK TO, TO MY BASEMENT.
HAVE YOU HAD ISSUES? I HAVE HAD ISSUES SINCE WE MOVED IN.
I'VE, I'VE, MY, MY BASEMENT WAS, WAS FLOODED TWICE.
IT ACTUALLY FLOODED LAST TWO YEARS AGO.
YEAH, ON CHRISTMAS EVE IT ACTUALLY FLOODED.
YEAH, BY MY FIRST MONTH IN THE HOUSE.
DID WE UNMUTE, UM, PETE ZO, YOU COULD SHED SOME INSIGHT INTO WASTE.
HI, PETER CATONE, CATONE ENGINEERING.
UM, SO THE, THE SEWER INDUSTRY IS A, A PUBLIC SEWER.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS PROPERTY THAT'S TIED INTO IT THERE.
UM, EVERY PROPERTY ON, ON THE BLOCK AND BEYOND, UM, IS ALSO TIED INTO IT.
UH, TO MAKE THE CONNECTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A LETTER FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MUNICIPALITY INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE CAPACITY AND WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AWARE, UH, OF ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, SEWER ISSUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, WA THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH OF, UH, SANITARY, UH, UH, MAINLINE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT IS, UH, UH, PRESUMABLY THE, THE SEWER THAT'S IN THE STREET MEET, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SEWER STANDARD.
IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO, WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED, SOMEONE WOULD'VE HAD TO CERTIFY THAT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TYPICAL, UH, YOU KNOW, SEWER CONNECTION, SIX INCH DIAMETER SEWER CONNECTION, UM, TO, UH, TO THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM.
UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS, BUT EVEN WHEN THEY DID THE SIDEWALK, THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF INCONVENIENCE.
THE NOISE, THE, I KNOW THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO BLASTING, SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THEY ARE GONNA KNOCK EVERYTHING DOWN AND START TO BUILD UP AND HOW LONG THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS.
AND THE CHIPPING, THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA BE CHIPPING BECAUSE IT'S MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
BUT NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S A STEEP HILL AND THAT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS TO GO DOWN A LOT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE CHIPPING INTO BEDROCK FOR WHAT MONTHS, RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
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I GUESS, DOES ANYONE, DO YOU HAVE AN APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF CONSTRUCTION? UM, UM, IF I, I MEAN I COULD ADDRESS THESE AT THE END EASIER.FOR THE RECORD, I MEANT TO MENTION THAT EARLIER.
WE'LL DEFINITELY FEEL ALRIGHT.
I THINK BRIAN'S GONNA RESPOND.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO.
DID ANYBODY, IF YOU GUYS HAVE
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, YOU JUST HAVE TO STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR WHAT IS CHIPPING VERSUS NO, NO, NO MA'AM.
MA'AM, YOU HAVE TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
WHAT IS CHIPPING VERSUS, UH, BLASTING? BECAUSE THEY BLASTED IN THE BACK.
MA'AM, MA'AM, HE'S GONNA RESPOND.
I THEY BLASTED NEXT DOOR, UH, IN THE HAMLET.
UM, OUR STENOGRAPHER DID NOT HEAR THE RESPONSE.
SO WE HAVE A STENOGRAPHER WHO'S TYPING ALL THIS UP.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO, WHEN YOU SPEAK, YOU CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO HIM.
SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IS CHIPPING? YEAH.
WHAT IS CHIPPING VERSUS, UH, BLASTING.
SO THEN HE, YOU CAN GO AND HE'LL COME AND ANSWER, I'M SORRY, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR SEAT.
AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN, THE APPLICANT WILL COME AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANNA PUT ONE MORE POINT HERE.
THEY CAME AND MEASURED THE DEPTH.
WHERE THE, MY GARAGE IS AND WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THAT, UH, THE, UM, THE GAR UP IN THAT AREA ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THEY COULD NOT GET THE, UH, PENETRATION THERE.
THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF CHIPPING.
ANOTHER THING, I GET A LOT OF FLOODING IN MY BASEMENT.
I DON'T EXPECT TO GET ANY MORE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADDRESS THE WATER ISSUE IN THAT AREA OF HEART.
I HAD TO GET FEMA INSURANCE ON TOP OF MY OTHER INSURANCES BECAUSE OF FLOODING AND I'M IN A NO FLOOD ZONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THIS CASE? OKAY, SORRY.
I ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT ZOOM,
THE, I JUST ALSO WANT TO JUST CHECK WITH MR. MAKE SURE THAT OKAY, YEAH.
I LIVE ON 2222 NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
PARDON ME, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A COLD, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TOO LOUDLY.
