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Metropolis Country Club seeks planning support to replace staff housing with 36‑bed modular building
Summary
Metropolis Country Club asked the Town of Greenburgh Planning Board for a positive recommendation on an amended site plan, special permit and tree removal to replace two aging staff housing buildings with a single, sprinklered 36‑bed structure; applicants said the project reduces impervious area and seeks fast approvals to open by next May.
Mark Weingarten, attorney for Metropolis Country Club, told the Town of Greenburgh Planning Board on Nov. 5 that the club plans to demolish two existing staff‑housing buildings and replace them with one new, ADA‑compliant building holding 36 beds.
Weingarten said the replacement reduces total building square footage by about 1,000 square feet and reduces impervious surface by roughly 630 square feet. “Every piece of this is being improved,” Weingarten said, adding the new building will be fully sprinklered and include accessible spaces.
Zach Pearson of Insight Engineering walked the board through site drawings and utilities, saying roof drains will be piped to a level spreader that disperses stormwater across the golf course and that the town engineer preliminarily reviewed the drainage. Pearson said the work results in a net decrease in impervious area and that the drainage plan treats the runoff to town standards.
Andy Nathan, the club’s president, said the housing serves seasonal staff and helps recruitment. “The vast majority of people staying in there are the staff who don’t have access to golf carts,” Nathan said, and described the project as a way to replace an “eyesore” and improve employee conditions.
Staff advised the board that the application is a Type II action under SEQRA (replacement on the same footprint) and that two area variances are required from the Zoning Board of Appeals: a maximum accessory‑structure height exception (proposed ~20.66 feet where 12 feet is permitted) and a reduced side setback (19 feet proposed). The building department’s updated memo also notes the new building must be sprinklered and have an interconnected fire alarm tied to a central station.
The applicant said it hopes to fast‑track approvals: planning commission recommendation Nov. 19, ZBA on Nov. 20 and a Town Board action in December so modular construction can begin in late December and the building could open by mid‑April to mid‑May. Staff said it will prepare two draft recommendations (one to the ZBA on variances and one to the Town Board on the referral) for the board to review on Nov. 19.
Next steps: staff will draft recommendation language and circulate the variance memo referenced in the meeting record. The planning board asked the applicant to circulate updated memos and plan sheets for the Nov. 19 packet.
