Planning Board
Village of Tarrytown
Regular Meeting
August 22, 2011 7 p.m.
PRESENT: Members Aukland, Birgy, Raiselis, Tedesco; Counsel Shumejda;
Secretary D’Eufemia
ABSENT: Chairman Friedlander
*Mr. Tedesco chaired the meeting in Dr. Friedlander’s absence.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. Aukland moved, seconded by Mr. Birgy, and unanimously carried, that the minutes of July 25, 2011, be approved as submitted
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING – HSA-UWC – JARDIM ESTATES EAST – SUBDIVISION – BROWNING LANE
Mr. Tedesco noted this application is being adjourned. No one appeared to address the Board on this matter. The Board unanimously agreed to continue the hearing at their August meeting.
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING – JARDIM ESTATES (EMERALD WOODS) – SITE PLAN AMENDMENT (GUIDERAIL)
No one appeared to address the Board on this matter. The Board unanimously agreed to continue the hearing at their August meeting.
NEW PUBLIC HEARING – ARDUINO – 75 NEPERAN ROAD
Mr. Tedesco read the following Notice of Public Hearing:
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Board of the Village of Tarrytown will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 22, 2011at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building, One Depot Plaza, Tarrytown, New York, to hear and consider an application by:
Eugene and Sosse Arduino
29 Grove Street
Tarrytown, NY 10591
To consider the application to construct a new single-family dwelling (approximately 4,300 s.f.), with an attached two-car garage, driveway and terrace at 75 Neperan Road in the Village of Tarrytown.
The property is shown on the Tax Maps of the Village of Tarrytown as Sheet 12, Block 46, Lot 22 and is located in an R-10 (One Family Residence, 10,000 s.f.) Zone.
Documents are available for inspection in the Planning and Zoning Office. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. Access to the meeting room is available to the elderly and the handicapped. Signing is available for the hearing-impaired; request must be made to the Village Clerk at least one week in advance of the meeting.
The certified mailing receipts were submitted.
Mr. Eugene Arduino requested that the Board adjourn the hearing this evening since his architect is on vacation and he would like him to make the presentation to the Board.
Mr. Tedesco questioned whether anyone present wished to address the Board on this application. No one appeared.
The Board unanimously agreed to continue the hearing at their September meeting.
PRELIMINARY PRESENTATION – TARRYTOWN HONDA – 480 SOUTH BROADWAY
Mr. Dwight Dachnowicz, owner of Tarrytown Honda, stated he has been the operator of Tarrytown Honda for 4-1/2 years. He purchased the business from the Rushneck family who owned the dealership for over sixty years. The Rushnecks acquired various properties over the years all of which morphed into what is now Tarrytown Honda. Mr. Dachnowicz stated they have acquired 29 Sheldon Avenue to add to the site. They have had engineers working to set up a plan more conducive to the neighborhood, the Village, and the business. The new facility will have ten enclosed spots for customers to line up in the morning. Cars will be stored inside the building. The new service department will have 26 lifts and there will be less traffic bringing cars in and taking them out. The building will have a green roof and
a drainage system that will recover the water runoff from the roof. All this will bring the dealership up to modern day standards. Mr. Dachnowicz thanked the Board for the time they have spent working with them on the plans, and he noted he has had to go back to Honda corporate several times in order to revise the architecture for the building.
Ms. Terry Walter of David Zuckerman and Associates, architects for the project, stated they have evolved from the “billboard” Honda look to a look more in keeping with what Tarrytown wants to achieve for the Village. They have tried to make it fit into the neighborhood. There is a planter in the front that will soften the space between the building and the street. It will be built of stone material that will be jointly agreed upon by all involved. The most important part of the plan is the drive-through reception with ten spaces. That will help circulation on the site. It improves the customer experience. Now there is undue congestion.
Mr. Tedesco stated the Board appreciates the change in the architecture. He noted that after the last work session, Chairman Friedlander had felt the H-element which is shown on Broadway might better be relocated to the corner of the building by the Thruway ramp which would give better exposure for the dealership and allow for a redesign of the Broadway entrance. Ms. Walter stated Mr. Dachnowicz has also made that suggestion. They had placed the H at the entrance to identify the building but they can look at relocating it and handle the entrance in another manner.
Ms. Raiselis questioned whether they have elevations. Ms. Walter showed drawings with some elevations.
Mr. Birgy stated his concern is if the business expands there would be overflow again to the outside. He stated he would want to be assured that would not happen.
Upon inquiry from Ms. Raiselis, Ms. Walter stated the used cars currently on the property will remain in that location; however, the area would be elevated by about 1-1/2 ft. She
stated after those cars there are some handicapped spaces and then there is customer parking. The cars in the back are extra spaces for the service vehicles.
Mr. Aukland stated what is being presented is a huge improvement from what the Board first saw; however, one of the concerns has been the scale of this building in the context of the modest homes in the area. He stated he would like to see a general schematic to give the Board an idea of what it would look like. The other concern is the setback. The application states this is a demolition and a rebuild. Any demolition should require meeting setbacks. “We should comply with the setback requirements and take it from there. We are being shown a completely non-compliant plan.” Ms. Walter stated the present building does not comply with the setbacks. The business has outgrown that building. She noted if the front setback were moved back to 30 ft. there would be no setback in the
rear.
Ms. Raiselis questioned whether they could slightly reduce the size of the building to increase the setbacks. Mr. Dachnowicz stated Honda corporate has standards. There is a certain market area and a building needs to meet certain standards – x amount of bathrooms, x amount of stalls, x amount of lifts. They are just trying to meet Honda’s standards. It was difficult to get Honda corporate to adjust the façade standard. If they were to request the other standards be compromised, “they would want me to cut my losses and move down the road.”
Mr. Tedesco stated one problem is they are more than doubling the maximum building coverage by square footage and percentage. There should be some mitigation in regard to the setbacks. Moving the building in a reasonable way could help. Mr. Dachnowicz stated as long as he can maintain the footprint and stay in agreement with the neighbors, they could move the setback. Mr. Aukland stated he was not suggesting a smaller facility. He would like to see the application deal with the compliant view. They could then say it can’t be done and ask for some variances.
Mr. Birgy stated it would be helpful to see a colored superimposed view of the current footprint and the new.
Mr. Birgy questioned how many additional employees are anticipated. Mr. Dachnowicz stated they anticipate an 8% to 10% increase. At the high level they would have 57 to 60 employees. Mr. Birgy questioned where these people park. Mr. Dachnowicz stated he leases offsite parking for them.
Mr. Tedesco stated this has been a good preliminary overview but there are a lot of items which still need to be addressed – setbacks, streetscape, footprint of new building superimposed on existing in color, stormwater drainage plans, landscaping plans. He requested this material be submitted to the Board for review at the next work session.
The Board agreed to continue the preliminary presentation at the September meeting.
WILSON PARK
Ms. Ann Faison, Lake Terrace, stated last week the people working on the Wilson Park property cut the telephone lines and this is the second time it has happened. The first time Verizon responded fairly quick. This time Verizon said they would be out September 7th. The developer said they knew they cut the line and called Verizon but nothing happened. Ms. Faison stated this is the beginning of this process which is why she and her neighbors were present tonight. They also were digging in the middle of the street and totally blocked the street. When she told them she had to get out, they moved the truck but the access was so narrow that she brushed the bushes and scratched the side of her car. Mr. Tedesco stated the Board will bring these issues to the attention of the Village Engineer.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Aukland moved, seconded by Mr. Birgy, and unanimously carried, that the meeting be adjourned – 7:55 p.m.
Kathleen D’Eufemia
Secretary
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