Meeting Overview

TOWN  OF ORANGETOWN   ARCHITECTURE    AND COMMUNITY  APPEARANCE BOARD  OF REVIEW  – MEETING  OF JULY  16,  2015

 

MEMBERS  PRESENT:   Jill Fieldstein,   Chairperson;    Blythe Yost, Chairperson; Deborah Stuhlweissenburg; Andrew Andrews, Bruce Jensen,   Brian Aitcheson

 

Member  Absent:   Brian  Terry

 

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

 

Jill   Fieldstein,   Chairperson,   called  the meeting to order at 7:30  p.m.

Ms Fieldstein  read the agenda.    Hearings as listed on this meeting’s  agenda

which are made a part of these minutes were held as noted below.

 

Retro  Fitness  Plan

Review of Window and Door Plan

100  North Middletown Road,  Pearl River

69.13/1   /3; CC zoning district

 

Approved

as Presented

ACABOR  #15-42

 

Pearl River Shopping   Center  Plan

Review of Facade Improvement  Plan

100 North Middletown  Road,  Pearl River

69.13/1/3;    CC zoning  district

 

Approved

Subject to

Conditions

ACABOR  #15-43

 

 

 

 

A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Blythe Yost and seconded by Jill Fieldstein   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 8:30 p.m.   The next ACABOR Meeting  is scheduled for

September 3, 2015.

 

 

Dated:   July  16, 2015                              ~ Cheryl Coopersmtih

Chief  Clerk  Boards  and Commissions

 

 

 

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Town of Orangetown  – Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

July 16, 2015

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TO:

 

FROM:

Gary  Zysman,  103  South  Van  Brunt  Street,  Englewood,  New

Jersey, 07631

Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review

 

 

RE:               Retro Fitness Plan – The application of Retro Fitness, applicant, for Pearl River Associates, owner, for the review of a Window and Door Plan, at a site known as “Retro  Fitness Window  and Door Plan”, 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 100 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, and as shown on the Orangetown Tax Map: Section 69.13, Block 1, Lot 3; CC zoning district.

 

Heard by the Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown at a meeting held Thursday,  July 16, 2015, at which time the Board made the following determinations:

 

Gary Zysman and Dennis Zysman appeared and testified. The Board received the following information:

1. Architectural Plans prepared by LOG Engineers and Architects, PC, dated

June 23, 2015:

 

G1 .0: Cover Sheet

 

D1 .0: Demolition Plan

 

A 1.0: Floor Plan

 

A2.1: Door/ Windows Schedules

 

A5.0: Exterior Elevations

 

1. Material Sheet, undated and unsigned.

 

1. Submitted at the meeting by the applicants, photographs of the side of the building noting the location of the proposed doorway and windows.

 

FINDINGS OF FACT:

 

1. The Board found that the applicant proposed to cut through the side wall of an existing structure to create windows and a double glass doorway, as noted on the submitted plans. The applicant held that the project would improve the use of the building.

 

2. The Board found that the existing damaged doorway would be removed and replaced with bricks to match the existing brick wall.

 

3. The Board found that the building and site conditions needed to be better maintained, to include repainting of the structure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Town of Orangetown   –Architecture    and Communtiy  Appearance  Board of

Review  Decision

 

 

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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 Blythe Yost and seconded by Stuhlweissenburg  and carried as follows;  Jill  Fieldstein, Chairperson,   aye; Blythe Yost, Vice Chairperson, aye; Deborah Stuhlweissenburg,  aye; Andrew Andrews, aye;  Brian Terry, absent;  Bruce Jensen,   aye and Brian Aitcheson,  aye.

 

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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.

 

 

Dated:  July 16,  2015                                                       fY ,,,     ~

Cheryl Coopersmith                                                  “-JI o

Chief Clerk Boards and Commissions

 

ACABOR #15-43: Pearl River Shopping  Center Facade Improvement  Plan• Approved  Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown  -Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

July 16, 2015

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TO:

 

FROM:

John Bernabeo, Director of Construction, Rosen Management, 33

South Service Road, Jericho, New York 11753

Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review

 

 

RE:               Pearl River Shopping  Center Fa~ade Improvement  Plan – The application of Robert Stephenson, applicant, for Pearl River Center Associates, owner, for the review of a Fac;adeImprovement Plan, at a site known as “Pearl River Shopping  Center Facade Plan”, 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 100 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, and as shown on the Orangetown Tax Map: Section 69.13, Block 1, Lot 3; CC zoning district.

