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Rhinebeck planning board accepts wetlands application, schedules public hearing for pool deck at 247 Cedar Heights Road
Summary
Applicant Jennifer Josephburg seeks a wetlands permit to construct a deck and three‑sided cabana around an existing pool that lies within the DEC‑delineated wetland buffer. The board accepted the application as adequate for review and set a public hearing for Oct. 6.
The Town of Rhinebeck Planning Board accepted an application Sept. 2 from Jennifer Josephburg seeking a wetlands permit to build a deck and three‑sided cabana around an existing pool at 247 Cedar Heights Road and scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 6 at 6:05 p.m.
Josephburg told the board the new pool occupies the footprint of a prior pool and that she has DEC approval to work adjacent to the wetlands. She said the proposed deck and cabana will require local planning‑board wetlands review because portions of the project fall within the 100‑foot wetland buffer.
The planning board’s staff summary notes the DEC has issued a jurisdictional decision allowing disturbance to the edge of the wetland. Board members said they want a planting plan to reduce runoff from the new deck and cabana and asked that two board members perform a site visit before the public hearing.
Board members and staff clarified that any future enclosed bathroom shown on the applicant’s plans is an optional, long‑range feature that would need separate approvals from the health department and building department and might require septic modifications. Planning staff recommended that the application include a trenching plan if the cabana ultimately requires utility or septic trenching.
At the Sept. 2 meeting the planning board accepted the application and supporting documents as adequate for further review, classified the action as Type II under SEQRA (no additional environmental review required), and voted to schedule the public hearing for Oct. 6. The board also directed staff to refer the application to the Rhinebeck Conservation Advisory Board (CAB) and to request that two planning board members conduct a site visit prior to the hearing.
Josephburg acknowledged she had already completed neighbor notification for a different board (ZBA) and was advised the planning board’s notice and newspaper publication are a separate legal requirement. The board recorded that the DEC approval to work adjacent to the wetland remains a condition for the project’s continued review.
The board will consider the application at the Oct. 6 hearing with input from the CAB and the results of the site visit.
