📐 Planning Board
Builder disputes $12,000 parkland fee as Planning Board approves his Melrose Avenue house
Nov 4, 2025
1:15:35
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Builder Butch Doran won approval for a new house at 73 Melrose Avenue on Nov. 4 and then told the Planning Board that $28,000 in village permits and fees, including a $12,000 parkland fee, is out of scale for one four-bedroom house when affordable multi-unit projects have the fee waived. Chairman Rob Luntz agreed the complaint was legitimate but said the fee schedule belongs to the Village Board of Trustees.
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Key Actions & Decisions
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Approved the minor site plan, excavation and fill permit and stormwater pollution prevention plan for a new single-family house at 73 Melrose Avenue, 5-0, on a motion by Steve Krisky seconded by Geoff Haynes, with three added conditions: runoff calculations for the 100-year storm, a waiver of the off-street parking requirement, and the house height shown on the architectural plans.
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Approved final signage for The Grand at 130 Grand Street, 5-0, on a motion by Geoff Haynes seconded by Steve Krisky, after the board objected to advertising in the building's front flower beds.
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Approved final signage for Monday's Gift Shop at 125 Grand Street, 5-0, on a motion by Eva Thaddeus seconded by Steve Krisky, after clarifying the windows will carry white vinyl lettering on clear glass.
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Approved a building envelope modification at 8 Newton Court for Matthew and Ilana Robinson, 5-0, on a motion by John Ghegan seconded by Eva Thaddeus, conditioned on the applicants seeking a Zoning Board of Appeals variance for the gazebo.
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Told the Village Board of Trustees, on its referral of draft Local Law Introductory No. 14 of 2025, that the Planning Board does not see the need for an alternate member.