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Board approves final subdivision, wetland and tree‑removal permits for 134 Euclid Ave with conditions
Summary
The planning board approved the final subdivision, a wetland/watercourse permit and a tree‑removal permit for 134 Euclid Ave on Oct. 15, adding site‑specific conditions and clarifying that permit extensions may be requested by successors or authorized representatives.
On Oct. 15 the Town of Greenberg Planning Board approved the final subdivision, wetland/watercourse permit and tree‑removal permit for the property at 134 Euclid Ave (case PB2422), while adding a set of site‑specific conditions intended to protect off‑site wetland buffers and to ensure landscaping and plant replacement.
Staff said the application includes multiple votes: whether to waive the public hearing, whether to adopt the final subdivision decision, and whether to approve the wetland/watercourse and tree‑removal permits. The applicant asked the board to modify standard approval language so that any two‑year wetland/watercourse permit extension can be requested by the original permit holder or by successors, assigns or authorized representatives; staff and legal reported no objection and the board adopted that change so the approval “runs with the land.”
Key conditions read into the decision included a permanent access easement for fire access filed with the Westchester County Clerk before a building permit is issued; joint and several ownership and maintenance of a private road by the two new residential lot owners; limits on disturbance within a hatched wetland‑buffer area (work there restricted to hand tools); requirement that landscaping on the newly created lot be installed prior to final certificate of occupancy; and that the applicant obtain a NYSDEC freshwater wetlands permit prior to applying for a building permit.
The board also discussed the appropriate term for the wetland approval and required a 50‑year protections period for stormwater management in this residential context (the board noted larger commercial projects sometimes receive 100‑year terms). After debate on the scope of conditions, members moved and approved the wetland/watercourse permit and the tree‑removal permit as amended.
Next steps: applicants must comply with the conditions in the decision; the town will process permit extensions and subsequent building‑permit applications in accordance with the amended language that allows successors/assigns to request extensions.
