Plaza project back before Planning Board
KINGSTON, N.Y. » Developers of the Kingston Waterfront Plaza may soon get an official recommendation to obtain a building permit, according to Planning Board Chairman Wayne Platte.
Platte said Wednesday the project is, once again, before his panel at an April 16 meeting at City Hall. The meeting starts at 6 p.m.
Platte pointed out the project was given conditional site plan approval in February. Those conditions included the developers outlining more information about landscaping at the building’s rear, along with a detailed window design.
“We wanted to make it look a little more presentable,” said Platte, referring to landscaping at the building’s rear where it borders a city street.
Usually, Platte said, approvals with conditions are eventually reviewed by the city’s Planning Office. If the office finds that the conditions have been met, it makes a recommendation to the city’s Building Safety Division to issue a building permit. Platte said the conditions placed on the Kingston Waterfront Plaza project were more significant than usual, so a fuller Planning Board review was warranted. He said another vote would be taken.
If details are not provided to the Planning Board’s liking, the vote would be delayed.
If the Planning Board does favor the conditions, a positive building permit recommendation will likely be made by the Planning Office, Platte said.
The developers plan to construct a building that will include 32 residential units, along with 11,760 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. A plaza is to be created at the front of the building, facing East Strand and across from the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
The residential units will include eight studio apartments, 20 one-bedroom apartments and four twobedroom units.
The developer has previously agreed to remove a 30-foot section of an existing apartment building to open up the view of the new structure. The section of the existing apartment building to be removed is perpendicular to East Strand, and the end of the building could be painted with a mural similar to the one at the Maritime Museum.