 

Heard by the Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown at a meeting held Thursday,  July 16, 2015, at which time the Board made the following determinations:

 

Robert Stephenson appeared and testified. The Board received the following information:

2014. Architectural Plan entitled Floor Plan, Elevations and Reflected Ceiling Plan prepared by MLDS Architects, dated September 18, 2014.

 

1. Color Rendering prepared by MLDS Architects, Proposed Fac;adeRenovation for Pearl River Shopping Center Pearl River, New York, dated April 6, 2015:

 

• SK-1: West Elevation and Floor Plan

 

• Copy of Site Plan

 

1. Material Sheet dated July 7, 2015, signed by Robert Stephenson. FINDINGS OF FACT:
2. The Board found that the project consisted of a top canopy fac;adeon an existing structure. The canopy would run along the front top of the structure and wrap around the corners, 30 or 40 feet, and as noted on the submitted plans.

 

2. The Board found that the design of the canopy fac;ade is a mix of flat surfaces mixed with pop outs of materials. The main color field would be Spectrum Brown in EIFS (Exterior Insulation Finishing System) in a sand pebble finish with accent colors in darker brown and blue.

 

 

 

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ACABOR #15-43: Pearl River Shopping  Center Fa~ade Improvement  Plan• Approved  Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown  -Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

July 16, 2015

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3. The Board found that the applicant was willing to further  improve the appearance  of the building  by painting  2 sides of the structure  (side facing Blauvelt  Road and side facing  Lot 4 ), the block material  between the storefronts  as well as the existing  columns  on the west elevation  in EIFS paint to match the new canopy facade.

 

4. The Board found that an application at this evenings  meeting,  ACABOR

#15-42,  Retro Fitness  Plans, was located  in the same shopping  center. The project  proposed  to improve the end unit with the addition  of windows and a new entrance  to the side of the structure.

 

5. The Board heard the public’s comments  regarding  the maintenance  of the shopping  center,  but the Board was not made aware of any citation that had been given to the shopping  center  regarding  the alleged  disrepair,

and the Board found that it did not have the authority  to act outside  the

limits of the application  that was presented  to the Board, which  involved only the proposed  new facade,   Nonetheless,  in response  to the public comments,  the Board found that the landlord  was willing to improve the appearance  of the sides of the shopping  center  by painting the walls to match the new facade,  as noted above.

 

Public Comment:

 

Mary Garrison,  4 Colonial  Court,  Pearl River; expressed  concerns  regarding the ugly condition  of the shopping  center.   She noted that other communities have nicer retail centers.

 

Steve Reddan,  63 Colonial  Court,  Pearl River; requested  that landscaping  be planted  between the shopping  center  and Colonial  Court and along Blauvelt Road. He noted that the facade  plan was a good first step to improving  the site.

 

Pattie Reddan,  63 Colonial  Court, Pearl River; requested  that the Board address  the improvement  of the entire  shopping  center.

 

There  being no one else 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 canopy shall run along the front top of the structure  and wrap around the corners,  30 or 40 feet, and as noted on the submitted  plans.

 

ACABOR  #15-43:   Pearl River Shopping  Center  Facade Improvement Plan• Approved Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown –Architecture   and Community Appearance Board of

Review Decision

 

July 16,  2015

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2. The design of the  canopy facade is a mix of flat surfaces mixed  with pop outs of materials.  The  main color field  will  be Spectrum Brown in  EIFS (Exterior  Insulation Finishing System)  in  a sand pebble finish  with  accent colors  in darker brown and  blue.

 

3. 3. The applicant   shall   paint  2 sides of the  structure (side facing Blauvelt

Road and side  facing Lot 4), the block  material  between the storefronts as

well as the existing  columns on the west elevation  in EIFS paint to match the new canopy facade.

 

The foregoing resolution was presented and moved by Jill  Fieldstein  and seconded by Andrew Andrews and carried as follows; Jill Fieldstein, Chairperson,  aye;  Blythe Yost, Vice Chairperson,   aye; Deborah Stuhlweissenburg,   aye; Andrew Andrews aye;  Brian Terry, absent;  Bruce Jensen,  aye and Brian Aitcheson,  aye.

 

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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 ………_

 

Dated:  July 16,  2015

 

Cheryl Coopersmith

Chief Clerk Boards and Commissions

 

 

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