I AM REALLY, REALLY VERY DISTURBED BY THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL HERE OF HAVING EIGHT HOMES, THREE BEDROOMS ON EACH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S THREE BEDROOMS. SO THEY HAVE FOUR, THREE BEDROOM AND FOUR TWO BEDROOMS. AND YOU KNOW, OCCUPANTS IN THOSE THREE BEDROOMS WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE PEOPLE FOR EACH APARTMENT, FOR THE THREE BEDROOMS,
AND THE TWO BEDROOMS WILL PROBABLY HAVE AS WELL THE SAME, MAYBE ABOUT FOUR, THREE OR FOUR MORE THAN THAT.
SO IF THEY HAVE ADULT CHILDREN, THEY OBVIOUSLY WILL HAVE ALSO PARKING, UH, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
SO IF EACH UNIT HAS TWO PARKING SPACES, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH, NUMBER ONE.
AND SO WHERE ARE THE REST GOING TO PARK? ON A VERY, VERY BUSY STREET THAT WE HAVE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH, EVEN THE, THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THAT PROPERTY, BUT THE WAY IT LOOKED IN THE PLAN IS NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH FOR TWO-WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC TO GO IN
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AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY.NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE, UH, NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE IS A VERY NARROW STREET NOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIDEWALK BEING PUT IN THERE, WE MINIMIZED THE SIZE OF THE, THE ROAD SIZE HAS BEEN MINIMIZED AND FOR THE MOST PART, THERE'S A LOT OF CARS EVEN GOING DOWN THE STREET, UH, LIKE RACING.
SO THIS IS GONNA ADD TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCESS THE STREET FOR SHORTCUT TO WEST PARKDALE AVENUE.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE USE THE STREET TO ACCESS THEIR RESIDENCES, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ON THIS AVENUE.
AND AS I'VE MENTIONED IN MY LETTER, YOU HAVE 1 25, YOU HAVE THE COLONY ON THE COLONY ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THESE ARE A LOT OF PROPERTIES.
AND YOU HAVE THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND THE HAMLET BEHIND THERE.
SO THE TRAFFIC SITUATION IS A REALLY MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE.
AND THE SAFETY, OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN WALK ON THE STREET.
IT'S A VERY TENUOUS SITUATION.
SECONDLY, THE, UH, IF IT'S GOING TO BE A RENTAL, THE TURNOVER IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AND I'M SORRY TO SAY THIS, BUT RENTERS USUALLY DON'T PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES AS MUCH AS OWNERS TOO.
WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
WE PAY THESE TAXES, WE'VE ENJOYED THIS.
EVEN IF IT'S A BUSY STREET, WE'D LET THAT GO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? DENSITY IS, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO HARD STEEL, HARD STEEL HAS REALLY BECOME A BUSY, BUSTLING LITTLE HAMLET.
BUT ADDING A, UH, MULTI-FAMILY ON NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE IS REALLY NOT A WAY TO GO, REALLY.
I'M JUST VERY, VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
AND, UM, AS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE DRAINAGE, I HAVE A, I HAVE A, A DRAIN RIGHT IN FRONT STORM DRAIN IN FRONT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
AND ALREADY WHEN IT RAINS, I'VE GOT THE RAINS OVERFLOW GOING INTO MY DRIVEWAY DOWN INTO THE BOTTOM OF MY PROPERTY.
AND OF COURSE, MY BOTTOM OF MY PROPERTY ALSO GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY NOW TO NORTH WASHINGTON, UH, TO, UH, CENTRAL AVENUE.
SO I HAVE FLOODING UNDERNEATH MY SHED.
UM, I, I'VE ALSO HAD SEWAGE FLOODING IN MY BASEMENT.
SO THAT'S A REALLY A BIG ISSUE.
AND I, I, I AM REALLY VERY UPSET, VERY, VERY DISTURBED THAT THIS BUILDING WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT THERE.
I AM, UM, THE PRESIDENT AND ONE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HAMLET OF HARTSDALE.
UM, I'M SORT OF REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
I THINK SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT ARE PROPOSED, AND I THINK THERE ARE ARVID THAT YOU'RE PUTTING AROUND THE GARBAGE DUMP, UM, THEY ARE NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SURVIVE AROUND HERE.
UM, WE HAVE AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF DEER AND JUST ON OUR OWN PROPERTY, UM, THEY ARE EATEN.
I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS, UM, OFF OF YOUR BACK PATIO THAT YOU'RE PUTTING FOR YOUR RESIDENCE, UM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A FEW MORE TREES, PREFERABLY PINE TREES TO DIVERT ANY, UH, VIEWING OF THIS BUILDING FROM THE HAMLET BACKSIDE.
UM, OUR APARTMENTS OR THE UNITS.
BUT THE, THE TIMESHARE UNITS THAT ARE, ARE, UM, NOT TIMESHARE, I'M SORRY, CONDO UNITS.
UM, THEIR MAIN LIVING SPACE IS ACTUALLY ONE STORY UP.
SO THEY WOULD BE VIEWING FROM THEIR, THEIR, WHAT IS THEIR SECOND STORY INTO THIS PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST TO THAT EXTENT IS THAT ALONG THAT PROPERTY LINE IN THE BACK, UM, THAT SOME PINE TREES THAT ARE, UM, GREEN ALL YEAR ROUND, BE PROPOSED TO BE PUT IN THAT AREA.
