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Planning Board grants site plan approval, waiver for ADA ramp at 81 Ogden Place with license condition
Summary
Dobbs Ferry’s Planning Board on Feb. 6 granted site plan approval for a new rear deck and ADA-compliant ramp at 81 Ogden Place, approving a one‑foot, three‑inch side‑yard waiver and conditioning issuance on the applicant securing a license agreement from the Village for encroachment onto a stormwater easement.
DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. — The Dobbs Ferry Planning Board voted Feb. 6 to grant site plan approval for a rear deck and ADA ramp at 81 Ogden Place, attaching conditions intended to protect the village stormwater infrastructure.
John Repetti of CalCareth Architects, representing the applicant, said a 15‑foot utility easement runs through the side yard and that the proposed ramp intrudes onto that easement by roughly four feet. “We dug into the deed, provided it to the town to take a look at,” Repetti said. He asked whether the village could allow an encroachment while preserving a 10‑foot access corridor.
Valerie, a village staff member, told the board the planning board had prepared a resolution that would require the applicant to obtain a license agreement from the Village Board of Trustees for any encroachment into the stormwater easement. Valerie said the resolution would also require that “there’s no interference with the stormwater pipe within the easement” and that the village engineer must review and approve any ground penetration in the easement.
The board granted a waiver of 1 foot, 3 inches from the minimum 10‑foot side yard setback in Table B1 of the zoning code and approved the site plan subject to conditions. Those conditions include: obtaining the license agreement from the Board of Trustees, no interference with the stormwater pipe, village engineer approval of any ground penetration into the stormwater easement, resolution of any outstanding stormwater maintenance agreement, and resolution of engineering comments before final plan signing and building permit issuance.
A separate AHRB resolution to approve the exterior elements of the project also passed at the meeting; the AHRB resolution references the plan set last revised 01/28/2025.
The board’s action was framed as a conditional approval: the Planning Board granted the waiver and site plan approval but tied final signoff and building permit issuance to the license agreement and engineering conditions intended to protect the pipe and allow for future maintenance at the property.
The motion to approve passed on a voice vote.
