Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2014 19:52:18 GMT -5
Tomorrow night, (Thursday, October 2 at 8pm) the Planning Board will
hear the presentation for a building at 78 Main Street. The troubling
issue at present is the height of the building and I plan to speak on
this. The code, 300-36-E-1, clearly states that in the Downtown
Business District, 3 floors are as of right. A 4th floor can be
approved if it does not interfere with any other buildings or with
major views. Walking south from Elm Street toward Chestnut, there is a
small view of the river, palisades and sunset when you pass the brick
house. 4 floors will wipe that out where as 3 can still allow a little
of it. Also, 4 floors will wipe out the view from the brick house on
the second and 1st floors. 3 floors will allow a view from the second
floor. 4 floors will wipe out the view from our yard and worse, our
veranda. 3 floors will allow a view from the veranda but not the yard.
The proposal is for a mansard roof and perhaps it will work in this
case as they can have the 3 floors and it will not be too high.
The views from the aqueduct as you pass through Dobbs Ferry are a very
special feature of our village. Hundreds of people daily use that
path..walking, running, walking dogs, biking, going to school, going
to the train...and we all need to speak up about the importance of
hanging on to these views.
It will be a long night but I do hope you will come out and lend
support.
hear the presentation for a building at 78 Main Street. The troubling
issue at present is the height of the building and I plan to speak on
this. The code, 300-36-E-1, clearly states that in the Downtown
Business District, 3 floors are as of right. A 4th floor can be
approved if it does not interfere with any other buildings or with
major views. Walking south from Elm Street toward Chestnut, there is a
small view of the river, palisades and sunset when you pass the brick
house. 4 floors will wipe that out where as 3 can still allow a little
of it. Also, 4 floors will wipe out the view from the brick house on
the second and 1st floors. 3 floors will allow a view from the second
floor. 4 floors will wipe out the view from our yard and worse, our
veranda. 3 floors will allow a view from the veranda but not the yard.
The proposal is for a mansard roof and perhaps it will work in this
case as they can have the 3 floors and it will not be too high.
The views from the aqueduct as you pass through Dobbs Ferry are a very
special feature of our village. Hundreds of people daily use that
path..walking, running, walking dogs, biking, going to school, going
to the train...and we all need to speak up about the importance of
hanging on to these views.
It will be a long night but I do hope you will come out and lend
support.