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Airmont zoning board approves variances for school expansion at 236 Cherry Lane
Summary
The Airmont Zoning Board of Appeals approved multiple variances for a proposed school expansion at 236 Cherry Lane, voting 5-0 after reaffirming an environmental negative declaration and hearing neighborhood concerns about parking, noise, buses and wetlands.
The Airmont Zoning Board of Appeals on a 5-0 vote approved variances needed for an amended site plan for a school property at 236 Cherry Lane, including relief for parking, setbacks, building height and lot coverage.
The board acted after a continued public hearing and after the village planning board reaffirmed a negative declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). The project applicant sought variances because the proposal would provide a total of 310 parking spaces (228 constructed plus 83 “land‑banked” spaces) where the zoning table lists 619 spaces as required.
The applicant presented a proposed main building footprint of about 33,500 square feet and described other requested variances including front‑yard fence height (proposed 6 feet vs. required 3.5 feet), side setback reduction (required 30 feet; proposed 16.8 feet), building height (required 35…
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