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Staff drafts site-plan resolution for South Fulton building; board to complete EAF before vote
Summary
Planning staff prepared a resolution to authorize site-plan approval for a one-story commercial building in the industrial zone on South Fulton. The plans submitted included parking plus additional building work; the board will reclassify the action and complete Part 2 of the EAF before any vote.
Planning staff presented a draft resolution at the Mount Vernon Planning Board work session to authorize site-plan approval for an as-built commercial building in the industrial zone on South Fulton. The set of plans submitted to the board included parking and loading spaces plus additional building work the applicant had not earlier emphasized, such as a new roof, raised ceiling, HVAC and electrical systems.
“This was a resolution to approve some as built construction at in the industrial zone. It's a commercial building, 1 story with associated parking and loading spaces,” counsel Niketia said when introducing the draft resolution. Staff explained the original classification considered only the parking components; including the building square footage means the project should be treated as an unlisted action and proceed through the SEQR process consistent with that classification. “If you factor in the square footage of the building also, it's not a type 2 action,” counsel Lucas said.
Staff recommended the board reclassify the action as unlisted and, if after review the board decides to approve the project, complete part 2 of the Environmental Assessment Form (EAF) before voting. “So tomorrow the board will need to complete part 2. If after reviewing, it's acceptable and you wish to proceed and approve the application, the board will complete part 2 of the EAF before that vote,” a planning staff member told the board.
Board members also raised security and lighting as conditions. Commissioners asked whether interior security cameras and exterior lighting were already installed at 701 South Fulton; staff said the owner had indicated lighting is present and that cameras could be made a condition of approval. The board agreed to verify those elements and to consider them in the resolution language.
No final vote occurred during the work session. The resolution was drafted so the board could consider it at the regular meeting after completing the SEQR paperwork and verifying security/lighting measures.
