Meeting Overview

 

MEMBERSPRESENT:Kevin Garvey, Chairman; Bruce Bond, Vice-Chairman; William Young; Michael Mandel; Robert Dell; Thomas Warren and

Stephen Sweeney

 

MEMBERSABSENT: None

 

ALSO PRESENT:John  Giardiello, Director, Department of Building, Zoning, Planning Administration and Enforcement; Robert Magrino, Deputy Town Attorney; Ann Marie Ambrose, Stenographer and Cheryl Coopersmith,

Chief Clerk

 

Kevin Garvey, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.

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

 

Continued  from October 8, 2014:

Jay and Joe Construction

LLC Subdivision  Plan Prepreliminary/

 

Continued:  at the

 

PB #14-39

 

Preliminary Subdivision Plan and SEQRA Review

69.17/1/76; RG zoning district

Applicant’s   request: Review design of Subdivision

 

 

New Items:

23 Rockland  Park Road Conditional  Use Permit                            PB #14- 47

Conditional Use Permit Review                         Granted Conditional

Prepreliminary/ Preliminary/ Final                      Use Permit and

and SEQRA Review                                           Final Approval  Subject to

77.16/1/32; LIO zoning district                           Conditions/  Neg. Dec.

 

50 Ramland Road Wireless  Communication                                PB #14 – 48

Facility Site Plan Review                                 Contined  at the Applicant’s and Special Permit                                           Request: Submit additional Prepreliminary/ Preliminary Site Plan Review,   Information  and needs Special Permit and SEQRA Review                  Drainage

73.20/1/30; LIO zoning district

 

Other Business:  The Board further discussed an item reviewed at the October·8, 2014 Planning Board Meeting regarding the need for projects located in the Critical Environmental Area to appear in front of the Planning Board when removing trees, repairs or improvements to the properties. The Board discussed the conditions for the removal of trees (i.e. dead or dying trees vs. alive trees) and the number of trees that could be removed. The Board determined that if a

tree was dying or dead, up to 9 trees could be removed and if alive, no more than

6 trees, however, that number was not fixed and still remained up to the discretion of the Building Inspectors.

 

Further, the Board held that the Building Department still had the authority to make the determination if the impact was significant enough to warrant review by the Planning Board. The Planning Board gave the authority to the Building Inspectors to review sites in the Critical Environmental Area based upon their knowledge and process any the Building Permits.

 

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The Board  reviewed   a specific  site regarding   the removal   of dying and dead  trees in  the  Critical   Environmental    Area;   Section   66.17,   Block   1,  Lot 10,  21  Shadyside Avenue,   Upper Grandview.    The Board  determined    that the Building    Department had the authority   to process  the application    and that it  did   not warrant   Board

review.

 

 

 

The decisions  of the October  22,   2014   Planning    Board   Meeting   was reviewed, edited,   and   approved.     The motion  for adoption  was made and moved by Michael   Mandel    and seconded   by Bruce  Bond   and  carried   as follows:

William   Young,    aye;   Kevin   Garvey,   aye, Thomas  Warren,    aye,   Robert Dell,   aye; Bruce Bond,   aye;   Michael    Mandel,   aye and Stephen   Sweeney,    abstain.

 

The Decisions    of the  above   hearings,    as attached   hereto,  although    made by the Board  before the conclusion  of the meeting  are  not  deemed  accepted   and adopted  by the  Board   until adopted  by a formal  motion  for adoption   of such minutes  by the  Board.   Following  such   approval   and   adoption  by the Board,  the Decisions    are mailed   to the  applicant.    The verbatim  transactions  are not transcribed,     but  are available.

 

Since  there  was no further   business  to come  before  the Board,   a motion to adjourn  the meeting was made  by Bruce  Bond and  seconded    by William   Young and   agreed to by all  in attendance.   The meeting   was adjourned   at 8:40 p.m.    The next   Planning    Board meeting  is  scheduled   for December    10,   2014.

 

DATED:   November   12, 2014

Cheryl  Coopersmith

Chief  Clerk  Boards  and  Commissions

 

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PB #14-47: 23 Rockland  Park Road Conditional  Use Permit

Granted and Final Approval  Subject to Conditions/Neg.  Dec.

