Continuum Presents Changes to Project Proposal

Developers for the Continuum assisted living and dementia care community, planned for 30 S. Broadway in Irvington, presented changes to its proposal at Wednesday’s Irvington Planning Board meeting.

Continuum Company LLC’s Executive Vice President Scott Aaron explained that the original proposal of a 132,000 sq. ft. facility, including basements and underground sub grade, was reduced to 115,000 sq. ft. The original plan measured 105,000 sq. ft. from the above front sill grade across the site, which was reduced to 71,000 sq. ft.

According to Aaron, more than 50 percent of the property is “green space."

In the northwest corner of the 4.63 acre property, also known as the F.E.E.(Foudation for Economic Education) site— the memory care building that previously sat within the side yard setback was moved 30 ft. to the south, reducing the number of units in the building.

The number of beds on site went down from 168 to 146.

The below grade parking previously planned for beneath the memory care building was eliminated. Aaron said this also eliminates the need for an active driveway along the Croton Aqueduct Trail. Additional parking spaces will be added to an above grade parking lot that currently exists on the north side of the site.

According to Aaron, contractors will no longer have to excavate beneath this part of the site. This along with the re-grading of the site will reduce previously estimated truck traffic, from vehicles removing soil off-site, from 700 to 350 trucks.

Moving the building out of the buffer also created opportunity for cars to be parked along the north side of the site and allow for landscaping. Contractors will be parking offsite and be bussed in, as there will be a limited amount of parking on site during construction.

The house on site will be moved 10 ft. to the south, and 10 ft. to the west, the height of the house was reduced from 48.5 ft. to 33.5 ft.

To address concerns about left turns being made out of the driveway onto Broadway, a no left turn sign will be placed on site. The Village would deem what hours the restrictions be enforced.

The Village’s consultant and the developer’s consultant both agree that the level of traffic on Broadway will not change if the project is built, Aaron said. 

A tree company hired by the developer determined that 118 trees will have to be chopped down for the project, with 48 of them currently being in poor or worse condition. Continuum will re-plant 173 trees on site.

The visual impact of property will be minimized from several different streets since the entire third floor on the southeast side of the property will be taken out, a reduction of almost 4,000 sq. ft. 

Click on the PDF for the views of the project from different streets and here for the updated FEIS documents.

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