HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980_12_10 Planning Board Minutes MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF
MAMARONECK HELD DECEMBER 10, 1980, IN THE COUNCIL ROOM OF THE WEAVER
STREET FIREHOUSE, WEAVER STREET AND EDGEWOOD AVENUE, LARCHMONT,
NEW YORK.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman at 8:30
P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mr. G. Norman Blair, Chairman
Mrs. Mary Carlson
Mr. Warner Pyne, Jr.
Mr. Anton Schram
Mr. Paul Kalos
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of November 12, 1980 were pre-
sented and on motion duly made and seconded, approved as
submitted.
APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL PERMIT - RESTAURANT AND BAR - VILLAGE SQUARE
SHOPPING CENTER
Mr. Bernard Rosenshein, the developer of the Village Square
Shopping Center appeared before the Board with Mr. J. DeFonce,
the owner of the proposed restaurant and his Architect,
Mr. Lawrence Goodman. Mr. Rosenshein said that the restaurant
would be a "white tablecloth" type and specialize in steaks
and seafood. Mr. Rosenshein said that aesthetically the
restaurant would be a "plus" to the shopping center. He
further said that a restaurant of this caliber will blend
into the "clock tower" and the entrance to the restaurant
will be through the clock tower.
Mr. Elfreich, the Town Engineer, who was not able to attend
the meeting had sent a memo to the Board members in which
he informed the Board that the developer had obtained a
variance from the Zoning Board for parking only 142 cars
instead of the required 172. Mr. Elfreich said in his
memo that the parking lot had been constructed with 161
spaces due to an encroachment on school owned property
for which Mr. Rosenshein to date had not received proper
authorization for the use of the property. Mr. Rosenshein
said that an agreement had been worked out with the Board
of Edt.cation. He said that the Board of Education had
given them an easement to run the electric lines underground
and when his men did the blacktopping they did the school
property as well . Mr. Rosenshein said that according to
the agreement they are presently leasing the property but
in June they will purchase the land.
The Board questioned as to whether there would be enter-
tainment and Mr. Rosenshein said that it would primarily
be a restaurant with no entertainment. A question was
also asked about the hours of operation and Mr. DeFonce
said he would probably open about 11 :00 A.M. to get ready
for lunch and they would remain open till about midnight
seven days a week.
The Board asked Mr. Rosenshein how many stores he antici-
pated would be in the shopping center when it was completed
and the number of employees. Mr. Rosenshein said there
would be no more than ten stores and each one would pro-
bably have on the average of two employees each. Mrs .
Carlson asked about the number of seats for diners and
it was pointed out that there was 90 seats for dining plus
23 stools at the bar.
Mr. Blair said that the restaurant would not create any
additional problems as far as traffic is concerned and
there would be no additional environmental impact then
when the shopping center was initially approved.
Mr. Elfreich, also, mentioned in his memo that the plan
did not show any location for a wash down pad that the
Westchester County Health Department requires for storing
garbage and rubbish containers for restaurant use and he
did not see any place where it could be conveniently lo-
cated to be readily accessible for removal operations.
After further discussion the Board decided to recommend
that the Town Board approve the application subject to
the following conditions:
1 . The applicant obtain a variance for the parking as
required for a restaurant.
2. The approval of the Westchester County Health Depart-
ment for the location of the storage pad.
The Board also decided that the environmental impact would
not be changed from what had been determined when the shop-
ping center was originally approved.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before this meet-
ing it was adjourned at 9 :00 P.M.
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