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Board opens hearing on reshaping stormwater rules; hearing continued to March 9
Summary
The Village opened a public hearing on PLLU 2025 to move stormwater requirements from a separate chapter into the zoning code, adopt DEC stormwater manual and NOAA Atlas 14 standards, and require erosion controls for modest expansions; trustees adjourned the hearing to March 9 to allow land-use board input.
The Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees opened a public hearing on PLLU 2025, a proposed local law that would repeal chapter 294 (stormwater management) and reinsert stormwater rules into the zoning code to make them enforceable under zoning procedures. The board moved the hearing to March 9 to allow additional input from land-use boards.
The proposed change would apply the DEC stormwater manual and the latest NOAA Atlas 14 rainfall standards to village applications, and require erosion and sediment controls for increases in building area between 200 and 999 square feet, Steven said. "PLLU in this current iteration is the update to the stormwater code... we are going to be repealing and rescinding chapter 294 and instead placing it within the zoning code," Steven (speaker 9) said, adding that technical guidance will be folded into ordinance language.
Kathleen (speaker 5) told the board the shift makes nonbinding guidance into enforceable requirements and will require properties too small to meet guidance standards to provide additional green infrastructure or other mitigation in consultation with village engineers. "We're talking about taking guidance documents and making those requirements," Kathleen said.
Public commenters urged strong protections but pressed procedural questions about implementation. B. Saracoli urged the village to adopt rigorous standards because the community floods heavily; "I want these regs to be the toughest in the county because we flood the worst in the county," he said during public comment. Daniella Bierman asked whether zoning-board members would be trained and supported by engineers when they consider variance requests and whether an application would be scrutinized beyond simply granting relief.
Trustees and staff said the revision replaces an older administrative variance process (handled informally by the village engineer) with a public variance procedure before the zoning board, and that training sessions for board members are held annually. Steven noted the village engineer and a consultant who helped draft the law would be available to support the zoning board.
A trustee moved to adjourn the public hearing to March 9 to incorporate land-use board feedback; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The board said it will reopen the matter at the March meeting and expects to review technical input from the village engineer and public comments before any adoption vote.
What happens next: The hearing will resume March 9 so land-use-board input and any engineering clarifications can be included in further consideration of PLLU 2025.
