📐 Planning Board
Croton Planning Board tells trustees it does not need an alternate member
Oct 7, 2025
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Reviewing a referred local law on Oct. 7, the Planning Board said it sees no need for an alternate member and will tell the Board of Trustees so, while suggesting the Zoning Board of Appeals could use one; a Truesdale Drive resident called the proposal an attempt to pack the board. Earlier the board voted 5-0 to approve amended plans for the three-story apartment building at 25 South Riverside Ave., swapping a concrete ADA ramp for a lift and adding a condition to green the rear retaining wall.
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Key Actions & Decisions
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Amended site plan for Croton Riverside, LLC at 25 South Riverside Ave. approved 5-0, with three conditions: updated landscape plans reflecting the neighbor agreement, retaining-wall certification before a certificate of occupancy, and ivy or similar planting to green the rear wall
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Public hearing on the amended site plan opened 5-0 and closed 5-0; no one spoke, and a letter from neighbor Lauren Davis was read into the record by Chairman Rob Luntz
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On Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2025, the board will send the trustees a memo opposing an alternate member for the Planning Board while noting the Zoning Board of Appeals may benefit from one; no vote was required
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September 16, 2025 minutes approved 4-0, with Steve Krisky abstaining because he was absent
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The board asked that its draft parkland-fee memo be rewritten to seek a waiver of the recreation fee for accessory dwelling units rather than discretion over it