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Mount Kisco Planning Board schedules April hearing on proposed Northwell Health rooftop helipad
Summary
Northwell Health presented a site plan for a rooftop helipad at 400 E. Main Street; the Planning Board requested a sound study, lighting-dispersion analysis and information on patient loading and flight-path control, and scheduled a public hearing for April 14, 2026.
Northwell Health representatives on March 10 presented a conceptual site plan to the Mount Kisco Planning Board for a rooftop helipad at 400 E. Main Street and the board voted to schedule a public hearing for April 14, 2026.
Jan K. Johannessen, the Village Planner, gave the board a brief overview of his memorandum on the proposal. Counsel Leslie Snyder of Snyder and Snyder, LLP and Tim Johnsen of McGuire Group Architects described site details and operations; Johnsen showed video of helicopter landings and takeoffs including the current arrangement that uses the Mount Kisco Volunteer Fire Department and Mount Kisco VAC for a Leonard Park landing zone and footage of a rooftop helipad at another Northwell hospital.
Leslie Snyder discussed acoustics, lighting fixtures and stormwater runoff associated with the rooftop facility. Board members asked detailed questions about typical patient loading and unloading; Patrick Smith, representing Northwell Health, described the process. The Planning Board asked the applicant to conduct a sound study at multiple locations and to model light dispersion from the height of the proposed helipad.
Village Engineer Anthony Oliveri recommended providing simple calculations showing how decibel levels would decrease with distance to help the board evaluate noise impacts. Board members also asked whether flight paths would be subject to Federal Aviation Administration rules; the applicant noted that flight-path control is typically governed by the FAA.
The board voted unanimously to set the public hearing for April 14, 2026 and requested that the applicant return with the sound study, lighting-dispersion analyses and any additional materials the board identifies at or before that hearing. No formal approvals were taken at the March 10 meeting.
