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CZMC Minutes
February 24, 2020
A meeting of the Coastal Zone Management Commission (CZMC) was held on Monday,
February 24, 2020 in the Mamaroneck Town Center, Conference Room D, 1st Floor, 740 W.
Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
C. Alan Mason, Chairman
Matthew Teitsch
Robert Fletcher
Tara Anderson
Sara Hanna
OTHERS PRESENT:
Elizabeth Aitchison, Environmental Planner, Town of Mamaroneck
Dot Tomczyk - 44 Edgewood & Judson Avenue
Leo Tomczyk - 44 Edgewood & Judson Avenue
Michael Stein, Hudson Engineering – 251 Murray, 44 Edgewood & Judson Avenue
Shea Grahom, Hudson Engineering – 251 Murray, 44 Edgewood & Judson Avenue
1. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the January 27, 2020 meeting were approved as submitted.
2. Referral – 251 Murray Avenue, Residential Site Plan Approval
Shea Graham and Michael Stein presented the application for residential site plan
approval. The reconstruction of the house was previously approved by the building
department and was already underway, when a design change triggered them to come to
the planning board. In summary, the County required a driveway turnaround to Murray
Avenue (a County road) and the owner did not want this in the front yard. By relocating
the driveway to the opposite side of the lot, and adding two parking spaces with a
turnaround in the rear yard, the area of disturbance increased above the threshold
triggering site plan review.
The property is long and narrow, with the rear yard lower than the front yard.
Stormwater runoff will be collected in an attenuation gallery and pumped to the
stormwater sewer system on Murray Avenue. The engineers explored the use of a
permeable material on the driveway as an alternative to asphalt pavement but found this
option to be impractical due to the shallow depth of bedrock. They are proposing,
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however, to use a pourous material known as “Hexpave” in the turnaround, which is
expected to reduce stormwater runoff from the site.
CZMC found the proposal to be consistent with the policies in the Local Waterfront
Revitalization Program (LWRP). It was recommended that the foundation of the
structure be waterproofed as much as possible to reduce the amount of water that must be
pumped into the stowmwater system. It is also recommended that a root barrier be
installed in the rear yard around the bamboo stand to prevent it from spreading.
3. Referrals – 44 Edgewood Avenue and Judson Avenue, Residential Site Plan
Approvals
Leo and Dot Tomczyk along with Shea Graham and Michael Stein presented the
proposals to construct new homes at 44 Edgewood Avenue and Judson Avenue. CZMC
heard the application for the subdivision of 44 Edgewood Avenue at its meeting on
October 28, 2019 and now the applicant has returned with the site plan proposals for each
of the two lots.
In its letter to the Town of Mamaroneck Planning Board, CZMC had recommended that
the house on Lot 1 be constructed and completed first, using the property of lot 2 for
parking, staging and material storage. Then, after Lot 1 has been completed, work should
begin on Lot 2 in order to protect the trees on lot one. The owners, Leo and Dot
Tomczyk explained that this recommendation was not feasible should they decide to sell
one of the lots to another developer. Instead of developing the lots in this order, they
propose to install and maintain tree protection to the dripline of the trees that are to
remain.
With this amendment, CZMC found the proposal to be consistent with the policies in the
LWRP.
4. Old Business
No old business to discuss.
5. New Business
No new business to discuss.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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