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Trustees approve parking changes on Ballard Avenue and send West Merrick Road parking plan back to BZA
Summary
Board approved a traffic committee recommendation to remove a no‑parking restriction and install three‑hour parking on Ballard Avenue, declined a requested stop sign at Albemarle and Eastchester, and agreed to remove meters and refer changes at 360–362 West Merrick Road to the BZA for site‑plan review.
Valley Stream trustees approved a package of traffic‑related recommendations at a meeting, including a traffic committee proposal to remove a no‑parking restriction and install three‑hour parking on the west side of Ballard Avenue from West Merrick Road to Wallace Court. The committee also recommended not installing a stop sign at Albemarle and Eastchester.
The board discussed why the Ballard Avenue change was recommended. Trustees said the original no‑parking restriction, which covered the west side of the street between West Merrick Road and Wallace Court, had been tied to deliveries to a business that no longer operates there; the committee recommended converting that segment to the three‑hour parking regimen used on adjacent blocks. "We don't know how long it's going to be [for deliveries], so we're going to open that up to put 3‑hour parking the same as the rest of that street," a trustee said during discussion.
Separately, the trustees reviewed a developer request affecting 360 and 362 West Merrick Road. The board approved removing parking meters and adding new signage at those addresses, but staff and a county reviewer told trustees the village must return the revised site plans to the Board of Zoning Appeals because the property is in a CA (Commercial A) zone and the configuration of parking had changed. Planner Jennifer (staff member) explained the change in on‑site parking layout and dimension adjustments required the BZA's final site development plan review. "We have to kick it back to them," she said, describing the required second resolution the village must pass to forward plans for BZA review.
A request for a stop sign at Albemarle and Eastchester was described as not recommended by the traffic committee; trustees discussed general concerns that adding additional stop signs can encourage rolling stops and may not improve compliance.
The board agreed to place the two necessary resolutions on the June 16 agenda: one removing meters and updating signage, and a second returning the revised plans to the BZA for final review. The transcript records motions and support for placing the items on the agenda; a final BZA decision and any county approvals were described as separate steps.
Trustees did not record a separate public hearing at the meeting for the West Merrick Road plan; the transcript shows the board handling the procedural steps needed to route the application to the BZA and county reviewers for further review.
