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Planning board approves handicap-access walkway for Armonk Coptic church with erosion-control condition
Summary
The North Castle Planning Board approved a plan to add a level sidewalk providing handicap access to the lower level of the Virgin Mary and Saint Domenia Coptic Orthodox Church at 667 North Broadway, subject to a soil and erosion control plan and any required NYS DOT permits.
The North Castle Planning Board on May 11 approved a plan to construct a level sidewalk to provide handicap access to the lower level of the Virgin Mary and Saint Domenia Coptic Orthodox Church at 667 North Broadway in Armonk.
Father Paul, representing the church, said the sidewalk will allow members with mobility limitations to reach the basement entrance from the existing driveway and emphasized the proposal preserves the building exterior visible from Broadway. "The goal of this is just to enable access, to continue service for the existing congregation that we have," Father Paul said.
A neighbor, Jonathan Watnick, told the board he found multiple technical deficiencies in the submitted materials, including apparent errors in property identification, missing survey and abutter information, absence of cut-and-fill/earthwork data, and lack of construction stormwater controls. Watnick also warned that excavation near five historic buttresses could threaten the south wall’s foundations and asked whether a shoring plan had been prepared.
Applicant representatives and the project design team said signed drawings and a survey exist and described the proposed passage as level rather than a ramp; the structural professional on the submission told the board the excavation would not reach the historic buttress footings as drawn. Staff reminded the board that any work in the right-of-way would require a New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) highway permit.
After discussion, the board added a condition that the applicant must provide a soil and erosion control plan to the satisfaction of the town engineer and must submit documentation of any required NYS DOT permit before final site-plan sign-off. The motion to adopt the draft resolution with those conditions carried unanimously.
The approval does not authorize any work in the DOT right-of-way until the applicant provides the required DOT documentation and a town-approved erosion-control plan.
