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Middletown planning board approves salon at 183 West Main with license and corrected site-plan conditions
Summary
The City of Middletown Planning Board unanimously approved Francesli Pena’s application to operate a nail and hair salon at 183 West Main Street, conditioning approval on proper New York State professional licensing and a corrected site plan after board members identified an inaccurate parking depiction.
The City of Middletown Planning Board on Jan. 8 unanimously approved an application by Francesli Pena to operate Nail and Hair Salon at 183 West Main Street, provided the applicant and any future employees display proper New York State professional licenses and submit a corrected site plan showing the actual parking configuration.
The board acted after members said the site plan in the packet inaccurately showed a parking lot that does not exist behind 183 West Main and appears to have been copied from a separate property file. Planning board staff and members discussed that the drawing appeared to reference parking associated with 101 Mahagon Avenue rather than the subject property.
Francesli Pena told the board she plans to operate mostly by appointment and currently works alone. “I’m working by appointment, so for now … I don’t need a lot,” Pena said when asked about parking arrangements.
Board members pressed for clarity on where customers would park; staff said the landlord supplies a small number of spaces and that street parking is available in the area. The board chair said the incorrect parking depiction should be removed from the application and the landlord should supply an amended site plan showing the driveway access and the parking area behind the deli off the rear driveway.
To address the licensing requirement, the board amended the approval so that “anyone performing the professional services of said application must obtain and display a proper license by the State of New York,” language read into the record by the chair during the motion to amend. The applicant had already submitted her own state license as part of the packet, the chair noted.
The board voted 4-0 to adopt the amended resolution approving the salon application. The board directed planning staff to contact the landlord and require an amended site plan for the record; members said the inaccurate drawing was not a deal-breaker for approval but needed correction for future files.
Planning staff and the building inspector reported no current ventilation or building-code issues with the proposed use; the fire representative had no objections recorded for this item.
The applicant was advised to have the landlord revise the site plan to reflect the actual driveway access from West Main Street and parking behind the deli, and to ensure any employees hold valid New York State professional licenses before providing services.
