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Middletown planning board approves salon at 183 West Main with licensing condition, orders corrected site plan
Summary
The Planning Board approved a salon at 183 West Main Street after adding a condition that all practitioners display New York State licenses and directing the applicant or landlord to correct an inaccurate site plan that showed a non-existent parking lot.
The City of Middletown Planning Board on Jan. 8 approved an application to open a nail and hair salon at 183 West Main Street, adding a condition that anyone performing professional services must obtain and display proper New York State licenses and directing the applicant or landlord to submit a corrected site plan.
The approval came after board members raised concerns that the site plan included a parking lot that does not exist and that the packet appears to contain a drawing for a different address. Planning Board Chair (Planning Board Chair) and a unanimous four-member board voted to amend the resolution to require state licenses and then to approve the amended resolution.
The applicant, Francesli Pena, told the board she plans to operate by appointment and currently expects to work alone; she said there are two or three parking spaces behind the building and that she will rely primarily on on-street parking. Board members said past approvals for 183 West Main have been granted under the same premise — that the landlord supplies a small number of parking spots — but said the current site plan inaccurately depicts a parking lot and should be corrected.
Sexto Martinez, the board’s code enforcement/building inspector representative, and Michael Guadere, the fire department representative, reported no present issues with the application. Board staff said they would contact the landlord to have the site plan amended to correctly show the parking lot off West Main Street and the driveway access from California Avenue.
The board’s action included a formal amendment to the resolution requiring that “anyone performing the professional services of said application must obtain and display a proper license by the state of New York.” After the amendment was made, the board voted 4-0 to approve the application as amended.
The board noted the site-plan correction is not currently a deal breaker based on precedent, but requested the applicant or landlord submit a corrected plan showing the actual driveway and parking arrangement behind the building. The board also recorded that the applicant has submitted her state professional license as part of the packet.
Board members said staff will follow up with the landlord to revise the site plan and that revised drawings should be submitted before the file is closed.
