Meeting Overview

TOWN OF ORANGETOWN   ARCHITECTURE   AND  COMMUNITY  APPEARANCE BOARD OF REVIEW – MEETING OF MARCH 3, 2016

 

 

MEMBERS  PRESENT:

Brian Aitcheson

Brian  Terry

Shirley Goebel Christie

Blythe Yost,  Chair Andrew Andrews Bruce Jensen

Deborah Stuhlweissenburg

 

 

MEMBER  ABSENT:     None

 

ALSO  PRESENT:  Rick Pakola,   Deputy Town Attorney;  Jennifer Johnson, Stenographer  and Cheryl  Coopersmith,   Chief Clerk

 

Blythe Yost, Chair,  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.

 

 

 

Verizon  Wireless  Fuel Storage  Expansion   Plans Review  of Plans

2000 Corporate Drive,  Orangeburg

73.15/1  /19;  LIO zoning district

 

Approved Subject to Conditions

ACABOR #16–15

 

Blauvelt   Free Library  Plans

Review of Addition/Alteration    Plans

541 Western Highway,  Blauvelt

70.14/2/45;   CS zoning district

 

Approved Subject to Conditions

ACABOR  #16-16

 

St. Thomas  Evangelical

Church  of India Plans

Review of Addition/Improvement   Plans

530 Western Highway,  Blauvelt

 

Continued

to the March  1ih

meeting:  Submit

ACABOR #16-17

 

70.18/1 /13;   CS zoning district

Colors  and Materials

 

 

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,   a motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Blythe Yost,  and second by Bruce Jensen   and agreed  by all in attendance.   The meeting was adjourned at 8:30  p.m.    The next ACABOR Meeting is scheduled   for

March  17,  2016.

 

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Cheryl  Coopersmtih                                           \….:.Vi

Chief  Clerk  Boards  and Commissions

 

 

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ACABOR #16-15: Verizon Wireless  Fuel Storage Expansion  Plan: Approved

Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown  – Architecture  and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

March 3, 2016

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TO:

 

FROM:

Donald Brenner, 4 Independence Avenue, Tappan, New York

10983

Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review

 

 

RE:               Verizon Wireless Fuel Storage Expansion Plan: Application of CellCo Partnership, owner, for the review of a Fuel Storage Expansion Plan at a site known as “Verizon  Wireless  Fuel Storage Expansion  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 2000

Corporate Drive, Orangeburg, Rockland County, New York, and as shown on the

Orangetown Tax Map as Section 73.15, Block 1, Lot 19; in the LIO zoning district.

 

 

Heard by the Architecture and Community Appearance Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown at a meeting held Thursday,  March 3, 2016, at which time the Board made the following determinations:

 

Donald Brenner and Joseph Modafferi appeared and testified for the applicant. The Board received the following items:

 

1. Site Plans prepared by JMC and WB Engineers & Consultants last dated

February 3, 2016:

 

JMC Drawing List:

T-001: Cover Sheet

 

C-301.00: Overall Existing Conditions Map

 

C-302.00: Overall Site Plan

 

C-303.00: Existing Conditions Map

 

C-304.00: Site Layout Plan

 

C-305.00: Site Grading Plan

 

C-306.00: Site Erosion and Sediment Control Plan

 

C-401.00: Construction Details

 

 

 

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ACABOR #16-15: Verizon Wireless  Fuel Storage Expansion  Plan: Approved

Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown  – Architecture   and Community  Appearance  Board of

Review Decision

 

 

March 3, 2016

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WB Drawing List:

M-001.00: Mechanical Symbols, Notes and Specifications

 

M-201.00: Mechanical Specifications

 

M-202.00: Mechanical Specifications II M-203.00: Mechanical Specifications Ill M-204.00: Mechanical Specifications IV M-205.00: Mechanical Specifications V M-301.00: Mechanical Site Plan

M-501.00: Fuel Oil System Flow Diagram

 

E-001.00 Electrical Symbols, Notes and Abbreviations

 

E-101.00 Electrical Panel Schedules

 

E-201.00 Electrical Specifications

 

E-301.00 Electrical Power Plan

 

1. A copy of the following Board Decision: PB #16-01, Preliminary Site Plan

Approval Subject to Conditions, Neg. Dec. dated January 13, 2016.

 

 

FINDINGS OF FACT:

 

1. The Board found that the applicant proposed to install an above ground fuel and secondary containment system to support generators already on site.

 

2. The Board found that the Planning Board condition of fencing was an acceptable solution for screening the proposed project:

 

1. Condition #18 of PB #16-01, Preliminary Site Plan Approval Subject to Conditions, requested the following: “The existing fence shown on the Site Plan shall be extended 30 to 40 feet past the fuel storage tank in order to screen the ground fuel and secondary containment system.”

 

3. The Board found that condition #19 of PB #16-01, Preliminary Site Plan Approval Subject to Conditions, requested a Landscaping Plan. The Board reviewed the submitted Site Plans and found the submittal to be sufficient, noting that there is a large wooded area adjacent to the site.