UM, THE, THE, UM, DOGWOODS, THEY'LL LOSE THEIR LEAVES, THEY'LL LOSE THEIR FLOWERS IN THE WINTER TIME, SO THEY'LL, WE'LL WIND UP WITH VIEWING OF THIS BUILDING AT THAT POINT.
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UM, I THINK THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THE RESIDENTS ON, UM, WEST, UH, ON WASHINGTON AVENUE ARE, UM, VERY STRONG.I, I DO AGREE THAT, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT ROAD.
UM, I CAN SEE FROM MY UNIT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES BY ON THAT ROAD.
THE TURN TO MAKE FROM WEST, FROM WASHINGTON TO WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE TOWN ACTUALLY NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACCIDENTS AT THAT CORNER.
CAN YOU WHAT THAT CORNER THAT'S UM, CAN YOU JUST, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE CORNER THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED IT? IT'S, UM, WASHINGTON AVENUE INTO WEST HAROUT.
ARE YOU FINISHED MA'AM? I THINK SHE WAS FINISHED.
OH, I THINK SHE WAS SAID SHE WAS FINISHED.
CAN THE LANDSCAPER RESPOND? UM, LEMME SEE IF THERE IS SAM.
UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THE ARBS AND PUT IN, UH, SMALLER, UH, EVERGREEN TREES.
UH, AS FOR THE REAR, UH, WE HAD SCREAMED THE BUILDING.
WE WERE ON SITE AND WE HAD SCREENED THAT HALF WEST CORNER BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF YOUR CONDOS ARE LOCATED.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXTEND THAT, UM, PINE SCREENING ALONG THE REAR WHERE THERE'LL BE RECREATIONAL SPACE BACK THERE.
YEAH, I THINK JUST A FEW, A FEW MORE PINE TREES IN THAT BACK AREA THAT STAY AS EVERGREENS, UM, WOULD HELP BLOCK SOME OF THE VIEW FROM THE RESIDENTS OF THE HAMLET OF HARTSDALE.
UM, AND YOU MIGHT JUST WANNA RETHINK ABOUT ARB BYS.
THEY, THEY WILL GET EATEN BY THE DEER.
WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DEER HERE.
THE, THE ISSUE WITH SCREENING THE GARBAGE IN THAT AREA, THAT'S A TIGHT SPACE AND PINES TYPICALLY TAKE UP MORE ROOM AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS TYPICALLY SHORTER.
SO ARBORS WERE THE BEST OPTION, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY REEVALUATE, WELL, MAYBE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT VARIATION OF IT.
I THINK THERE'S A FULL, UM, AVID THAT, UM, IS SOMEWHAT DEAR RESISTANT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? UM, IF I, I'LL JUST ADD THAT.
SO AS CURRENTLY THE LANDSCAPE, THERE'S NOT MUCH HERE, BUT YES, WE CAN LOOK INTO ADDING MORE.
ALRIGHT, SO I JUST WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'VE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING, EVERYONE'S HEARD OUR RESPONSES.
UM, SO JUST STATE YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME FOR RECORD.
I'M BRIAN SBA, ATTORNEY FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, ARE THERE MORE COMMENTS OR IS AT THE END OF THE COMMON SECTION? THE, THE, THEY HAVE ONE MORE, BUT WE CAN, DO YOU WANNA, ALRIGHT, COME ON.
CAN SOMEONE REPEAT THE CHIPPING? UH, WE, I DON'T THINK WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO THAT.
HE HAS GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH CHIPPING VERSUS, WAIT, WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIT.
YOU'RE GOING TO TILL WE THE CHIPPING IS GONNA BE ADDRESSED AT THE END.
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GO AHEAD.WAIT, SIR, SIR, SIR, STOP TALKING.
THE ATTORNEY'S GONNA COME BACK UP AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT CHIPPING IS.
ONCE AGAIN, UH, THOMAS AND JACQUELINE SIGLIA FROM 32 NORTH WASHINGTON.
UM, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS GONNA BE MANAGED BY THE OWNER.
IS THE OWNER GONNA BE STILL LIVING ON THE PROPERTY AND MANAGING IT? AND IF THEY'RE NOT, HOW OFTEN IS THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY GONNA BE MANAGED? OKAY, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND MAYBE THE ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER THAT.
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
OH, NO, HE DID NOT HEAR YOU HAVE TO COME BACK UP.
MAKE SURE THE MIC IS ON AND, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, I COULD, I SHOULD HEAR.
ONE, UH, THOMAS LIA FROM 32 NORTH WASHINGTON.
UM, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS STILL GONNA BE MANAGED BY THE CURRENT OWNER, BUT IS THE OWNER ACTUALLY GONNA BE LIVING THE ORATORIUM? DID NOT HEAR THE MAIN AUDITORIUM.
