Airmont ZBA approves variances for addition at 14 Overdrive, conditions approval on screening around deck

The Airmont Zoning Board of Appeals approved variances allowing an addition to a single‑family house at 14 Overdrive and required plant screening along the new deck, the board said at a village meeting. The board also declared the project a Type II action under New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) and voted to override one Rockland County planning recommendation related to missing variance records.

The application, presented by attorney Kevin Hobbs, asked for an addition bringing the house to about 7,316 square feet and nine variances in the R‑40 zoning district. Hobbs said the lot is undersized for the zone and described the application as "a construction and an addition to an existing dwelling" that keeps the house as a single‑family residence and places most new work at the rear of the property. He told the board the deck intrusion accounts for a substantial portion of the requested side‑setback relief and that screening could mitigate neighbor impacts.

Why it matters: the board approved both preexisting nonconforming conditions (lot area, lot width and a zero side yard in current conditions) and new relief (reduced side setback, increased lot coverage and floor area ratio) that will allow a larger house footprint…