Summary Rose Hills Cemetery – this is an expansion of a use that does not conform to our zoning code. There have been numerous prior variances, and the environmental review did not include this expansion. That constitutes segmentation under state law – SEQRA – State Environmental Quality Review Act. This is the cemetery on Mill Street and Peekskill Hollow Road.
White Rock Road – this is a subdivision off Barger Street that has been ongoing for years under three different contractors, with drainage, wetlands, and blasting problems. The applicant failed to complete the road project within the Planning Board’s timetable, and so the project was referred to the Town Board.
There is still no Planning Board ad hoc member.
Putnam Valley Planning Board February 23, 2009
I arrived at 5:40, and three Planning Board members were already having their illegal pre-meeting in the backroom. It still says 6PM on the agenda. Other members and professionals came in at various times. They talked about Rose Hills Cemetery, with no attorney present. They talked about a bond reduction for Michener, and the project’s engineer came in to present a reworked bond calculation. The Town engineer mentioned White Rock Road. The applicant [...]
Putnam Valley Planning Board
The major issues with the current project are the drawing of 900 gallons per day from the stream and the segmentation of the environmental review. [...]