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Planning board approves Jen Korean Barbecue permit, requires parking study and monitoring
Summary
The Greenburgh Planning Board approved a special-use permit and shared parking reduction for Jen Korean Barbecue at Dalewood 1 Shopping Center and imposed a post‑opening parking and circulation evaluation with specific survey requirements and the board's right to require earlier studies if documented police reports or written complaints arise.
The Greenburgh Planning Board on April 15 approved a special-use permit and a shared-parking reduction for Jen Korean Barbecue at the Dalewood 1 Shopping Center, attaching conditions that require the applicant to study parking and circulation after the restaurant opens.
Deputy Commissioner Schmidt told the board the draft decision requires the applicant to evaluate parking and site circulation no earlier than four months and no later than six months after opening and to submit an observational report with counts taken Friday 7–9 p.m., Saturday 7–9 p.m., and a weekday lunch hour (12–1 p.m.). The report must include occupied/unoccupied space counts, an observational narrative of vehicle and pedestrian movement, any records of incidents from the Greenburgh Police Department and any complaints from neighboring Hartsdale Central Plaza, and recommendations to address safety or overcrowding.
The board added language reserving the Planning Board’s right to request the study be performed earlier or more frequently “if the need arises” and clarified that such a need should be documented by police reports or written complaints to the town. The decision also requires an employee-parking plan that directs employees to park at rear/northerly stalls and includes a maintenance requirement for landscaping and planters.
Architect Giovanni Zapata and staff confirmed the zoning variances previously granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals and described the site improvements, including nine parking spaces after resurfacing, an ADA ramp, and above-ground planters in the flood-prone portion of the lot. Board members asked how compliance will be enforced; Deputy Commissioner Schmidt said noncompliance can prompt a notice of noncompliance and follow-up action, including potential revocation of the approval if conditions are not met.
The board voted to: classify the action as an unlisted SEQRA action, adopt the SEQRA negative declaration, approve the special-use permit as amended (moved by Miss Anderson, seconded by Miss Robinson), and approve the shared-parking reduction as amended (moved by Mister Patel, seconded by Mister Pillinger). All votes were recorded in the meeting as affirmative.
