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Greenburgh ZBA asks for more information and adjourns variance request for indoor therapeutic pool at 333 Glendale Road
Summary
The Greenburgh Zoning Board of Appeals adjourned a request for variances tied to an indoor therapeutic pool at 333 Glendale Road to March 13, asking the applicant for clearer calculations, additional renderings and screening/traffic details after neighbors raised concerns about size and neighborhood character.
The Greenburgh Zoning Board of Appeals on the evening heard a presentation and then adjourned consideration of Case 2502, a request to add an indoor therapeutic pool at 333 Glendale Road, until the board’s March 13 meeting.
Brian Crowley, the applicants’ representative, said homeowners Grama and Melanie Zabie purchased the property in August 2023 and are seeking two variances: an increase in principal building coverage (from an 18% allowance to roughly 23.5% of the lot) and an increase in impervious surface. Crowley said the property is a pre‑existing nonconforming condition that currently sits at about 33.5% impervious coverage and that the proposal removes roughly 960 square feet of existing patio while adding about 1,559 square feet for the addition, yielding a net increase the team described as “about 3%” over the current nonconformity. Crowley said the pool is for therapeutic hydrotherapy so the homeowner can avoid long drives several times a week.
Board members pressed for clearer numbers, additional renderings and design alternatives. “We need to understand how you arrived at the net 3% and to see the house with the proposed addition in multiple views,” one member said, citing concerns about the property already being over the allowed impervious coverage and the risk of setting a precedent for other additions. Members also asked whether rotating or resizing the pool could reduce the variance request; Crowley said alternatives were studied but that ground conditions, an elevated pool foundation and the desire to preserve functional therapy space constrained options.
Neighbors were allowed to comment. Daniel Walden, who had submitted a no‑objection letter, told the board he was not an unofficial neighborhood spokesperson and was speaking only for himself. Peter Bleer, a long‑time resident at 308 Glendale Road, said he supported the homeowner’s therapeutic needs but described the addition as “out of character” and urged compromise on massing and visibility.
The board advised the applicants to supply additional materials — side‑by‑side existing/proposed elevations, clearer impervious‑area calculations, proposed plantings/screening and any traffic/sightline review — and adjourned the item to March 13 so the applicants may revise their proposal and provide the requested documentation. The applicant indicated willingness to revise and return.
