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Bronxville planning board finds no significant environmental impact for Iona baseball upgrades, refers variances to zoning board
Summary
After hearing from the applicant, consultants and neighborhood speakers, the Bronxville Planning Board voted to issue a SEQRA negative declaration for Iona University's baseball-field renovations and to send the application to the zoning board for variance determinations. Board members emphasized enforceable conditions on noise and traffic to protect neighbors.
Chairman Coleman told the board at the February 11 meeting that the planning board would treat SEQRA as the first step in the review of Iona University's proposed baseball-field renovations and asked members to consider whether the modifications would cause a "significant adverse impact on the environment." The board voted to adopt Part 2 of the environmental assessment form and then issued a SEQRA negative declaration, finding the proposal would not cause any significant adverse environmental impact.
"For the reasons I've stated, the proposal will not result in any significant adverse environmental impact," Chairman Coleman said during the vote. The board directed its attorneys and consultants to draft written findings that incorporate the substance of the discussion and voted to send the application to the zoning board to consider the variances Iona will need; final site-plan review will return to the planning board after zoning determinations.
The decision followed presentations from the applicant and the village consultants and several public commenters who raised concerns about noise, traffic and ball-strike safety. Planning board members repeatedly stressed that noise, lighting and other operational limits will be embedded in site-plan conditions and monitored during construction and operations. The board also noted that construction impacts and a construction-management plan will be addressed in later permitting steps.
Next steps: zoning-board consideration of variances, then a subsequent planning-board meeting for final site-plan review and any conditions tied to the board's SEQRA determination.
