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Planning commission reviews draft preservation overlay to allow traditional small-scale infill
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a draft preservation overlay ordinance intended to permit narrow (14–20-foot) lots and traditional building forms in the National Register historic district boundary, with design standards for brick facades, aligned upper-floor windows and limits on height and impervious coverage.
The Westchester Borough Planning Commission discussed a draft "preservation overlay" ordinance designed to allow new, small-scale infill that matches the borough’s historic neighborhood fabric while imposing design standards to ensure durability and visual compatibility.
Commissioners said the overlay would let narrower lots (14–20 feet) and inner-block or alley-facing buildings if those structures meet preservation design standards: masonry walls, aligned upper‑floor openings, stoops, and museum- or alley-type right-of-way standards. The draft aligns the overlay with the 2005 National…
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