YOU CAN'T HEAR THE, WHAT? HE SAID HE CAN'T HEAR THE ANYTHING.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR US? HE CAN'T HEAR THE MAIN AUDITORIUM.
CAN YOU HEAR US? CAN YOU HEAR US? HE CAN.
OKAY, SO HE CAN'T HEAR ANY OF US.
TESTING ING KIRA, JUST LET US KNOW WHEN THANK YOU.
HOW HE'S GONNA, HIS PHONE
SO YOU CAN CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.
TRY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING, BUT I'LL TRY TO ADDRESS IT TONIGHT, BUT THE NEXT EXTENT WE CAN'T.
BLANK PRINT BECAUSE I HAND LAPTOP.
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THANK YOU.DO YOU WANNA TRY TEST IT? ME? YEP.
CAN YOU HEAR US? DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? WE CAN ELIMINATE ZOOM.
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REALLY? I'M REALLY SORRY.[01:26:15]
YEAH.I'M ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE BATHROOM IF I CAN.
OH, THERE IS IT THIS, BUT I MEAN, OH YEAH.
CAN WE JUST, YEAH, CAN WE SIGN IT?
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IT'S HER AND MY AUNT, MY MOM'S SISTER.SO I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THIS MIC JUST SO PEOPLE ON ZOOM SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS AND THEY'RE SHARING.
I WAS SAYS, OH, MAYBE HE'S THE, THE MONITOR.
NOW WE DON'T, IT'S NOT THAT OTHER LADY ANYMORE.
DEBBIE? THAT WAS THE OTHER ONE.
ARE WE GOOD TO GO OR? I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
YEAH, NO, SOMEONE, I MEAN, IT JUST CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR US OR SOMEONE SPEAKING AT THE PODIUM RIGHT HERE AND PEOPLE, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S SO, IT'S SO HARD.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ANOTHER WAY THAT IF EVERYONE CAN LISTEN TO THE STREAM ONLINE, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THIS STENOGRAPHER CAN HEAR AT THIS POINT, SO, OKAY.
HOW IS THIS STENOGRAPHER ASKING? WHY NOT? UM, AS LONG AS IT'S RECORDING, IF THE ZOOM IS RECORDING, HE CAN OKAY.
YEAH, WE OH, THE ZOOM? YEAH, IT'S BEEN RECORDING.
IT'S JUST, I GUESS IF THE PEOPLE AT HOME WERE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING THAT WHOLE TIME, I TRIED TO LOG OUT AND LOG BACK IN AND THEN IT'S JUST KIND OF OKAY.
SO SHOULD BE, THEY CAN WATCH IT ON TV.
IT'S ON THE, IT'S ON LIKE OUR HOMEPAGE.
SO I GUESS THAT'S KIND OF JUST, THAT
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WAS JUST MY LITTLE FOR NOW.LIKE, SO IF, YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING AT THE PODIUM, THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE SHARING THE SCREEN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M JUST CLEANING THIS MYSELF FROM JOHN.
YOU COULD READ IT, SEE IF YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING, SEND IT.
YEAH, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY SAVED THAT THIS SAVES.
THEY'RE TALKING TO GARRETT ON THE PHONE.
SHE'S, I CAN'T PRINT IT TO COME OVER.
ARE WE GOOD TO GO? EVERYBODY? WE'RE READY.
I'M GOING TO RESUME THE MEETING.
WE'RE STILL RECORDING, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
OKAY, SO SIR, JUST STATE YOUR NAME ONE LAST TIME.
UH, THOMAS SIGLIA FROM 32 NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
UM, SO I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT, UM, IT WAS STATED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS GONNA BE MANAGED CONTINUOUSLY BY THE CURRENT OWNER, BUT IS THE OWNER GONNA BE LIVING ON SITE, BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY EFFICIENTLY OR ARE THEY GONNA BE NOT LIVING THERE AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTUALLY MANAGING THE PROPERTY ALSO? UM, THE LAST THING I JUST HAVE IS, UM, CONCERN WITH THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY, HOW THAT'S GONNA CHANGE WITH THE BUILDING OF, UM, THIS NEW EIGHT UNIT.
NOW THE APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE STENOGRAPHER? UH, YES, CHAIR.
I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH ZAIN STEINMETZ ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO TRY TO WRITE DOWN ALL THESE COMMENTS HERE AND TRY TO ADDRESS EACH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN AND THEN I WILL TURN OVER AT SOME POINT TO PETER TO DISCUSS THE CHIPPING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE TRAFFIC, UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO STATE THAT WITH I T E NUMBERS, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS IN DURING PEAK HOURS, THREE IN THE AM THREE IN THE PM UM, 36 TRIPS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, SO DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD, 36 TRIPS, UM, WE CANNOT CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SPEEDING, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT CORNER.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE COMING FROM THIS SITE WILL, WILL BE MINIMAL.