 

Town of Orangetown  Planning  Board Decision

November 12, 2014

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TO:        Thomas  Schiavone  9 South 3rd Street,  Park Ridge,  New Jersey,  07656

FROM:   Orangetown  Planning  Board

 

RE:     23 Rockland  Park Road Conditional  Use Permit: The application  of Thomas  Schiavone,  applicant,  for Howard  Dean, owner, for a Conditional  Use Permit Review;  Prepreliminary/   Preliminary/  Final Review, at a site known to be known as “23 Rockland  Park Road Conditional  Use Permit”,  in accordance with Article  16 of the Town  Law of the State of New York, the Land Development

Regulations  of the Town of Orangetown,  Chapter  21 A of the Code of the Town of Orangetown  and pursuant  to Chapter  43, Section  8.1 of the Town of Orangetown Zoning  Code, and to determine  the environmental   significance  of the application pursuant  to the requirements  of the New York State  Environmental  Quality

Review Act. The site is located at 23 Rockland  Park Road, Tappan,  Town of Orangetown,  Rockland  County,  New York, and as shown on the Orangetown  Tax Map as Section  77.16,  Block 1, Lot 32 in the LIO zoning  district.

 

Heard by the Planning  Board of the Town of Orangetown  at a meeting  held Wednesday,  November 12, 2014, at which time the Board made the following determination:

 

Thomas  Schiavone  appeared  and testified.

The Board received the following  communications:

1. Project Review Committee Report dated November  5, 2014.
2. An interdepartmental memorandum  from the Office of Building,  Zoning, Planning  Administration   and Enforcement,  Town of Orangetown,  signed  by John Giardiello,  P.E., Director,  dated  November  12, 2014.
3. An Interdepartmental memorandum  from the Department  of Environmental Management  and Engineering  (DEME),  Town of Orangetown,  signed  by Bruce Peters,  P.E., November  6, 2014.
4. A letter from the Rockland County Department  of Planning,  signed  by

Douglas J. Schuetz,  Acting  Commissioner   of Planning,  dated  November  5, 2014

5. A letter from the Rockland County Department  of Highways,  signed  by

Sonny  Lin, P. E., dated  November  6, 2014.

6. Letters from the Rockland County Department  of Health, signed  by

Scott McKane,  dated October  20, 2014.

7. A letter from the Rockland County Sewer  District  No. 1, signed  by

Joseph  LaFiandra,  Engineer  II, dated October  23, 2014.

8. A letter from the Town of Orangetown Zoning Board of Appeals,  signed  by

Dan Sullivan,  Chairman,  dated October  15, 2014.

9. Short Environmental Assessment  Form signed  by Thomas  Schiavone,  dated

September  30, 2014.

10. A copy of Town of Orangetown Chapter 43. Zoning,  Article  VIII, Conditional

Use Standards,  Section  8.1. General  Conditions  and Standards.

11. Copy of a Site Plan noting the location of the warehouse within the larger structure on the site and a site plan of the entire project site.

 

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The Board reviewed  the Plan

 

 

There  being no one to be heard from the Public, a motion was made to close the

Public Hearing  portion of the meeting  by Bruce Bond and second  by

Michael  Mandel and carried  as follows:  Kevin Garvey,  aye; Bruce Bond, aye; Michael  Mandel, aye; William  Young,  aye; Robert  Dell, aye; Thomas  Warren,  aye and Stephen  Sweeney,  aye.

 

The proposed  action is classified  as an “unlisted  action” as defined  by Section

617 .2 ( ak) of the New York State  Environmental  Quality  Review Regulations (SEQRR).  No agency,  other than the Orangetown  Planning  Board will have any significant  involvement  in the review process,  pursuant  to Section  617.6 of SEQRA.  On motion by Bruce Bond and seconded  by Thomas  Warren  and carried  as follows:  Kevin Garvey,  aye; Bruce Bond, aye; Michael  Mandel,  aye; William  Young,  aye; Robert  Dell, aye; Thomas  Warren,  aye, and

Stephen  Sweeney,  aye, the Board declared  itself Lead Agency.

