Rye Brook planning board keeps public hearing open on amended Sunrise Senior Living plan amid water, sewer and height questions

Rob Goodman, chair of the Rye Brook Planning Board, opened a public hearing May 8 on an amended PUD/site-plan application for the Sunrise Senior Living project at the property the applicant identified as 900 King Street.

The applicant’s attorney, David Steinmetz of Zarin Steinmetz, said the changes are “limited amended site-plan” revisions to a project approved in 2021 and described ongoing coordination with outside reviewers and utilities. Steinmetz said the team has been working with the village’s outside consulting engineer and Veolia on water capacity and would accept a condition of approval requiring confirmed water service from Veolia before construction begins. “We do not have a project without that water,” he said.

The public hearing drew project consultants (architect Stuart Lacks; engineer Anthony Nestor of JMC; project manager Rick Parisi) and several neighbors and representatives of the Arbors Homeowners Association. Leslie Snyder, counsel for the Arbors, said her clients support working with Sunrise but asked the applicant and the board to confirm the “actual height” of the independent-living building and whether rooftop mechanicals could be better concealed. Dan Barnett, president of the Arbors HOA, emphasized a long-running sewer maintenance problem near 41 Hillandale and asked that responsibilities and monitoring be clarified before approvals proceed.

Why it matters: the application would alter building details and unit layouts for a large senior living campus adjacent to an existing condominium community. Changes to unit layouts, parking and site grading affect neighbors’ sight lines, traffic and shared…