UM, THE, I APOLOGIZE, JUST GOING BACK, UM, THE TRASH COVER, I JUST DO WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT, UM, WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WAS COVER TO THE TRASH RECEPTACLES THEMSELVES.
AM I SPEAKING INTO THIS ALSO, BUT, OR IS IT THIS OBJECTION? DO I CONTINUE SPEAKING IN THIS? YES.
OR IS THIS, IS IT TO THIS? YOU'RE FINE.
UM, SO WITH REGARD TO THE TRASH RECEPTACLES, THE, THE RECEPTACLES THEMSELVES WILL BE COVERED, UM, LIKE A
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TYPICAL DUMPSTER COVER THAT YOU WOULD SEE.UM, WE WILL ENSURE THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING COVERED, BUT, UM, IT DOES NEED TO BE OPEN SO THAT THEY CAN BE RETRIEVED, UM, AND EMPTIED.
SO THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP NOW, IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE A FULL COVER ON IT LIKE YOU DO SEE THE, UH, BUILDING ITSELF.
WITH REGARD TO THE FLOODING, AGAIN, OUR, WE HAVE DONE STORMWATER ANALYSIS.
WE ARE PROVIDING STORMWATER ON SITE, UM, FACILITIES ON SITE.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE REDUCTION IN STORMWATER FROM THE SITE, FROM THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.
SO IT SHOULD ALLEVIATE TO SOME EXTENT THE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE SEWER.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS, UM, BEING ADDRESSED AT LEAST AT SOME POINT, UM, IF NOT PARTIALLY, I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT WAS CUT OFF OR IF IT WAS GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE TO GET A SIGN OFF FROM THE SEWER AS TO THE CAPACITY AND THE ABILITY TO SERVE FOR THIS SITE.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION ON, THERE'S A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO POWER.
UM, WE ARE PROVIDING SOLAR, SO THE DRAW IN THE AREA IS GONNA BE LIMITED, BUT AGAIN, WE DO NEED TO GET SIGN OFF AS WELL WITH THE, WITH REGARD TO ELECTRIC, UM, FOR THE OWNERSHIP AND THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, UM, FOR THE OWNERSHIP AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, THAT PIECE, THE OWNER IS TO MY KNOWLEDGE, TO REMAIN IN THE, HE'S WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA WHILE HE IS GONNA BE DEEMED THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
UM, WE WILL BE CONTRACTING WITH PARTIES TO DO REGULAR MOWINGS, REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE SITE, UM, REMOVAL OF TRASH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
ALL THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONTRACTED WITH PROFESSIONALS TO MAINTAIN THE SITE AND HE'S INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY IN THE SITE.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SITE, IT MAINTAINS A CLEAN, NICE APPEARANCE.
WE PUT A LOT INTO THE WAY IT'S BEEN DESIGNED.
UM, WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO FALL INTO DISREPAIR, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MANAGER ON SITE.
THERE WILL BE NO MANAGER ON THE, THE OWNER IS NOT GOING TO REMAIN ON THE SITE ITSELF.
UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD, HON HONESTLY, WITH A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, UM, FOR THIS LEVEL, THIS IS AN EIGHT UNIT BUILDING.
THIS IS NOT A LARGER CONDOMINIUM BUILDING THAT YOU WOULD SEE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, HE IS IN, HE IS FROM THE AREA.
I, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I, I'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH MY CLIENT, BUT I BELIEVE HE IS REMAINING IN THE AREA.
UM, HE'S JUST SELLING THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL.
UM, HOPEFULLY THAT DOES ADDRESS THE MAJORITY OF IT.
UM, WITH REGARD TO, BEFORE I TURN THINGS OVER TO PETER ON THE CHIPPING, UM, I DO WANNA MENTION LIKE WE WILL BE COMPLYING WITH THE CODE.
UM, THERE IS A ROCK, UH, BLASTING AND SHIPPING CODE PROVI CODE CHAPTER, UM, IN GREENBURG, THE PURSUANT TO THAT CODE, WE WILL, I APOLOGIZE 'CAUSE I JUST HAD THIS TABBED OFF, BUT ROCK SHIPPING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE ACTIVITIES.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE ROCK CHIPPING IS LIMITED TO HOURS OF 8:30 AM TO 3:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT'S PROHIBITED ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, AND ALL HOLIDAYS.
SO THERE IS THAT LIMITATION THAT WE WILL BE COMPLYING WITH, WITH THE CODE.
UM, AND I DO WANNA TURN THIS OVER TO PETER.
I THINK PARTICULARLY JUST TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHY WE CHOSE THE CHIPPING OVER BLASTING, UM, AND NOT NECESSARILY THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, BUT ALSO THE BENEFITS THAT CHIPPING PROVIDES TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE MAY BE CHIPPING FOR THE SITE.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION OF REGARDING THE DURATION OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION, OF PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I'LL, I'LL SEE IF WE CAN ANSWER THAT AS WELL WITH PETER.
