Mount Vernon ZBA keeps open hearing on variance for second-floor addition at Sanford Boulevard property

The Mount Vernon Zoning Board of Appeals on April 15 heard testimony and public comment on an application seeking a use variance and area variances to add a second floor to an existing single‑family home located in a Commercial Business (CB) zone near Sanford Boulevard; the board declared itself lead agency under SEQRA and will wait for a required county planning review before acting on the variances.

The applicant, owner Jamir Haywood, is represented by architect Ebrahim Greenridge, who told the board the project “started 3 years ago” and that the proposal is intended to keep the property as a single‑family residence while adding a bedroom, a walk‑in closet, a full bathroom and a covered porch on a modest lot. Greenridge said the plan focuses the work on the second floor and limits first‑floor work to stair adjustments.

Board members and staff highlighted zoning and parking questions that remain unresolved. The application package says the lot frontage standard is 75 feet and lists a proposed frontage of 26.32 feet and a 65% variance (figures…