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Orienta Beach Club opens wetland hearing as applicant seeks stormwater variance
Summary
The planning board opened and left open a public hearing on the Orienta Beach Club’s plan to replace three pools, add a pump/ADA addition and seek a variance for stormwater capacity; engineers said the design meets flood and coastal criteria and the applicant slightly reduced impervious coverage to 68.6%.
The Village of Mamaroneck Planning Board opened a public hearing April 22 on the Orienta Beach Club’s proposed campus improvements, which include replacing three pools, raising two pool decks for improved ADA access, and constructing a 1,010‑square‑foot pump room and ADA stairlift addition.
Applicant representative Andrew Spatz told the board the project reduces impervious coverage slightly, from 68.8% to 68.6%, and that the team engaged coastal and hydrology consultants to assess effects on flood elevations. "We're actually going from 68.8% to the proposed coverage of 68.6%," Spatz said, presenting the applicant's summary and the engineering history of prior reviews.
Race Coastal Engineering and other consultants provided memos the applicant said show no appreciable effect on flood elevation or adjacent properties; the team intends to seek a variance from the village stormwater standard (code references were discussed and counsel will provide guidance). Mark Pilate of Key Civil Engineering and others said stormwater designs were modeled to meet water‑quality and capacity standards, and the applicant described plans for seasonal discharge for winterization and updated drainage retention measures.
Landscape and planting documentation required follow‑up. Susan Oakley and other consultants noted missing items on the overall landscape plan and asked the applicant to consolidate plant schedules and correct a tree caliper typo (a previously listed 42‑inch tree was identified as a much smaller specimen on re‑survey). The applicant agreed to consolidate the landscape sheets and provide clearer plant schedules.
The board voted to open the required wetland public hearing and left it open pending resubmission of the requested landscape and stormwater details and counsel’s advice on the variance standard. No members of the public spoke at the meeting.
Next steps: applicants will resubmit a consolidated landscape plan and SWIP materials and the board's attorney will review and advise on the variance criteria to guide the board’s later decision.