I JUST HAVE A, A ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, THE SITE GOT PERMITS TO BUILD MULTIFAMILY, I I GUESS AN EXTENSION OF SOME PERMIT OF SUBDIVISION IN BOTH, UH, 2015 AND 2018, NONE OF WHICH WERE DONE.
AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO SAY, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS WILL ACTUALLY GET DONE WHEN THOSE DIDN'T, WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP AT THAT TIME.
UM, I, I, I'M UNAWARE OF WHY THOSE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT DURING THIS PROCESS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH PLANNING THIS.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD TO GETTING THIS DONE.
UM, I, THERE IS NO INTENTION OF THE CLIENT TO BACK OUT OF GETTING THIS DONE ONCE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED.
ARE ANY OF THE UNITS GONNA BE AFFORDABLE? I'LL, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO EITHER FRANK
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OR DEO ON THAT.UM, BUT I BELIEVE DEO DOES WANNA SPEAK.
WHO'S OUR CLIENT? HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
HI, UHA, HENRIQUE HEART HILLS.
UM, SO TO ADDRESS THE, THE AFFORDABLE LIVING, YES, THE ONE OF THE UNITS WILL BE DESIGNATED, UH, FOR A LOW INCOME.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF TOM CODE.
UH, SO WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WITH ONE UNIT BEING COMPLIANT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE, UM, I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN MAINTENANCE.
UM, MY, MY BACKGROUND IS HIGH-END HOSPITALITY AND CONSTRUCTION.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'VE, I I'VE MAINTAINED HIGH END PROPERTIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I INTEND TO, TO MAINTAIN THIS PROPERTY TO THOSE STANDARDS AND, AND, AND THE UPKEEP OF THE LANDSCAPING, UH, THE GARBAGE CORRAL.
ALL OF THIS WILL BE OUTSOURCED, UH, TO, TO CONTRACTORS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UM, THEY'LL BE CHECKED ON FREQUENTLY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CLEAN, TIDY, WELL KEPT AND, AND LOOKING AS BEAUTIFUL, JUST RENDERING IT IN FRONT OF US.
IS THERE ANYONE, ARE YOU, I, I THINK, UH, PETER, I WANTED TO TURN THINGS OVER TO PETER IF HE'S STILL ON.
UH, PETER
UM, UH, BASICALLY THOSE ARE THE, UH, TWO MEANS OF REMOVING ROCK, UH, UH, FROM A SITE OF THESE, UM, UH, VOLUMES THERE ARE FOR SMALL ROCK REMOVAL, THERE'S ALSO OTHER MAIN MEANS THAT INVOLVE, UH, EXPANDING, UM, UH, LIQUIDS.
UH, BUT BASICALLY THEY CAN BE BLASTING INVOLVED DRILLING HOLES, FILLING THOSE HOLES WITH A, UH, EXPLOSIVE CHARGE, AND THEN DETONATING THOSE CHARGES.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, A DAY OR TWO OF, UH, PREPARATION OF HOLES AND WIRING, UH, YOU KNOW, LOADING THE HOLES.
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, THE BLASTING.
UM, UM, AND THEN ONCE THE BLASTING IS, IS INITIATED, THEN YOU NEED TO REMOVE THAT MATERIAL AND, AND, YOU KNOW, EITHER PROCESS IT ON SITE FOR REUSE OR TRUCK IT OFF SITE, UH, TO GET, UH, RID OF IT.
UH, WHEREAS WITH THE CHIPPING, WHICH IS THE METHOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE USING, UM, THAT INVOLVES, UH, USING MECHANICAL MEANS, USUALLY A HYDRAULIC HAMMER ATTACKS ATTACHED TO AN EXCAVATOR WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, UH, YOU WOULD CHIP THROUGH THE ROCK.
UM, IF THE ROCK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED OR HAS VEINING IN IT, THEN UH, THE, THE CHIPPING IS, IS VERY EFFECTIVE.
SO THE, THE SPEED OF THE ROCK REMOVAL IS, IS DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF ROCK.
UM, AND, AND AS THEY CHIP IT, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO LOAD TRUCKS AND, AND GET THE TRUCKS OFF THE SITE OR RECYCLE IT, UH, ON SITE OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE RISK TO BLASTING IS IT GENERATES, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, VIBRATIONS IN, IN THE, UH, IN THE ROCK AND IN THE, UH, THE SOILS ABOVE.
AND, AND THOSE CAN BE, UH, UH, CAN IMPACT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, WHICH IS, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, UH, SHIPPING IS MORE, UH, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? MORE GUARANTEED IT'S, IT'S MUCH LESS, UH, VIBRATIONS GENERATED FROM, FROM CHIPPING.
HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STRICT BLASTING PROB, BUT THE PROPERTY LINES AND THERE'S CERTAIN VELOCITIES THAT CANNOT BE, UM, EXCEEDED.
