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Planning Board circulates lead‑agency intent for two‑lot subdivision at 21 Sky View Court
Summary
The Town of Newburgh Planning Board agreed to circulate intent to serve as lead agency under SEQRA and set a tentative public hearing for Aug. 6 for a proposed two‑lot subdivision of a roughly 10.5‑acre parcel at 21 Sky View Court. The project lies in the Chadwick Lake reservoir critical environmental area and will use an individual well and in‑ground septic.
A proposal to divide a roughly 10.5‑acre parcel at 21 Sky View Court into two residential lots moved forward on June 18 when the Town of Newburgh Planning Board voted to circulate intent to act as lead agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.
Darren C. Doce, engineer for applicant Joseph M. Saffiotti, told the Board the plan would create a new single‑family lot in addition to an existing house and said the parcel would be served by an individual well and an in‑ground septic. “The proposal is for a two‑lot residential subdivision of an approximate 10‑and‑a‑half‑acre site,” Doce said, noting roughly 0.6 acres of temporary disturbance for house construction, driveway and septic and a request for a waiver from the town’s tree‑survey requirement because the immediate area is open lawn.
Quinn Mullarkey, the Board’s consulting engineer, said adjoiners’ notices and a copy of the private Road Maintenance Agreement must be provided to the Board and that the limits of disturbance should be delineated in the field. She also flagged regulatory steps: because the property sits within the Chadwick Lake reservoir critical environmental area, the project is a SEQRA Type I action and requires lead‑agency circulation and coordination with involved agencies including the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Planning Board attorney Dominic Cordisco explained that a memorandum of understanding between the Town and Orange County exempts certain small residential projects from County Planning referral but that the SEQRA designation still requires circulation for lead agency. The Board voted by roll call to circulate the intent to be lead agency; all members answered “aye.”
The applicant asked about timing for a public hearing. Board members discussed the schedule and accommodation of the applicant’s availability; Dominic Cordisco and the Board agreed that, if County responses and materials are in order, the public hearing could be scheduled for the Town’s first August meeting. A motion to set the Public Hearing for August 6, subject to outstanding conditions, was made and seconded.
Next steps for the applicant include circulating adjoiners’ notices, delivering the Road Maintenance Agreement for Board review, confirming septic calculations on the plan and delineating limits of disturbance. The Board will complete lead‑agency circulation before advancing the project to a full public hearing and substantive review.
