Planning board schedules public hearing after lengthy debate over Kingfield impervious-surface swap

The Village of Rye Brook Planning Board on May 8 scheduled a public hearing for June 12 on a Kingfield Lot Owners Association application that seeks to reallocate 4,835 square feet of unused common-area impervious surface so homeowners can expand patios, decks or other hard-surface features.

David Gelfarb, attorney for the Kingfield Lot Owners Association, said the association asked the village to "assign or to swap the unused 4,835 square feet that is allocated to the common areas to instead be used by individual homeowners," noting the development has 110 units and that 35 homes are currently out of compliance with an earlier resolution's limits on deck expansions. Gelfarb told the board his office and the association's engineer prepared drawings and a chart showing the expanded areas per unit.

Gelfarb and his engineer, Lauren McMahon of Langan Engineering, told the board their survey of the 110 units found varying overages; McMahon said the…