25 NRA DRAFT Resolution 7.22.25
resolution
1 page
Meeting: portal event 1069 (no meeting page on file)
Agenda item: NEW BUSINESS — Rob Luntz, architect, representative for John & Kerry Whelan of Switch Inc Electrical Contractors---25 North Riverside Avenue--Located in the C-1 R (A) Riverside Commercial District and designated on the Tax Maps of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson as Section 78.08 Block 3 Lots 63 & 64. Request for a rear yard variance from Village Zoning Code Section 230-35 for a proposed second story addition to an existing commercial building and for a variance request for a 2-year period to commence work from Village Zoning Code Section 230-164(E).
Resolution, 1 page. Attached to agenda item: “NEW BUSINESS — Rob Luntz, architect, representative for John & Kerry Whelan of Switch Inc Electrical Contractors---25 North Riverside Avenue--Located in the C-1 R (A) Riverside Commercial District and designated on the T”
Retrieved 2026-04-15 from the village's meeting portal.
View the original PDF ↗
Also attached to this agenda item:
25 NRA Completed zba application Redacted
250701 Switch-Electric ZBA Submission Package
Extracted text
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT Rob Luntz, architect, representative for John & Kerry Whelan of Switch
Inc Electrical Contractors, has applied to the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson for a
rear yard variance from Village Zoning Code Sections 230-35 for a 2nd Story addition to an existing commercial
property. 25 North Riverside Ave is located in the C-1 R (A) Riverside Commercial District and designated on the
Tax Maps of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson as Section 78.08 Block 3 Lot 63 & 64.
This proposed action is considered a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)
therefore, no Negative Declaration is required.
A public hearing having been held after due notice, this Board, after reviewing the application and viewing the
premises and neighborhood concerned, finds:
1. □ No undesirable change in the character of the neighborhood nor detriment to nearby properties will
be produced by the granting of the variance.
□ An undesirable change in the character of the neighborhood and/or detriment to nearby properties
will be produced by the granting of the variance.
2. The benefit sought by the applicant CAN/CANNOT be achieved by a method other than the requested
variance;
3. The requested variance IS/IS NOT substantial;
4. The proposed variance WILL/WILL NOT have an adverse effect or impact on the physical or
environmental conditions in the neighborhood or district;
5. The difficulty alleged by the applicant WAS/WAS NOT self-created.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a rear yard variance of 28.67ft for a 2nd story addition to an
existing commercial building be GRANTED subject to the following conditions, and further finds the variance
granted herein is the minimum variance necessary and adequate.
Motion:
Second:
Vote: AYES ____ NAYS ____
Condition(s):
1. That, according to Section 230-164(E), “Unless work is commenced and diligently prosecuted within one
(1) year of the date of the granting of a variance or special permit, such variance or special permit shall
become null and void.”
2. That, the variance is granted based on the plans and other documents submitted in support of the
application.
7/22/25
Machine-extracted for search and reference — the original PDF is the authoritative version.