📐 Planning Board
Planning Board approves off-plan walls a week after neighbor's lawyers demanded a stop-work order
Dec 9, 2025
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The Planning Board voted 5-0 on Dec. 9 to approve an amended minor site plan for retaining walls at 23 Nordica Drive that were built closer to a property line than the 2023 approval allowed, seven days after a law firm for the adjacent neighbor demanded a stop-work order and the denial of a certificate of occupancy. The board also adopted revised Rules and Procedures moving its regular meetings to the second and fourth Tuesday of the month.
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Approved the Amended Minor Site Plan for Mark Franzoso at 23 Nordica Drive (Section 79.13, Block 4, Lot 64, RA-9 district), 5-0, on a motion by Geoffrey Haynes seconded by John Ghegan. Conditions: all conditions of the June 20, 2023 minor site plan resolution remain in effect, and an as-built survey must be submitted with the certificate of occupancy application.
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Classified the amended application a Type II action under SEQRA, requiring no negative declaration.
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Village Engineer Vincent Salanitro told the board the walls as built are zoning compliant, and his Dec. 2 memo says the north-side wall, though closer to the property line than approved, meets zoning requirements.
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A Dec. 2 Levin Law Group demand letter for neighbor Russell H. Davies of 27 Nordica Drive sought an inspection, a stop-work order, permit revocation, penalties and denial of the certificate of occupancy. According to the minutes, Village Attorney Dan Pozin advised that approving the amended plan addressed the letter's concerns.
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Steve Krisky disclosed an unsolicited conversation with Davies and declined to recuse himself.
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Adopted revised Planning Board Rules and Procedures, 5-0, on a motion by Steve Krisky seconded by John Ghegan: regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month; the deputy chairperson serves as acting chairperson in the chairperson's absence; written communications due by noon the day before a meeting for inclusion in the backup material; no time limit for applicants to speak; standing agenda time for liaison and village engineer reports.