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Edgewater developer seeks two additional studios and parking changes; planning board sets hearing, refers special permit to council
Summary
Scenic Beacon's amended site plan proposes two additional studio units and 9 bedrooms, plus a reconfiguration of 321 parking spaces; the board found the proposal within permitted maximum unit counts, declared the SEQRA category or exemption under new regs, referred the special‑permit element to city council, and scheduled public hearings.
Scenic Beacon Developments presented an amendment to the previously approved Edgewater project to reconfigure unit mix and parking onsite. Counsel said the site would remain within the city's maximum unit cap (proposed 248 units where 252 is permitted) and that the project would add two studio units and a net nine bedrooms (bringing the bedroom total to 359). Proposed parking would include 321 off‑street spaces once subsurface and surface additions are built; the developer explained relocation of some land‑bank spaces and proposed 29 new surface and eight new subsurface spaces.
Board members and staff examined the proposal's parking analysis and requested clearer real‑time parking demand data from the applicant's existing local portfolio; staff also asked for updated stormwater calculations and landscaping to screen relocated lots. The board voted to find the amendment exempt under the municipality's updated SEQR regime, to forward a recommendation on the amended special permit to the city council, and to set a planning‑board public hearing next month. Staff will also circulate updated engineering materials and the applicant will refine parking landscaping and stormwater calculations before the hearing.