 

 

Pursuant  to New York Code,  Rules & Regulations  (NYCRR)  Section  617.7, the Town of Orangetown  Planning  Board, as lead agency,  for the reasons  articulated in this Board’s  analysis  of all of the submissions  by the applicant,  interested agencies,  departments  and the public, with respect to this project including  the Environmental  Assessment   Form, which  reasons  are summarized  in the motion, hereby determines  that the proposed  action will not have a significant  impact on the environment  and a Draft Environmental   Impact Statement  (DEIS) will not be prepared.

 

After  having identified  the relevant  areas of environmental   concern,  namely drainage,  surface water  runoff, land clearing,  vegetation,  fauna,  traffic and noise levels, and after having taken a hard look at said environmental   issues, and after having deliberated  regarding  such concerns,  and having heard from the

applicant  and having heard from the following  offices,  officials  and/or Departments:  (Town of Orangetown):   Project Review  Committee,  Office of Building,  Zoning,  Planning  Administration   and Enforcement  and Department  of Environmental   Management  and Engineering,  and having  heard from the

following  involved  and interested  agencies:  Town of Orangetown  Zoning  Board of

Appeals,  Rockland  County  Department  of Health,  Rockland  County  Department of Highways,  Rockland  County  Sewer  District  No. 1, and having  reviewed  the proposed  plan, a summary  of the reasons  supporting  this determination   are, and the Planning  Board finds that the proposed  action:

• Will not significantly  affect existing  air quality or noise levels;
• Will not significantly affect existing  surface water quality or quantity  or drainage;
• Will not significantly  affect existing  ground water quality or quantity;

 

 

• Will not significantly affect existing traffic levels;
• Will not create a substantial increase in solid waste production;
• Will not create a potential for erosion, flooding, leaching or drainage problems;
• Will not have a significant adverse impact on the environmental characteristics of our critical environmental area or environmentally sensitive sites or features;
• Will not have an impairment of the character or quality of important historical, archeological or architectural resources; -Will not have an impairment of the character or quality of important aesthetic resources;
• Will not have an impairment of existing community or neighborhood character;
• Will not remove or destroy large quantities of vegetation or fauna;
• Will not remove or destroy large quantities of wildlife species or migratory fish;
• Will not have a significant adverse impact to natural resources;
• Is consistent with the Town of Orangetown’s Comprehensive/Master Plan;
• Will not have adverse economic or social impacts upon the Town;
• Will not create a hazard to human health; and
• Will not create a substantial change in the use of land, open space or recreational resources.

 

On motion by William Young and seconded by Thomas Warren and carried as follows: Kevin Garvey, aye; Michael Mandel, aye; Bruce Bond, aye; Robert Dell, aye; William Young, aye; Thomas Warren, aye, and Stephen Sweeney, aye, the Board made a Negative Declaration pursuant to SEQRA.

 

In view of the foregoing  and the testimony  before the Board, the application was GRANTED A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, pursuant  to Chapter 43, Section 8.1 of the Town of Orangetown  Zoning  Code. The Board made the following   Findings  and Comments:

 

• The proposed use, size and character is in harmony with the development in the district in which it is proposed to be situated and will not be detrimental to the zoning classification of such properties.

 

• The proposed location and size of the use, nature and intensity of operations involved, and the site layout in relation to access streets will not be hazardous to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

 

o The proposed location of the use will not hinder or discourage development or use of adjacent land and buildings.

 

• The proposed use will not require additional public services or create fiscal burdens upon the Town of Orangetown greater than those which characterize uses permitted by right.

 

PB #14-47:   23  Rockland     Park  Road  Conditional   Use  Permit

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Town   of Orangetown    Planning    Board   Decision

November     12,   2014

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In addition,     the  Approval    is Subject    to  the  Following    Conditions:

 

1. 1. Performance    Standards   review and   approval   is required   by the Town of

Orangetown    Zoning   Board of Appeals.

