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Planning Board re-approves 16,352 sq ft medical office at 5 Hemion Road, reaffirms waivers
Summary
The Village of Montebello Planning Board unanimously re-approved a previously authorized 16,352 sq ft medical office at 5 Hemion Road on May 12, 2026, reaffirming parking waivers and overriding two Rockland County Planning comments; approval carries conditions including updated plans and easement documentation.
The Village of Montebello Planning Board on May 12, 2026 voted unanimously to re-approve site plan and architectural plans for a 16,352-square-foot, two-story medical office building at 5 Hemion Road (SBL 55.10-1-5.2).
The Board adopted Resolution PB03 of 2026 recording the project description, prior approvals and the Board’s prior Negative Declaration under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR). The Board re-adopted the prior SEQR determination, reaffirmed a parking waiver reducing required spaces from 81 to 63, and reaffirmed a waiver shortening minimum under-building parking stalls from 19 feet to 18 feet. The approval is contingent on submission of updated plan sets, ARB plans, easement documentation, compliance with technical memoranda from the Village engineer and planner, responses to county agency letters, and payment of all fees.
Applicant attorney Amy Mele told the Board this filing was a re-approval of a previously-reviewed project and said the approval “lapsed” after two years; she advised that SEQR need not be repeated and that no new variances were proposed. The Board relied on prior engineering and traffic reports, including a January 9, 2024 traffic study, in concluding additional environmental review was unnecessary.
The Planning Board voted to override two items from the Rockland County Department of Planning letter dated May 6, 2026. Comment No. 13 (a county finding that a side-yard variance was required) was overridden based on a Village Building Inspector determination dated September 21, 2023 that no setback variance was needed. The Board also overrode Comment No. 5 (a Tallman Fire District review requirement) after the applicant had re-circulated plans to the Fire District and the Board relied on the District’s prior June 5, 2023 letter in the absence of a new response.
Conditions of approval listed in the resolution require revised plans showing applicable revision dates for Village engineer review; all easements and proof of abandonment where applicable; compliance with comments from the Rockland County Center for Environmental Health, Rockland County Highway Department, and Rockland County Sewer District No. 1; and adherence to technical comments in memoranda from the Village engineer (Martin K. Spence, P.E.) and planner (Nelson + Pope).
