Meeting Overview

TOWN OF ORANGETOWN ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNITY APPEARANCE

BOARD OF REVIEW- MEETING OF JANUARY 22, 2015

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:  Blythe Yost, Vice Chairperson; Andrew Andrews; Paul Papay;

and Deborah Stuhlweissenburg

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:  Jill Fieldstein, Chairperson and Brian Terry

ALSO PRESENT: Richard Pakola, Deputy Town Attorney; Ann Marie Ambrose, Stenographer and Cheryl Coopersmith, Chief Clerk

 

Blythe Yost, Vice Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

Ms Yost read the agenda.  Hearings as listed on this meeting’s agenda which are made a part of these minutes were held as noted below.

 

The Saloon Plans                                                                   ACABOR #15-03

Review of Building Addition/Site Plans   Approved  Subject

68.16/1/9; CC zoning district                   to Conditions

 

United States Information Systems {USIS) Plans Review of Solar Panel Plan

68.20/1/1; LI zoning district

 

Approved

as Presented

ACABOR #15-04

 

 

 

 

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Deborah Stuhlweissenburg and seconded by Andrew Andrews and agreed by all in attendance. The Decisions on the above hearings, which Decisions are made by the Board before the

conclusion of the meeting, are mailed to the applicant. The verbatim minutes are

not transcribed, but are available. As there was no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. The next ACABOR Meeting is scheduled for February 5, 2015.

 

 

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Donald  Brenner,  4 Independence  Avenue,  Tappan, New York  10983

Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review

 

 

RE:                 The Saloon  Plans:  Application  of Bridget  Killen, owner,  (Donald Brenner,  attorney  for the applicant)  for the review of a Building Addition/Site Plans at a site known as “The Saloon Plans”,  in accordance  with Article  16 of the Town  Law of the State of New York and Chapter  2 of the Code of the Town of Orangetown.   The site is located  at 45-49 West  Central Avenue,  Pearl River, Town of Orangetown,  Rockland  County,  New York, and as shown on the Orangetown  Tax Map as Section  68.16,  Block 1, Lot 9 in the CC zoning  district.

 

Heard by the Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown  at a meeting  held Thursday,  January 22, 2015 at which time the Board made the following  determinations:

 

Donald  Brenner,  Barbara  Marks and Bridget  Killen appeared  and testified.   The

Board received the following  items:

 

1. Saloon Extension Plans prepared  by Barbara  Marks, RA.,  dated  December

12, 2014:

 

• BOO: Notes, Zoning  and Plot Plan

o     BD1: Exist/Demo  Basement,  1st,  2nd  & Roof Plans

o     BD2: Proposed  t”,  2nd Floor Plans

o     BD3: Proposed  Roof Plan

o     803  Alt: Proposed  Roof Plan

• BD4: Existing & Proposed  Elevations

o      BD4 Alt: Existing & Proposed  Elevations

• 805:  Existing & Proposed  Elevations

o     BD5 Alt: Existing & Proposed  Elevations

e     Existing and Proposed  South  Elevations

 

 

1. Material Sheet, signed  by Barbara  Marks,  R.A.

 

1. Copies PB #14-45, Preliminary  Site Plan Approval  Subject to Conditions,  Neg. Dec., dated  June 11, 2014 and ZBA #14-78,  Floor Area Ratio, Side Yard,

Building  Height and Off Street  Parking Variances  Approved,  dated

November  5, 2014.

 

 

 

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FINDINGS OF FACT:

 

1. The Board found that the applicant appeared in front of the Town of Orangetown Zoning Board of Appeals on November 5, 2014 and obtained the needed zoning variances.

 

2. The Board found that the project consisted of a 4,127 square foot second floor addition to an existing 7 ,944 square foot commercial building in Pearl River. The project included an elevator to the roof, where in the future the applicant proposed to use the area as a Bar. The roof deck would not be visible from the street. The parapet would be raised and a glass railing would be constructed along the roof line. The applicant would return to ACABOR for review in the event that the Bar concept is proposed.

 

3. The Board found that the color scheme of the structure would be warm greys with mahogany accents. The proposed addition would blend in color to the existing structure. The north and west elevations of the

addition would be veneer stone with mahogany wood siding and limestone coping. The mahogany would match the existing mahogany on the front elevation. The veneer stone would be real stone in Platinum Series in

grey tones. The existing side elevations of the structure would be removed and replaced with concrete hardiboard panel system in Khaki Brown.

 

4. The Board found that the air conditioning unit and the generator would be placed on an existing dunnage on the roof; however, the generator is not part of the application before the Board.

