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Suffern planning board reviews Melty Family townhouse plans, agrees to send 14 Wayne Ave. memo to village board
Summary
Board members reviewed preliminary plans and a late building-inspector memo indicating a proposed three-bedroom townhouse is allowable; the board asked for fuller site plans, discussed sending the project to the village planner under escrow, and voted to forward a memo on 14 Wayne Avenue to the village board.
At its Jan. 15 meeting, the Village of Suffern Planning Board discussed the Melty Family Project at 3156160 Wayne Avenue — a proposed three-bedroom townhouse — and agreed to send a separate memo on 14 Wayne Avenue to the village board.
A project representative told the board that the building inspector had issued a memo late that afternoon confirming the proposal complied with the zoning code and a prior zone-change, and that the proposed unit count met the village limit of no more than "four and a half rooms" as reflected in that memo. "We received a memo late this afternoon from the building inspector, which confirms... the proposed 3 bedroom townhouse is allowable," the representative said.
Board members asked the applicant to submit a full site plan package before the board takes further action. The board discussed typical next steps: a complete site plan with elevations, detailed site engineering, and a drainage/stormwater plan to be provided later. The board and applicant discussed sending detailed plans to the village planner for review; the applicant was told that the board typically establishes an escrow for planner review, and a figure of about $2,500 was mentioned as a typical escrow amount for outside planner review.
The board agreed it would wait to receive fuller, detailed plans and then circulate them to involved agencies — including county and state reviewers — before scheduling a public hearing or making a final determination. The board emphasized that some technical items, such as drainage, will be addressed during the detailed review rather than at this conceptual stage.
Separately, the planning board voted to send a draft memo regarding 14 Wayne Avenue to the village board. A motion to accept and forward that memo carried on a voice vote; the transcript does not record individual roll-call votes.
The board also set its next meeting for Feb. 19, 2025. No final approvals of the townhouse project were made at the Jan. 15 meeting; the project remains in preliminary review pending submission of detailed plans and agency comments.
