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Eastchester board refers Old Wilmont Road variance to Architectural Review Board, continues hearing
Summary
After supplemental engineering and architectural materials, the board referred the Old Wilmont Road application to the Architectural Review Board for design review and continued the public hearing to Sept. 8, 2026; the town engineer found no rise in the floodplain but recommended minor pre-treatment for stormwater systems.
The Eastchester Town Zoning Board of Appeals voted June 9 to refer the Old Wilmont Road variance application to the town's Architectural Review Board and to continue the public hearing to Sept. 8, 2026, after hearing supplemental materials from the applicant and comments from the town engineer.
Christina Griffin, principal at CJ Studio Architects, said the revised submission included completed civil engineering drawings and a floodplain/stormwater mitigation package. She told the board the proposed new house is a passive-house design and that thicker exterior walls and a first-floor garage increase building coverage to 28%, about 1.2 percentage points above the 27% limit. Griffin said the proposed retaining wall accounts for roughly 247 square feet of impervious-surface overage and is necessary to stabilize soils and improve site conditions.
Town engineer Rick Blander (KC CJ Consulting) told the board he reviewed the revised floodplain and stormwater reports and found the floodplain analysis shows no rise in elevation; because on-site soils and a high groundwater table prevent infiltration, the stormwater solution relies on detention and three separate systems. Blander recommended adding a small pre-treatment unit to remove large particles before they enter the stormwater systems to lengthen system life.
The board also noted a fire-department review: the project's 8-foot pool-to-house separation was determined by Captain Pintali to be acceptable for the fire department's review, with a request to re-submit plans if separation declines below that distance.
After discussion, the chair said architectural review could materially affect the project's design and potentially the variances requested. The board voted to refer the application to the Architectural Review Board for comment and to continue the public hearing to the Sept. 8, 2026 meeting.
Next step: the Architectural Review Board will be asked to review design elements; the Zoning Board will resume the public hearing and consider resolution at or after the Sept. 8 meeting.
