[Added 6-23-2014 by L.L. No. 11-2014, effective 7-10-2014]
A.Â
The Comprehensive Plan Update for the Village of Mamaroneck adopted
February 27, 2012, cites the importance of the historic appearance
and character of the Central Business District and encourages the
establishment of urban design guidelines and streetscape standards
in the Village. The Village Board of Trustees hereby finds that it
is in the long-term interests of the Village of Mamaroneck to encourage
the protection and perpetuation of the historical, architectural and
aesthetic character of the Central Business District which imparts
a sense of the Village's cultural and historic heritage so as to promote
the education, pleasure and welfare of the present and future citizens
of the Village of Mamaroneck and of the public generally.
B.Â
It is further declared to be the purposes of this article to retain
and enhance those properties which contribute to the special character
of the Central Business District and to assure that new construction
and alterations of existing structures are compatible with the character
of this district. The Village Board of Trustees further declares that
these objectives can only be achieved through the adoption of supplementary
design guidelines which shall be applicable to all uses of property
in this district, in addition to the requirements of the underlying
primary zoning district in which such properties are located.
As described in the Comprehensive Plan Update, the Central Business
District is hereby defined for purposes of this article as including
all properties on either side of Mamaroneck Avenue from Boston Post
Road to the railroad tracks.
An application for a building permit for alteration, removal,
or demolition of a building or structure in the Central Business District
shall be accompanied by all applications(s) required for any improvement
to be erected thereafter, and, except in the case of a demolition
of an unsafe building under the Building Code, the Building Inspector
may not take action to approve an application for a building permit
for alteration, removal, or demolition unless and until all said applications(s)
required for any improvement to be erected thereafter have been granted.
In reviewing an application within the Central Business District,
the Planning Board shall take into consideration the visual and aesthetic
relationships between neighboring properties; the design character
of the adjacent buildings; the architectural style of the buildings;
and the height, width and bulk of buildings and structures and their
arrangement on the site so as to assure that all new construction
and all alterations of existing structures will be accomplished in
such a manner as to further the purposes of this article. In reviewing
such applications, the Planning Board shall specifically be guided
by the following standards, which shall be applicable to all facades
of a building or elevations of a structure and to the site plans:
A.Â
The gross volume of any new structure should be visually compatible
with the buildings and environment with which it is visually related.
B.Â
The proportions and relationships between doors and windows in the
street facade(s) should be visually compatible with the buildings
and environment with which it is visually related.
C.Â
The rhythm of solids to voids, created by openings in the facade,
should be visually compatible with the buildings and environment with
which it is visually related.
D.Â
The materials used in the final facade(s) should be visually compatible
with the buildings and environment with which it is visually related.
E.Â
Architectural details should be incorporated as necessary to relate
the new with the old and to preserve and enhance the inherent characteristics
of the area.
F.Â
Proposed parking shall be provided in the rear or underneath the
building to preserve the streetscape and in order to preserve pedestrian
flow, and no new curbcuts should be provided on Mamaroneck Avenue.
