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Planning board presses for as‑built survey and stormwater sign‑off, continues Lightbridge expansion hearing
Summary
The board continued the public hearing on a proposed expansion of Lightbridge Academy at 529 Central Park Avenue, asking the applicant to supply an as‑built/site survey, stormwater engineering sign‑off and revised site plans by July 30 so staff and the public can review ahead of an August 7 meeting.
The Greenburgh Planning Board continued the public hearing on July 17 for an amended special permit and site plan for 529 Central Park Avenue, the Lightbridge Academy daycare site, after hearing engineering revisions, third‑party comments and multiple neighbor concerns.
Attorney Matthew Dudley, representing 529 Central Park Avenue LLC, said the applicant seeks to increase the center’s cap from a previous limit of 105 full‑time‑equivalent children to 152 and to remove an employee‑only designation from three front parking spaces. "We now propose installing bollards along the retaining wall" and reconfigured striping to guide pedestrians toward the handicap unloading area, Dudley said. The Building Department issued a memo noting no additional area variances are required for the revised application, and the applicant said it will add the bollards and crosswalk changes to the submitted plan.
Engineers described 15 bollards, each set in four‑foot concrete footings, placed to protect a steep retaining wall and to maintain a 24‑foot minimum drive aisle. Board members and staff repeatedly stressed the need to show current, existing conditions on the site plan and to reconcile changes with the stormwater management permit. "The site plan needs to show existing conditions plus any proposed conditions," planning staff said; the board asked that as‑built/topographic information and any drainage work be visible on the resubmitted plan.
Several neighbors and an engineer for the adjacent property raised safety concerns. The neighbor’s engineer said parts of the retaining wall had been built in 2022 under a building permit but that photos showed dislodged blocks and exposed pipes, and he asked whether bollard footings would conflict with drainage infrastructure. Jesse Coakley, the project engineer, said bollard footings were detailed and that the underdrain runs deeper than the four‑foot bollard footing, but he and the applicant agreed to show the drainage and elevations on the revised site plan.
To give staff and the public time to review, the board set a submission deadline of July 30 for revised drawings and supporting materials so the package can be distributed in advance of the August 7 meeting. The board kept the public record open and said if the July 30 materials are complete the board could close the hearing and decide the same night on August 7; otherwise the hearing will remain open for further comment.
