Bronxville planning board accepts Contour Med Spa application and waives parking-study requirement

The Bronxville Planning Board on March (date not specified) accepted an application to convert a vacant second‑floor retail unit at 85 Pondfield Road into Contour Med Spa and waived the typical requirement for a parking study.

The applicant, Anthony Farias, told the board the business partners with a plastic surgeon and will offer noninvasive, medical aesthetic procedures such as injectables (Botox and fillers), threads, facials and energy‑based treatments. “We partner with a plastic surgeon, and we’re offering medical, aesthetic, procedures,” Farias said.

Architect Ron Hoina of Design Development Architects described the project as an interior renovation of about 1,000 square feet and said the space is accessed from the rear, not Pondfield Road. “We literally face the municipal parking lot,” Hoina said, noting that the change of use from retail to a health professional triggers a higher parking requirement under the board’s guidance (three spaces for retail versus five spaces for a health professional use), but that municipal parking adjacent to the rear entry provides access for customers.

Nut graf: The board concluded the proposal is a low‑intensity medical use in a recessed, rear‑facing space and voted to accept the application and waive the parking‑study requirement; the vote was recorded as in favor without individual board member tallies recorded in the public transcript.

Board members and staff queried the applicants about operations and impacts. The applicants said the med spa will be primarily medical staff (nurse practitioners and aestheticians), with a typical on‑site complement of one front‑desk person and two practitioners at a time (three staff total) and multiple treatment rooms, meaning several patients could be treated concurrently but typically the operation would not run at maximum capacity. Farias said appointment lengths vary by procedure, generally about 20–45 minutes for treatment plus an additional numbing period when used.

On medical waste and safety, the applicants said waste would be minimal and limited to sharps (syringes/needles) and small consumables; lasers and many energy‑based devices described share minimal consumables. The med spa’s medical director is a plastic surgeon and the applicant said practitioners complete 200 hours of training before practicing solo.

The board discussed window treatments and signage. The applicant said proposed signage will be at the rear of the building facing the municipal lot and that a small, tasteful placard facing the Pondfield walkway might be proposed to direct pedestrians to the alley entrance; signage will be reviewed by the Design Review Board. The applicants said the major equipment purchases have already been made and are in storage offsite; quoted renovation costs discussed during the meeting referred only to the physical tenant improvements, not equipment.

At the meeting’s close a planning board member moved that the board accept the application and waive the requirement for a parking study; another board member seconded, and the chair called for a voice vote. The chair recorded the motion carried, with all members saying “aye.” The transcript does not list individual roll‑call votes.

Ending: The applicants were wished success by the board; the planning board’s next meeting was announced for April (date not specified).