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. The gross volume of any new structure should be visually compatible
with the buildings and environment with which it is visually related.
B. 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. 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. The materials used in the final facade(s) should be visually compatible
with the buildings and environment with which it is visually related.
E. 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. 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.