 

4. The Board found that a berm will be built around the fuel storage tank and secondary containment system. The applicant highlighted that this project will be located in the mechanical portion of the site.

 

5. The Board found that in order to protect the tanks from vehicles maneuvering near the site, the applicant should consider rearranging parking spaces in an adjacent parking area or placing posts adjacent to the tanks.

 

 

 

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ACABOR  #16-15:   Verizon  Wireless   Fuel Storage   Expansion  Plan:   Approved

Subject  to Conditions

 

 

Town  of Orangetown   –  Architecture    and Communtiy  Appearance    Board  of

Review  Decision

 

 

March 3,  2016

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

 

1. Condition #18 of PB #16-01,  Preliminary Site  Plan Approval  Subject to Conditions,  requiring  the placement  of fencing  is  acceptable  solution for screening the proposed project.

 

2. The submitted  Site Plan notes a large wooded area adjacent to the site is acceptable to ACABOR,  satisfying condition   #19  of PB #16-01,

Preliminary  Site Plan  Approval  Subject to Conditions.

 

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

 

4. 4. 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 Brian Terry and seconded by  Brian Aitcheson  carried  as follows;  Blythe  Yost, Chair,  aye; Deborah Stuhlweissenburg,   aye;  Bruce  Jensen,  aye; Brian  Terry, aye;  Shirley Goebel Christie,  aye;  Andrew Andrews, aye and Brian  Aitcheson,   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.

 

Dated:  March 3, 2016              ~(1“”, …J\o,   r               ~

Cheryl Coopersmith                                        ~~V\,,l,~.<~P

Chief Clerk Boards and Commissions

 

 

 

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ACABOR  #16-16:  Blauvelt   Free  Library   Plans  • Addition:    Approved   Subject to Conditions

 

Town  of Orangetown    -Architecture    and  Community	Appearance	Board  of
Review  Decision
March  3, 2016 Page  1of2

 

TO: FROM:

Michael  Esmay,  17 Van Houten Street,  Upper Nyack, New York

Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review

 

 

RE:                 Blauvelt  Free Library  Plans: Application  of Michael  Esmay, applicant  for the Board of Trustees  of the Blauvelt  Free Library, owner, for the review of an Addition  and Alterations  to the Library Structure  at a site known as “Blauvelt Free Library 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 541 Western  Highway,  Blauvelt,  Rockland  County,  New

York, and as shown on the Orangetown  Tax Map as Section  70.14,  Block 2, Lot

45; in the CS zoning district.

 

Heard by the Architecture  and Community  Appearance   Board of Review of the Town of Orangetown  at a meeting  held Thursday,  March 3, 2016, at which time the Board made the following  determinations:

 

Michael  Esmay and Laura Grunwerg  appeared  and testified.   The Board received the following  items:

 

1. Site and Architectural Plans prepared  by Michael  Esmay,  R.A., dated

December  28, 2015:

 

• Site

 

• A.1 :   Cellar & Basement  Floor Plan

 

• A.2: First Floor Plan

 

• A.3: Second  Floor Plan

 

• A.8: North & South  Elevations

 

• A.9: East & West  Elevations

 

1. Material Sheet, signed by Michael  Esmay,  undated.

 

2015. A copy of the Building Permit Referral,  dated  December  29, 2015.

 

FINDINGS OF FACT:

 

1. The Board found that the applicant proposed  to add an addition  and alter the Library structure.    The main thrust  in this development  relates to

issues of access,  since the Library was built and renovated  over a span of

300 years.

 

2. The Board found that the proposed addition  to the Library would  match the existing  structure.  The addition  would  use hardie  plank, or equal, on the facade  to match the material  and color of the existing  building.   The trim would also match the existing  structure.   The roof shingles  would match the exiting  building  roof.

 

3. The Board found that there would be minimal  change to the existing landscaping.  There  is no additional  lighting except for fixtures  located  in the ceiling of the new porch.

 

 

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ACABOR  #16-16:  Blauvelt Free Library Plans  – Addition:  Approved Subject to Conditions

 

Town of Orangetown –  Architecture  and  Community Appearance  Board of

Review  Decision

 

 

March  3, 2016

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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   SUBJECT  TO THE FOLLOWING  CONDITIONS:

 

1. The proposed addition to the library shall match the existing  Library structure.  The  addition shall  use hardie plank,  or equal,  on the facade to match the material  and color of the existing building.   The trim  will also match the existing  structure.   The roof shingles  will match the exiting building roof.

 

2. Trees to be saved shall be protected with snow fencing  to the drip line during construction.
3. 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 Bruce Jensen and seconded  by Deborah Stuhlweissenburg and carried  as follows:  Blythe  Yost, Chair,  aye;  Deborah Stuhlweissenburg,    aye; Brian  Terry,  aye; Andrew Andrews, aye;  Shirley Goebel  Christie,   aye,  Bruce Jensen,   aye and Brian  Aitcheson,   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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Chief Clerk Boards  and Commissions

 

 

 

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