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Planning board directs staff to draft favorable resolution for 153 Stevens Avenue redevelopment
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Summary
The board asked staff to prepare a favorable resolution for an April vote after the applicant revised plans to show lighting, camera locations, handicap parking and elevations for a demolition and rebuild project at a site identified in the hearing.
The Mount Vernon City Planning Board on March 5, 2025 directed staff to draft a favorable resolution for the application identified in the packet as a 2024 case (PB24) for a site discussed as 153 Stevens Avenue; the applicant presented revised plans showing additional lighting, security cameras, handicap parking and elevation details and the board voted unanimously to move the matter forward for a resolution to consider at the next meeting.
The applicant’s attorney and design team told the board they had revised the plans in response to board requests from an earlier hearing. Attorney Jack A. Decile (the applicant’s counsel) said the revisions add a lighting plan, camera locations, a designated handicap parking space and an extermination note on the plans. Architect/representative Kevin Munene described the revisions and the proposed security coverage: “We have a camera on each corner of the property and also some on the side here. We have 2 in the back, 2 in the front, and 1 on the on the driveway area,” Munene said, and told the board the cameras will be angled to extend into the street to assist police if needed.
The applicants confirmed the work will remove the existing building and construct a new building; board discussion clarified the new design includes an elevator. Commissioners thanked the applicant for providing the requested revisions and discussed previously agreed‑upon fencing conditions. One planning board member moved that staff draft a favorable resolution for the board’s April meeting; a second was recorded, the board said “aye” and the motion carried unanimously.
The board did not vote to approve construction or issue permits at the March 5 meeting; instead, staff will prepare a resolution reflecting the conditions discussed and bring it back for a formal vote. The board also noted that fencing and other previously discussed conditions should be incorporated into the resolution and that technical plan changes (lighting and cameras) had been addressed.
