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Planning board says sanitary, parking and ADA questions must be resolved for proposed 45 South Euclid wellness studio
Summary
Town planning staff told applicants to clarify whether a proposed basement exercise studio at 45 South Euclid will be a separate commercial use or part of the same wellness/retail business and to submit sanitary, parking and accessibility plans before the board will act.
A planning department staff member told the Town of East Hampton Planning Board that the 45 South Euclid application must supply missing sanitary and parking calculations and clarify the building’s proposed use before the board can advance the project.
"The applicant should clarify if they are proposing to convert the commercial use in the building from retail to exercise studio at this time," the planning department staff member said, noting that the basement was previously approved as storage and that apartments in commercial structures do not count toward the total number of uses under town code. The staff member also pointed out that prior approvals set sanitary flow for the site at 289.9 gallons per day and that Montauk Central Business District allocations are grandfathered at 300 gpd.
The applicants, who identified themselves as agent David Nisen and operator Kevin Kalin, said the business would likely be run as a single "wellness" operation but may be adjusted after guidance from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services. "We're gonna separate or combine it as 1 wellness or separate as a retail and and wellness," Nisen told the board.
Board members said that changing the basement from storage to an occupied exercise studio would add the basement’s square footage to sanitary and parking calculations and could push the site over local limits. One member summarized the sanitary math: adding the 750 square‑foot basement at the exercise‑use rate could add roughly 75 gallons per day to the site total, putting a previously approved 289.9 gpd figure over the 300 gpd threshold.
On parking, staff told the board that the basement’s 750 square feet should be included in the site calculation; that addition would require five new on‑site spaces under town standards. The planning department noted that a 2006 variance allows three spaces in the right‑of‑way and recommended the board consider fees in lieu of parking when on‑site spaces are infeasible. "The current rate for fees in lieu of parking is $15,000 per space," the staff member said; at five spaces that would total $75,000.
The board also pressed for clarity on interior circulation and accessibility. The fire marshal had noted the current basement access is not ADA compliant and requested the applicant modify plans to provide accessibility; staff suggested the applicant consult with the building department and fire marshal and consider offering accessible services on the first floor if basement accessibility cannot be provided. "If they get approved, they'll use that as anybody who needs access to ADA," the applicant said of a proposed backroom on the first floor.
The board directed the applicant to return with: (1) a clear statement of proposed use(s) (single wellness use or separate retail plus exercise studio), (2) sanitary‑flow calculations and contact with Suffolk County Department of Health Services, (3) parking calculations on the site plan, (4) proposed floor plans showing interior circulation and the primary stair/egress, (5) any landscaping plans, and (6) revised plans addressing accessibility as requested by the fire marshal. The board declined to waive the site lighting plan requirement.
The planning board will not schedule final action on the application until those items are submitted and reviewed.