 

5. The Board found that the exterior lighting would be recessed cans at the entry canopy.

 

The hearing was then opened to the Public. There being no one to be heard from the public, the Public Hearing portion of the meeting was closed.

 

DECISION: In view of the foregoing and the testimony before the Board, the application was APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

 

1. The project included an elevator that extends to the roof, where in the future the applicant proposed to use the area as a Bar. The applicant shall return to ACABOR for review in the event that the Bar concept is proposed.

 

2. The color scheme of the structure will be warm greys with mahogany accents. The proposed addition will blend in color to the existing structure. The north and west elevations of the addition will be veneer stone with mahogany wood siding and limestone coping. The mahogany will match the existing mahogany on the front elevation. The veneer

stone will be real stone in Platinum Series in grey tones. The existing side elevations of the structure will be removed and replaced with concrete hardiboard panel system in Khaki Brown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. The exterior lighting will be recessed  cans at the entry canopy.

 

4. Trees to be saved shall be protected with snow fencing  to the drip line during  construction.

 

5. No grading is to take place within five feet of any property  line, except  as specified  on the approved  site plan.

 

The foregoing  resolution  was presented  and moved  by Blythe Yost and seconded  by Andrew Andrews and carried  as follows;  Jill Fieldstein,  absent; Blythe Yost, aye; Andrew Andrews, aye; Brian Terry, absent; Paul Papay, aye and Deborah Stuhlweissenburg, aye.

 

The Clerk to the Board is hereby authorized,  directed  and empowered  to sign this DECISION and file a certified  copy in the Office of the Town Clerk and the Office of the Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review.

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ACABOR #15-04: United States Information  Systems (USIS) Solar4 Panels: Approved  as Presented

Town of Orangetown  – Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

January 22, 2015

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FROM:

Sophia Jiang, Force Solar, Inc., 728 East 136th Street, Bronx, New York 10454

Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review

 

 

RE:               United States Information Systems (USIS) Plans: Sophia Jiang, applicant for USIS, owner, for the review of the installation of Solar Panels at a site known as “United  States Information  Systems (USIS) Plans”,  in accordance with Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York and Chapter 2 of the Code of the Town of Orangetown. The site is located at 35

West Jefferson Avenue, Pearl River, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, and as shown on the Orangetown Tax Map as Section 68.20, Block 1, Lot 1   in the LI zoning district.

 

Heard by the Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown at a meeting held Thursday,  January 22, 2015 at which time the Board made the following determinations:

 

Neil Weil and Tong Xia appeared and testified for the applicant. The Board received the following items:

 

207. Plans entitled 207.9 KW Photovoltaic Array, USIS, prepared by OnForce

Solar, Louis Ramunni, P.E., dated June 10, 2014, revised October 25, 2014;

 

e      Sheet 1   of 8: T-001: Title Sheet

 

• Sheet 2 of 8: PV-001: Site Plan

 

o     Sheet 3 of 8: PV-002: Roof Plan 1

 

• Sheet 4 of 8: PV-003: Roof Plan 2

 

0        Sheet 5 of 8: S-001: Roof Framing Plan

 

o     Sheet 6 of 8: E-001: Combiner Box

 

o     Sheet 7 of 8: E-002: Electrical 3 –  Line

 

o     Sheet 8 of 8: E-003: Electrical Labels

 

1. Material Sheet, signed by Sophia Jiang, undated.

 

2014. Copy of the Building Permit Referral, dated November 5, 2014.

 

 

 

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Town of Orangetown  – Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

January 22, 2015

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FINDINGS OF FACT:

 

1. The Board found that the proposed  solar panels will be installed  on the flat roof of an existing  commercial  property.

 

2. The Board found the solar panels would be at a 1 O  degree  lift off of the roof.

 

3. The Board found that the applicant  presented  photographs  noting the views of the site from neighboring  properties.   The solar panels would  not be visible from surrounding  properties.

 

4. The Board found that after a presentation  by the applicant,  sun glare would  not be produced  from the solar panels.

 

The hearing was then opened  to the Public. There  being no one to be heard from the public, the Public Hearing  portion of the meeting was closed.

 

DECISION: In view of the foregoing  and the testimony.before    the Board, the application  was APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

 

The foregoing  resolution  was presented  and moved  by Paul Papay and seconded  by Deborah Stuhlweissenburg, and carried  as follows;  Jill Fieldstein; absent,  Blythe Yost, aye; Andrew Andrews, aye; Paul Papay, aye and Brian Terry, absent and Deborah Stuhlweissenburg, aye.

 

The Clerk to the Board is hereby authorized,  directed  and empowered  to sign this DECISION and file a certified  copy in the Office of the Town Clerk and the Office of the Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review.

 

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