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ANDREW P. O'ROURKE 111a�t9r(Oulty
County Executive
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
PETER O. ESCHWEILER• AICP
Commissioner
JOSEPH R. POTENZA• AICP
DLpuly Commissioner
-1anuary 12, 1987
hTr. Mark ten Eicken, Assistant Building Inspector
Village of Rye Brook
90 South Ridge Street
Rye Brook, NY 10573
RE: RYB 86-07
Dear Mr. ten Eicken:
The Westchester County Planning Board, pursuant to Section 239 L, M and
t1 of the General Municipal Law, has reviewed the proposed 46-unit, attached
townhouse cluster subdivision (Lundell Property - "Rye Brook Townhouses")
currently before the Village Planning Board. The 4.8 acre property abuts
South Ridge Street SCR 548) and Wyman Street, a local road% A park-like
open space will be preserved adjacent to the Blind Brook County Drainage
Channel which abuts the western edge of the property. This site is zoned
for R-2F (2 family residential, minimum 5000 sq.ft. lots) .
The Westchester County Planning Board recommends approval of the
Proposed cluster subdivision. The housing element of the project is
consistent with the County's policy on residential development while the
cluster layout preserves the open space character of the County drainage
channel and mitigates against the subdivision's drainage impacts. A
mechanism should be established, however, to ensure adequate and continuous
maintenance of the proposed Blind Brook green space. The proposed
development is compatible with surrounding land uses and rill not result in
any significant adverse intermunicipal impacts. Access from the local road
ensures limited traffic impacts to the abutting county road.
A stream control permit Must be obtained from the County's Department of
Public Works, and we defer to the recommendations of that department and
those of the County Soil and Water Conservation District regarding this
aspect of the project. The County's DPW will also be reviewing the project
under the provisions of Section 239K of the General Municipal Law.
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The Country Planning Boards Urban Form Refinement Guidelines 11985)
places the property in the "High Density Urban 4-6" I-297 development
corridor. The proposed density of approximately 9 units per acre, while
below the range recommended for this Urban Form category, is appropriate
given the sites topograpahy, surroundinn, development pattern:, and
proximity to Blind Brook.
Traffic impacts to the county road are minimized by the local road
connection. We support the Village Planning Board in requiring a more
generous cul-de-sac roadway width for purposes of emergency access.
We support the proposed cluster design as it preserves and enhances the
contiguous greenbelt which follows the brook in this vicinity. Provisions
for the continuous maintenance of this area should be ensured through either
a carefully-considered homeowner association agreement or public dedication
of land. Drainage impacts will be reviewed by The County Department of
Public Works. We recommend that plans be forwarded to the County Soil and
Water Conservation District as well. We condition our approval upon the
findings and recomendations of these two agencies.
Respectfully,
WESTCHESTER COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
By
Peter Q. Eschweiler
Commissioner
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cc: Hon. Jack L. Kabcenell, Mayor
Hon. Dominick D. Pierro, County Legislator, 6th District