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Owner seeks site‑plan sign‑off after adding parking and loading to small industrial lot at 701 South Fulton Avenue
Summary
On Sept. 9 the Mount Vernon Planning Board heard a site‑plan application for 701 South Fulton Avenue, where the owner seeks approval for additional parking and two loading areas to complete a 5,000‑square‑foot industrial building on a 10,000‑square‑foot lot.
An application for site plan approval at 701 South Fulton Avenue was presented at the Sept. 9 Planning Board meeting. The owner, identified in the record as Charles Difolito of Future Healthcare Systems Inc., was represented by architect Thomas (Tom) Abalama and associate Esther Martinez. The application requests additional parking and loading facilities for an existing 5,000‑square‑foot industrial building on a 10,000‑square‑foot lot in the Industrial District.
The design team described the requested work as adding six (the applicant and architect used the number six and later seven in different places) parking spaces, including a handicap space, and two loading areas sized at 15 by 40 feet each. They explained the site has three frontages, existing gates and fencing, and drainage features (three points of stormwater collection) and noted they sized turning radiuses to accommodate box trucks and semi‑trailers. The transcript records a SECRA determination described by staff as a Type 2 action under the cited regulatory provision (recorded in the meeting as "6 17.5 c 9"), which the staff said supports classification as not requiring further environmental review.
No members of the public registered opposition during the hearing; two property owners submitted written consent forms (Joanne Dunn at 220 East Eighth Street and Richard Gordon at 700 South Fulton Avenue). City departments (Department of Public Works and Water Department) returned "no comment" responses, per staff. After the presentation and brief questions about site drainage, pavement, striping and lighting, the board closed the public hearing. The board then voted to ask City Council to draft a resolution so the Planning Board can vote on their site‑plan action at the next meeting.
The owner said the parking work is the final step needed to obtain a certificate of occupancy; building and fire inspections have been completed, and the applicant expects approval once the planning action is resolved. The board instructed the applicant to ensure required site lighting and signage will be installed and noted the owner’s statement that the parking and paving were largely built and awaiting final striping and signage.
