The Board of Trustees has inspected Parcels 13, 25 and 28 of Sheet 1
and Lot 3, Block 601, of Sheet 1 ("parcels") of the Village Tax Map and has
reviewed topographic surveys showing proposed developments of said parcels
under a clustered subdivision plan and a conventional subdivision plan. The
Board of Trustees has determined that the parcels form a unique shape with
a long, narrow, private access, that the parcels contain and abut open land
areas, including the Old Croton Aqueduct and county open space property (Lenore
Preserve), and that the parcels abut a residential institution (Graham-Windham
School) and an apartment house. The Board of Trustees further finds that the
views, terrain and elevations are such that a clustered housing development
is likely to be less visible from surrounding areas than a conventional one-family
home development.
The Board of Trustees finds that the creation of a clustered housing
district confined to the parcels will result in a substantially diminished
impact upon the community or change in the general appearance of the village
and neighboring properties and is less likely to be seen by persons passing
by or on Broadway, and will substantially promote the conservation and enhancement
of natural beauty and resources on land not topographically suitable for the
construction of a conventional one-family home subdivision.
