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Planning board grants two-year extension for Shelbourne assisted-living approvals with reporting conditions
Summary
The Greenburgh Planning Board approved a two-year extension of site-plan, steep slope and wetland/watercourse permits for the Shelbourne/Crowder property (PB15-06), conditioned on quarterly marketing updates to staff and a 90‑day maintenance requirement; one member abstained.
The Greenburgh Planning Board on May 6 approved a two-year extension of previously issued site-plan, steep slope and wetland/watercourse permits for the property associated with case PB15-06 at 448 Under Hill Road.
The extension request, filed by attorney Daniel Tartaglia on behalf of property owners Alfred H. Crowder and family, follows the recent expiration of a prior contract. Tartaglia told the board that the Crowders are marketing the site and that prior litigation (including suits by the local fire district and a neighborhood association) had been resolved on timeliness grounds and affirmed on appeal. He said owners prefer to keep approvals valid while seeking an operator for an assisted-living project but acknowledged any new operator would likely request plan amendments.
Deputy Commissioner Schmidt briefed the board on the property’s status, noting the original approvals stemmed from a case initiated in 2015 and granted by the planning board in 2018. Board members questioned whether an assisted-living use remains practical for the roughly four-acre parcel, and raised concerns about property condition and recent vandalism; the owner’s attorney said the Crowders have resumed maintenance and are actively marketing the property for either an assisted-living operator or, if necessary, a single-family subdivision (which would require separate approvals).
Chairperson Pine moved to approve the two-year extension, conditioned on quarterly updates to town staff on marketing activity and evidence of property maintenance (with an initial 90-day expectation for addressing visible maintenance issues). The motion passed with Chairperson Pine voting aye; Mister Weinberg recorded an abstention.
Next steps: staff will record the extension (valid through May 17, 2028) and coordinate the quarterly reporting process with the property owners. The extension does not preclude the owners or other applicants from returning to the board for subdivision or amended plans.
