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General News: Parking Issues Surface at Planning Board
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| The River Bank restaurant wants to expand into the adjoining building. |
January 18, 2008
Parking in the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson emerged as a central issue at a planning board meeting this week.
Two projects before the board, the renovation of the Storm King Theater and the expansion of the River Bank restaurant, will both require additional parking to meet the code requirements.
Tony Missere, who owns the River Bank restaurant at 7 River Avenue, wants to expand into the white building next door. Missere said that the plan would require 21 parking spaces to accommodate diners at the restaurant. He noted that his property could provide four spaces in the driveway the way things are currently configured.
Renovation plans at the Storm King Theater, which is right next to the River Bank restaurant, calls for as many as 285 seats. Owner Ray Yannone told the planning board that a verbal agreement between the village and the theater’s former owner guaranteed theater-goers use of the parking spaces in the municipal lot, which used to part of the theater’s property. There are 47 spaces in the lot.
Planning board chair Mary Aspin told both of the applicants that the board would like to see exactly what the parking requirements would be for the two operations before the plans can move ahead.
Barbara Gosda, who has been studying parking issues as a member of the Village Square Improvement Committee, told the planning board that the committee is developing a “shared parking concept” with businesses and schools that do not use their parking spaces in the evening. She said that they are looking at spaces at the Lulves Funeral Home, Market on Hudson, the Hudson Center, the school administration building and the elementary school.
The bottom line for the committee, she said, was that people will have to walk a bit as well. “We will not take down historic buildings,” she told the board, “we will not change the character of the village to provide parking.”
Planning board member Lee Murphy noted that everyone wants smart growth and said “we are running up against the brick wall of parking.” Murphy also serves as chairman of the Master Plan Committee, which is recommending that the village expand its parking resources.
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As Barbara Gosda well knows (since she was an active member), that the MasterPlan committee never proposed the destruction of historic buildings...or any buildings for that matter...to create parking...and that the Master Plan is replete with references to maintaining the character of the Village. But that doesn't mean that we don't have parking needs that will grow with revitalization. Barbara's committee may also be unrealistic in its contention that people will walk from as
far away as St. Thomas's
(shared) parking all the way down to RiverBank or
Painter's to eat. A revived movie theater and
a restaurant virtually doubled in size will surely strain parking in the Village Center, whether we like it or not.
Lee Murphy, Chair, Master
Plan Committee
Hudson St., CoH
posted by Lee Murphy on 01/19/08 at 1:14 PM
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Mr.Lee Murphy,
In a small village no one but a few want to see land taken up with parking lots its not only displeasing to the eye but displeasing to the character of a village and also environmentally unfriendly. Please rethink your views as they are not popular with myself or many other residents who call this our home. Maybe instead of putting an effort into parking it would be more beneficial if we could make a change with your neighbor Cumberland farms in which is an eyesore to this village. That would be a worthwhile endeavor.
JB
posted by jcbike1 on 01/20/08 at 2:18 PM
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And this mr Murphy is a walking village maybe we should concentrate on that mindset to our visitors. people come here to rid themselves of the hustle and bustle.
JB
posted by jcbike1 on 01/20/08 at 2:22 PM
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