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Planning Board refers 824 The Crescent to coastal/wetlands review after Type 2 SEQRA finding
Summary
The Planning Board declared the first-look application for 824 The Crescent a Type 2 SEQRA action and referred it to Harbor/Coastal Zone Management for wetland consistency review after hearing applicant presentations and consultant concerns about driveway design, impervious coverage and flood-zone constraints.
The Village of Mamaroneck Planning Board on Feb. 26 declared the first-visit site application for 824 The Crescent a Type 2 action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and referred the project to Harbor/Coastal Zone Management for wetland consistency review.
Applicants Alan Pilch of ALP Engineering and Hans Jerick of Hans Jerick Architectural described a second-floor addition above an existing garage, no change to the house footprint, replacement of a brick driveway with Long Island stone and minor patio and walkway modifications. Pilch said the work reduces calculated impervious surface from 9,949 square feet to 8,666 square feet and that no regulated trees are proposed for removal.
Village planner Dan Siegel told the board that the lot is in FEMA Zone AE (base flood elevation 13) and recommended a Type 2 SEQRA determination and referrals to HCZM and the Westchester County Planning Board, noting the lot lies within 500 feet of the water boundary. Consultant John Kellard advised the board that whether the stone driveway can be treated as porous for stormwater credit depends on soil/percolation tests and the constructed base; he cautioned that zoning still treats gravel/stone as impervious for the zoning coverage table and asked applicants to supply test data and a zoning compliance table.
Consultant Susan Oakley said no trees are proposed for removal and that tree-protection details should be clearly labeled on plans if preservation measures remain. Kellard also noted the project’s area of disturbance (about 4,000 square feet) requires sediment-control measures and potentially a stormwater pollution prevention plan unless calculations show otherwise.
After board members discussed driveway design, impervious limits and floodplain math, a member moved and a second was offered; the board voted in favor of the Type 2 determination and the HCZM referral. The board noted that a public hearing for the wetland permit will be scheduled later and that applicants should respond to consultant memos and submit soil/percolation data, full building-permit forms and any missing elevation drawings before the next review.
The board’s referral does not authorize construction; it advances technical review and triggers the public hearing required for the wetland permit.