UH, BOTH METHODS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, EFFECTIVE.
UM, THE CHIPPING IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
UH, BUT REST ASSURED THE TOWN CODE HAS SOME PRETTY STRINGENT, UM, UH, VIBRATION MONITORING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR THE
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CHIPPING AS WELL.SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING CHIPPING ON THE SITE, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF I FULLY ADDRESS THAT COMMENT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO EXPAND IT IF NECESSARY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO PETER, DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION, DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO HOW LONG OVERALL CONSTRUCTION WOULD TAKE? UM, AT THIS EARLY STAGE, UH, I DO NOT.
THE BURDEN MIGHT HAVE A, UH, A BETTER, UH, UNDERSTANDING OF IT, I WOULD GUESS FOR A BUILDING OF THIS SIZE AND, UM, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND 18 MONTHS.
UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON BOARD AT THIS AT THIS POINT, SO IT'S HARD TO REALLY PINPOINT IT, UH, TO ANY LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY.
BUT JUST IF I HAD TO, TO THROW A DART AT IT FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS, UH, PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, I WOULD SAY 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ONLY OTHER THING I DO WANT TO STATE IS JUST, UH, AGAIN, THAT WE DO HAVE THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT WAS ISSUED BY PLANNING BOARD ON THIS OR ADOPTED.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS CLEAR THAT THAT WAS DONE YESTERDAY.
YOU NEED ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER THAT'S NEW AND DIFFERENT? UM, JUST STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE AGAIN, CAROL LABORS, UM, BEING THEY HAVING BUFFERS ON THE TOP PART.
WHAT ABOUT BETWEEN BEING, THIS IS GOING TO BE RENTALS, WHAT KIND OF BUFFER? BETWEEN MY PROPERTY AND THEIR PROPERTY, THEY ALSO HAVE TWO OLD, OLD TREES THAT ARE ROTTING.
THAT ONE, UH, BRANCH FELL ON MY ROOF, ON MY GARAGE ROOF AND PUT A HOLE IN IT.
ARE THEY GONNA TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UH, TREES AND THAT WALL WITH BUFFERS? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO THERE BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES? THOSE TWO TREES ARE BEING REMOVED.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE, SIR.
UH, THIS IS FRANK TYRO AND KEN WILL BE ABLE TO, SORRY.
AND UH, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY SCREEN THAT I'M SHARING, THOSE TWO TREES WILL BE REMOVED AND THEY WILL BE LANDSCAPING AND I BELIEVE THESE ARE TREES SCREEN BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.
UM, WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO END THIS PART OF THE MEETING AND WE WILL DELIBERATE AND WE WILL BE BACK.
EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO OBSERVE THE DELIBERATIONS, BUT YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE DURING THE DELIBERATIONS.
TURNED, TURNED RED IN FRONT OF ME AND YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE'S GONNA BE THAT KIND OF DICK
OH LORD, I DIDN'T GET, I STOPPED
HELLO? CHECK THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST REOPENED ADJOURNED.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA RE REDO UNITED REFRIGERATION THE MOTION.
DON'T WE HAVE TO DO THE REOPEN AGAIN OR NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE REOPEN.
THAT WE CAN, SOMEBODY CAN TYPE THAT UP.
SO CASE NUMBER 2305 UNITED REFRIGERATION.
WHEREAS FOR THE RECORD, THE PLANNING BOARD AS PART OF A COORDINATED REVIEW
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WITH THE ZONING BOARD MADE A NEGATIVE DECLARATION WITH RESPECT TO CCRA CONCLUDING THE CCRA PROCESS, WHICH PUTS THE Z B A IN A POSITION TO RENDER A DECISION ON THE VARIANCES.JUST FOR THE RECORD PLANNING BOARD ADDS LEAD AGENCY.
FOR THE RECORD, THE PLANNING BOARD AS LEAD AGENCY WAS PART OF A COORDINATED REVIEW WITH THE ZONING BOARD.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE APPLICATION IN CASE I MOVE THAT THE APPLICATION IN CASE 2305 BE DENIED.
IS THERE A SECOND? AYE SECOND.
THOSE IN FAVOR THE DENIAL? AYE.
MOTION IS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE FINDINGS WILL BE, THE FINDINGS WILL BE DUE THE HOUR DUE TO THE HOUR AND THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WE, THE FINDINGS WILL APPEAR, UH, IN THE MINUTES AND, UH, ON THE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE AND WILL BE READ INTO THE REC WILL BE IN THE RECORD.
THE NEXT AGENDA NUMBER 23 14 450 SEEKER ROAD, HARTSDALE GREENHOUSES, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS RE REQUESTED AN ADJOURNMENT TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE, UM, CASE 2314 BE ADJOURNED TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING.
UM, ALRIGHT, MOVING TO OUR NEW CASES.
