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Applicant Seeks Variances, Traffic Study for Cherry Lane House of Worship
Summary
An applicant told the Airmont Planning Board they plan to convert a residence and detached garage on Cherry Lane into a 4,000-square-foot house of worship and seek multiple variances; board directed staff to circulate a notice of intent under CEPA and the highway department requested a traffic study.
An attorney for the applicant told the Airmont Planning Board on May 22 that the proposal at Cherry Lane and Blossom Road would convert an existing single-family house and detached garage into a freestanding place of worship of just over 4,000 square feet, with the total combined residence and worship space just over 6,000 square feet.
Paul Mount, attorney for the applicant, said the project would be in the R-40 zone and asked the board to accept agency reviews and coordinate a CEPA/SEQR review. He said the application will seek parking and setback variances and a development-coverage waiver.
The board learned the proposal would be short of the code-required parking. Mount said the zoning code calls for 30 spaces total (28 for the house of worship plus two for the residence) but the applicant is proposing 24 spaces (22 for…
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