Mt. Kisco P.B. Chair Demands Car Dealership Landscape Plan
The chairman of the Mount Kisco Planning Board has demanded that the owner of Arroway Chevrolet/Cadillac have a landscaping plan as part of its project to expand its car dealership by 3,000 square feet, enclose the roof and changes the front of the structure.
The car dealership, which is located at 175 N. Bedford Rd., is seeking site plan approval, and a special permit and a wetland permit.
Chairman Joseph Cosentino made his comments during the Aug. 23 meeting after seeing a rendering of the front of the dealership that did not include landscaping. “It looks like hell,” Cosentino said. “You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves. It didn’t show anything as far as landscaping.”
Cosentino said the landscaping plan should include tree shading for the front of what he described as “a major building” in the village. “You need to do something with plantings,” he said.
Scott Blakely, the project’s landscape architect, said the car dealership will have a landscaping plan for the board to review and had intended just to show how the signage and other elements of the front of the building would change at the meeting. Even though landscaping was not shown on the rendition of what is being proposed for the front of the building, “There are various short trees’ already along Route 117 in front of the dealership, he said.
In response to Blakely, Cosentino stressed that he wanted the building to be made attractive with appropriate landscaping. “I want this building to look like nothing else in the village,” he said.
Vincent Franze, the architect for the project, said of the new look of the front of the structure would be done in accordance with specifications made by the national headquarters of General Motors.
Earlier in the meeting, Franze explained the purpose of the project. “We’re looking to separate the Chevrolet and Cadillac dealerships on the site,” he said.
In addition, the car dealership wants to enclose the rooftop level of the building which is used is a parking lot for new vehicles, Franze said.
On top of the roof the car dealership is proposing solar panels to generate energy, Franze said. “I’d like to see that on paper,” planning board Vice Chairman Anthony Sturniolo said and the dealership’s representatives said they would do so.
The discussion of the project is scheduled to continue at the board’s meeting on Sept. 13.
