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TOWN OF GREENBURGH
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
*DRAFT* AGENDA
THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 – 7:00 P.M.

Please Take Notice that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Greenburgh will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY and also online via Zoom. If you would like to participate via Zoom please pre-register through the Department of Community Development and Conservation by emailing publichearing@greenburghny.com or calling 914-989-1530, specifying the application(s) that you would like to speak on. Instructions to participate will then be emailed to you. All persons interested in viewing the meeting live can do so via the Town’s website at https://greenburghny.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetingss or local Altice Channel 76 and Verizon/FiOS Channel 35. In addition, individuals may submit comments via email to publichearing@greenburghny.com, or regular mail to Town of Greenburgh, attn: CD&C, 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY, 10607, and such comments will be made part of the record. Application materials can be found at the following link: https://greenburghny.com/596/_-Active-Applications---Zoning-Board-of-Appeals

OLD CASES

Case No. ZBA 24-31: Jay & Jinary Cotto, 19 Primrose Avenue W. (P.O. White Plains, NY 10607) – Area Variance

Applicant is requesting an area variance from Section 285-14B(5)(b) of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the minimum distance between the side property line and driveway from 12 ft (required) to 0 ft (proposed), in order to legalize a driveway expansion on the subject property. The property is located in the R-10 One Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 7.540-327-9

Case No. ZBA 24-32A: Sal Olivia, 279 Jackson Avenue (P.O. Scarsdale, NY 10583) – Amend Condition of a Previously Granted Decision

Applicant is seeking to amend condition #5 of a previous decision (ZBA Case 24-32) granting certain variances for its nonconforming nursery on condition that they would lapse if Yonkers denies subdivision approval for a portion of its property in that municipality. Applicant requests that the following variances be exempt from the lapse condition: from Section 285-12B(3)(d) of the Zoning Ordinance to increase the maximum impervious surface coverage from 29% (permitted) to 59.2% (proposed); from section 285-12B(5)(b) to reduce the minimum setback from a side property line to the existing nursery gravel parking area from 16 ft (required) to 0 ft (proposed); and from Section 285-42(C)(1) to increase a nonconforming nursery use thereby increasing such nonconformance, to legalize the expansion of a nonconforming nursery (expansion of material storage areas and construction of several accessory structures) on the subject property. The property is located in the R-20 One Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 8.580-399-2, 8.580-399-3, 8.580-399-4

Case No. ZBA 25-07: Aidan Ruane c/o Theodore Rieper, Architect, 67 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY 10607) – Use Variance

Applicant is requesting a use variance from Section 267-(b)(2)(b) of the New York State Town Law to legalize the conversion of a single-family residence to a three-family residence. The property is located in the R-5 One Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 8.10-7-6

THIS CASE WAS CLOSED FOR DECISION ONLY

Case No. ZBA 25-08: Zhen Tan c/o Hudson Engineering & Consulting, P.C., 56 Dobbs Ferry Road (P.O. White Plains, NY 10607) – Area Variance

Applicant is requesting an area variance from Section 285-35D(1) (Table I) of the Zoning Ordinance to increase the maximum lot coverage from 35% (permitted), 37.4% (existing) to 58.22% (proposed) for the extension/construction of a driveway with 6 parking spaces for a pre-existing nonconforming use requiring six off-street parking spaces for 3 apartments within a three family dwelling. The property is located in the R-5-LTF - One Family - Limited Two-Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 7.480-295-37

NEW CASES

Case No. ZBA 25-04: David S. Chao, 0 Clayton Road Subdivision (P.O. Scarsdale, NY 10583) – Area Variances

Applicant is requesting area variances in order to subdivide the subject property into three lots (two residential lots [Lots 1 and 2] and a non-buildable shared-access driveway lot [Lot 3]). In order to do so, Applicant is requesting the following variances: For residential Lot 1: from Section 285-39(C)(9)(c) of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the minimum required street frontage from 25 ft. (required) to 0 ft. (proposed); and from Section 285-11B(5)(b) to reduce the minimum distance between an accessway and side property line from 18 ft (require) to 0 ft (proposed). For residential Lot 2: from section 285-39(C)(9)(c) to reduce the minimum required street frontage from 25 ft. (required) to 0 ft. (proposed); and from section 285-11B(5)(b) to reduce the minimum distance between an accessway and side property line from 18 ft (required) to 0 ft (proposed). For Lot 3: from Section 285-11B(5)(b) to reduce the minimum distance from the accessway to the west side property line from 18 ft. (required) to 15 ft. (proposed); and from section 285-11B(5)(b) to reduce the minimum distance from the driveway to the east side property line from 18 ft. (required) to 15 ft. (proposed). The property is located in the R-30 One Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 8.400-281-31

Case No. ZBA 25-12: Andrew Sherman, 115 Heath Place (P.O. Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706) – Area Variance

Applicant is requesting an area variance from Section 258-40C(1)(b) of the Zoning Ordinance to reduce the distance between a deck and the front property line from 20 ft (required) to 13.7 ft (proposed), in order to construct a new wood deck on the subject property. The property is located in the R-10 One Family Residence District and is designated on the Town Tax Map as parcel ID: 8.610-421-61

DATE FOR NEXT MEETING
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Greenburgh Zoning Board of Appeals will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2025 beginning at 7:00 pm.