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Planning board urges more geotechnical work, schedules joint session on 9‑unit Livingston Avenue plan
Summary
Developers showed a revised nine‑unit townhouse layout pushed north to maximize a public river viewshed. The village planner and civil engineer warned that deep historic fill and a county trunk sewer at the toe of the slope create constructability risks; the board asked for more borings and a joint meeting with the Board of Trustees before detailed engineering proceeds.
The Dobbs Ferry Planning Board reviewed updated plans for a proposed nine‑unit cluster development at 19 Livingston Avenue and asked the applicant for additional geotechnical information and a joint review with the Board of Trustees before approving a final footprint.
Christina Griffin, principal of CJA Studio, presented the applicant's revised scheme, saying the team had pushed several townhouse units north, narrowed some lots and adjusted garage locations to increase a public viewshed toward the river and Palisades. Griffin said the design aims to remain "as of right" under the cluster development code while providing an affordable unit and a public viewing platform at the sidewalk.
Civil engineer Paul Petretti told…
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