UM, CASE NUMBER 2318, SALLY DDO AT 93 RUSSELL STREET.
I'M DO THE, UH, SEEKER WHEREAS THE GREENBERG Z B A HAS REVIEWED THE ABOVE-REFERENCED APPLICATION WITH REGARD TO SEEKER COMPLIANCE NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SUBJECT APPLICATION IS A TYPE TWO ACTION REQUIRING, REQUIRING NO FURTHER SEEKER CONSIDERATION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YES, I HAVE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE APPLICATION IN CASE NUMBER 2318 BE GRANTED PROVIDING THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY APPROVALS AND, AND FILE.
SAME WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION SHALL BEGIN NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE GRANTING OF THE LAST APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT AND PROCEED DILIGENTLY THEREAFTER IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PLANS DATED 5 20 20 23 SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.
OR AS SUCH, PLANS MAY BE HEREAFTER MODIFIED BY ANOTHER APPROVING BOARD OR AGENCY OR OFFICER OF THE TOWN.
PROVIDED THAT SUCH MODIFICATION DOES NOT REQUIRE DIFFERENT OR GREATER VARIANCE THAN WE'RE GRANTING HEREIN, THE VARIANCE BEING GRANTED IS FOR IMPROVEMENT SHOWN ON THE PLAN SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.
ANY FUTURE OR ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION THAT IS NOT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE SHALL REQUIRE VARIANCES EVEN IF THE CONSTRUCTION CONFORMS TO THE HEIGHT, SETBACK, OR OTHER VARIANCES WE HAVE APPROVED HEREIN.
AM I READING THE FINDINGS? YEAH.
UH, FINDINGS, THE APPLICANT OWNS PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE IB INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS DISTRICT.
HE PROPOSES TO REPLACE AN EXISTING DECK AND STAIRS.
THE APPLICANT REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING VARIANCES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REDUCE ONE SIDE YARD SETBACK FROM FIVE FEET REQUIRED TO 4.5 FEET PROPOSED AND RE TO REDUCE THE YEAR, THE REAR YARD SETBACK FROM 21 FEET REQUIRED TO 14 POINT 14.33 FEET PROPOSED.
IN GRANTING THIS APPLICATION, THE ZONING BOARD HAS WEEDED BENEFIT TO BE DERIVED BY THE APPLICANT FROM THE PROPOSED VARIANCE AGAINST THE IMPACT THAT THE VARIANCE MIGHT HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AFTER DOING SO, WE HEREBY FIND THAT GRANTING THE VARIANCE WILL NOT RESULT IN AN UNDESIRABLE CHANGE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DETRIMENT TO THE NEARBY PROPERTIES, PROVIDED THE CONDITIONS, IF ANY, ARE FULLY COMPLIED WITH BECAUSE THE DECK IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET AND IS REPLACING AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
THE DECK DESIGN AND SIZE LOANS ALIGNS TO THOSE OF OTHER HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE GOAL OF THE APPLICANT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED BY SOME OTHER VIS, UH, FEASIBLE MEANS WITHOUT OBTAINING THE VARIANCES WE ARE GRANTING NOW BECAUSE THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE REAR YARD IS ON AN ANGLE AND THE VARIANCE REQUESTED IS REPLACEMENT OF THE STAIRS AND THE STAIRS AND, AND, UH, TO SQUARE, SQUARE THE EXISTING DECK TO THE HOUSE.
THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IS SUBSTANTIAL IN RELATION TO THE REQUIREMENTS SOUGHT TO BE VARIED AND THAT THE REQUESTED RELIEF FOR THE SIDE YARD IS 4.5 FEET COMPARED WITH FIVE FEET, UM, WHICH IS A 10%, UH, DECREASE.
AND THE REQUESTED RELIEF FOR THE REAR YARD IS 14.33 FEET COMPARED WITH 21 FEET.
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GRANTING THE VARIANCE WILL NOT HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT OR IMPACT ON THE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT.UM, BECAUSE THE VARIANCE WILL HAVE NO KNOWN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT.
THE APPLICANT'S NEED FOR A VARIANCE WAS SELF CREATED BECAUSE SHE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT'S NEED FOR AN AREA OF VARIANCE IS SELF-CREATED, DOES NOT BY ITSELF, REQUIRE US TO DENY AN AREA OF VARIANCE.
UH, THE NEXT CASE IS CASE NUMBER 23 19 1 41 CENTRAL AVENUE, L L C.
UH, APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED AN ADJOURNMENT.
UM, I MOVE THAT THE MATTER BE ADJOURNED TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023 MEETING.
CASE NUMBER, UH, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S, YEP.
UH, FINALLY THE CASE NUMBER Z B A 2320 HARTHILL HOSPITALITY AT 45 NORTH WASHINGTON ALSO REQUESTED AN ADJOURNMENT TO THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023.
I MOVE THAT THE MATTER BE ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.