 

 

2. 2. The applicant  shall   provide  a detailed  written  description  of the  business operation

 

3. 3. All  accessory  storage  shall   be within   the buil

 

4. 4. Since  no  land  disturbance  or construction    is  proposed,    no permits   are required.    However,   if the applicant  changes  the  proposal  so that land disturbance  or construction    is to occur,   then a permit will   be required from the Rockland    County  Drainage   Agency  as well   as from the  U.S.   Army Corps of Engineers     and the New York State Department   of Environmental Conservatio

 

5. Based upon  the information  and plans   provided the  Rockland    County Department  of Highways   found the property  location   is  more than 500 feet from any  county  road, and  the action   will  have minimum   foreseeable adverse  impact  upon  any county  road in  the area.   A Rockland    County Highway  Department    Work  Permit   and Performance    Standards  review   are not required   for the proposed  development.

 

6. 6. The Rockland  County  Department  of Health  reviewed  the plan  for Conditional    Use  Permit  and found that no Rockland   County  Health Department  approvals    are needed for this  applicat

 

7. 7. Rockland   County  Sewer  District does not object to the plan as shown.

This project does not  affect any  sanitary  sewers  within the District   and  it requests  no future  correspondence   for this site.

 

8. 8. The following   agencies   do not object to the Town of Orangetown  Planning

Board assuming  responsibilities     of lead  agency for SEQRA  purposes:

– Town  of Orangetown  Zoning    Board of Appeals

– Rockland    County  Department  of Highways

– Rockland    County  Department  of Health

– Rockland   County  Sewer District   No. 1

 

 

The foregoing  Resolution    was made and moved by Bruce Bond and  seconded by Thomas  Warren  and  carried    as follows:   Kevin Garvey,  aye, Bruce  Bond, aye; Robert  Dell,   aye;  Michael    Mandel,    aye;   Thomas  Warren,    aye;

William  Young,   aye and Stephen   Sweeney,    aye.

 

The Clerk  of 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 this Office of the Planning    Board.

 

 

Dated:  November   12,  2014

Cheryl  Coopersmith

Chief  Clerk  Boards  and Commissions

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Town of Orangetown  Planning  Board Decision

November 12, 2014

State Environmental  Quality Review Regulations

NEGATIVE DECLARATION

Notice of Determination  of Non-Significance

 

This notice is issued pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 (State Environmental Quality Review Regulation) of the Environmental Conservation Law.

The PLANNING BOARD, TOWN OF ORANGETOWN, as Lead Agency, has determined that the proposed action described below will not have a significant impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared.

 

NAME OF ACTION: 23 Rockland  Park Road Conditional  Use Permit

Granted and Final Approval  Subject to Conditions/Neg.  Dec.

 

SEQR STATUS:     Type I                                           Unlisted XXXXXX

CONDITIONED NEGATIVE DECLARATION: Yes                No  XXXXXX

 

DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: Conditional Use Permit and Final Approval

Subject to Conditions/Neg. Dec.

 

LOCATION: The site is located at 23 Rockland Park Road, Tappan, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York, and as shown on the Orangetown Tax Map as Section 77.16, Block 1, Lot 32 in the LIO zoning district.

 

REASONS SUPPORTING THIS DETERMINATION:

The Orangetown Planning Board, as Lead Agency, determined that the proposed action will not have a significant impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will not be prepared. The reasons supporting this determination are as follows:

The project will not have a significant impact upon the environment and a DEIS need not be prepared because the proposed action does not significantly affect air quality, surface or ground water quality, noise levels or existing external traffic patterns. In addition, it will have no impact upon the aesthetic, agricultural or cultural resources of the neighborhood. No vegetation, fauna or wildlife species

will be affected as a result of this proposed development. The proposed action is consistent with the Town of Orangetown’s Master Plan and will not have any adverse economic or social impacts upon the Town or its businesses or

residences.

If Conditioned Negative Declaration, the specific mitigation is provided on an

attachment.

For Further Information contact:

John Giardiello, P.E., Director, Office of Building, Zoning and Planning Administration and Enforcement; Town of Orangetown; 20 Greenbush Road Orangeburg, NY 10962; Telephone Number: 845-359-5100

For Type I  Actions and Conditioned Negative Declarations, a copy of this notice is sent: – Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental

Conservation, – Region 3 Headquarters, NYSDEC, – Town Supervisor, Applicant

– Involved Agencies