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Town holds over Dalewood shopping‑center site‑plan after ADA, grading and access questions
Summary
The Town Board heard a detailed presentation from Bridgeport Property Group and its engineers on reconfiguring parking at Dalewood 2 and 3 to accommodate Sprouts and Best Buy, approved more ADA stalls on paper but asked the applicant for plan revisions and an on‑site review to resolve safety and grading concerns.
The Town of Greenburgh on Oct. 8 held over a public hearing on an amended site‑plan for the Dalewood shopping‑center parcels after board members and residents pressed the applicant to revise how new accessible parking and pedestrian connections will function on steeply graded areas.
The hearing featured a staff overview and a presentation from the applicant, Bridgeport Property Group, which said it has signed leases with Sprouts (about 21,140 square feet) and Best Buy (about 17,790 square feet) to fill a former 38,000‑square‑foot vacancy. Garrett Toucaine, commissioner of the Department of Community Development and Conservation, summarized months of interagency review and a unanimous positive recommendation from the Planning Board.
Mark Newman of Bridgeport Property Group said the plan reconfigures the lot to improve circulation, add crosswalks and a sidewalk connection to Central Avenue bus stops, and keep the existing total number of parking spaces. “We made additional revisions to the plan to improve the alignment… and add additional safety features, stop signs, and crosswalks,” Newman said.
Colette DeLaurel, the project engineer, described perpendicular aisles, new landscape islands, more ADA‑accessible stalls and a reduced impervious area. When board members and members of the public asked where the ADA stalls would sit, DeLaurel said steep grade changes in parts of the lot prevented putting the required stalls immediately adjacent to store entrances; in those locations the stalls were shifted to flatter areas at the side of the lot.
“Because the whole parking lot is sloped at, like, 4.5 percent… ADA requires no greater than 1.5% in any direction,” DeLaurel said, explaining grading constraints that drove the layout choices.
Board members said the design is generally an improvement but pressed the applicant to fix remaining safety issues for people using wheelchairs and to consider a one‑way aisle or other measures to reduce time spent in travel lanes. Walter Simon, a resident, praised the project’s retailers and urged the applicant to match the quality of landscaping seen elsewhere in town.
After discussion, a majority of the board approved a motion to hold the hearing over, request revised drawings and undertake an on‑site review with interested board members and staff before the next meeting. The hearing will be reconvened at a future board meeting after the applicant returns with changes.
The matter was left open to permit final engineering edits and for staff to coordinate any recommended site visit; no final site‑plan approval was granted Oct. 8.
