Planning board approves lot‑line adjustment for 7–8 Rita Lane with conditions after neighbor objections

The Town of Greenberg Planning Board voted Oct. 15 to approve a final subdivision application that adjusts lot lines between 7 and 8 Rita Lane, imposing three additional conditions requested by an adjoining owner.

The board’s approval, made during a work session on case PB2325, requires the applicant to correct typographical errors on the plat within 30 days, to reference the planning‑board case number on the recorded plat and to memorialize the meets‑and‑bounds of the parcel in the deed of sale. The board also agreed to include a condition that the town relocate water and gas lines identified within a 5‑foot drain easement, language the applicant noted is outside the applicant’s control and therefore is a town action to implement.

Miriam Keller Perkins, an owner of 7 Rita Lane, told the board she and her family have long been troubled by utility lines and storm drainage that cross their land and said prior outages and sinkholes damaged their property. “The gas lines for 8 Rita Lane should not have been crossing the property of 7 Rita Lane,” Perkins said on the record, urging the planning board to memorialize protections for successors. Staff recommended adding the Perkins’ requested notations to the approval resolution so the concerns would be documented while the lot‑line adjustment moves forward.

Attorney George Alessandro (Keenan Bean) representing the co‑applicant said the applicants were willing to correct typographical issues and to accept conditions that would allow the commissioner to endorse the plat once corrections are made. He noted that some of the utility and drainage matters are maintenance or engineering matters that are outside the planning board’s direct authority and advised Perkins the town’s engineering and public‑works offices are the appropriate venues to pursue relocation or repairs.

The board discussed two paths: delay the decision while plats and surveys are updated, or issue a conditional final approval that memorializes the Perkins’ notations in the decision and requires corrections within 30 days. By motion, the board adopted the decision as amended with the three additional conditions. Staff said, if the conditions are met, the secretary/commissioner of the planning board will be authorized to sign and file the plat with the Westchester County Clerk.

Next steps: the applicant will submit corrected plat sheets addressing typographical items and the meets‑and‑bounds notation; staff will circulate those corrections when received. Town engineering and public‑works staff remain the points of contact for the Perkins on utility relocation and drainage repair.