2016.12.08 P. Grossberg Comments1
Christopher Bradbury
Subject:FW: NO 259 NORTH RIDGE STREET
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul GROSSBERG <pgrossberg@aol.com>
Date: December 8, 2016 at 5:30:58 PM EST
To: mayor@ryebrook.org, trusteesusanepstein@outlook.com,
klein.jason4@gmail.com, Jeffrey Rednick <j.rednick@verizon.net>,
d345788@aol.com
Subject: NO 259 NORTH RIDGE STREET
Paul Grossberg
57 Hillandale
Road
Rye Brook, NY
10573
December 8, 2016
Hon. Paul S. Rosenberg
Mayor of the Village of Rye Brook
and Members of the Village Board
Village of Rye Brook
938 King Street
Rye Brook, NY 10573
Hon. Robert Goodman
Chairman of the Village of Rye Brook Planning Board
and Members of the Planning Board
Village of Rye Brook
938 King Street
Rye Brook, NY 10573
Re: 259 North Ridge Street Project
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Dear Mayor Rosenberg, Chairman Goodman, and Members of the Village
Board and Planning Board:
I reside at 57 Hillandale Road, which is in close proximity to the proposed 3-lot
subdivision at 259 North Ridge Street. While I do not oppose affordable housing,
I strongly oppose the way this Project is currently designed.
Isolating the affordable housing in a large building on its own separate lot,
together with a commercial-style 14-space parking lot and unattractive privacy
fencing and landscaping, is completely out of character with the pattern of
development in our established single-family residential neighborhood. This
proposed layout defeats the very purpose of affordable housing, which is to
integrate such units into the community so that they do not stand out from the
market-rate homes.
The Project also presents serious traffic and safety concerns along this “Scenic
Road.” This is already a dangerous stretch of North Ridge Street as cars speed by
on their way to the highway. The Project will additionally cause impacts to
wetland buffers, as the entire Lot 3 structure would be in the buffer. I am also not
aware that a viable stormwater management plan has been submitted and
reviewed by the Village. Nor does the Village have realistic visual renderings to
show what this Project will really look like if and when built, including the totally
out of character asphalt parking lot.
There are many open design and technical issues that must be further studied and
resolved. I respectfully request that the Village Board and Planning Board require
the applicant to come up with a more appropriate layout for this site, which takes
into account the sensitive environmental features along this scenic road, and all
Village Code and other legal requirements.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully,
Paul Grossberg
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