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Dobbs Ferry trustees, planning board review revised 19 Livingston Avenue plan as engineer flags soil constraints
Summary
Trustees and the Planning Board heard a redesign of 19 Livingston Avenue that preserves a larger viewshed, keeps nine units for project feasibility, adds a small conservation easement and narrows several townhouses; the village engineer said soil borings show a gradient of poor soils, not a clear unbuildable zone.
Dobbs Ferry — The Village Board of Trustees and the Planning Board met Feb. 24 in a joint workshop to review revised plans for 19 Livingston Avenue, where designers have reconfigured nine townhouse units and added a roughly quarter-acre conservation easement to protect a viewshed from the gateway. The village engineer told the boards the geotechnical work shows a continuum of problematic soils rather than a distinct "unbuildable" area, meaning engineering judgment and careful staging will be required if construction proceeds.
Why it matters: The site sits at a prominent gateway into Dobbs Ferry and has been the subject of repeated review because of steep slopes, fill conditions and an objective among board members to preserve a southern view corridor. The proposal seeks to balance those community design goals with the economics of a nine-unit project that the applicant says is critical to feasibility.
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