Below is a suggested email that you can use to "Sign and Send" to the Altamont Village Planning Board regarding the approval of the Stewart’s site plan during the open comment period which ends Monday, 5/11.
There are 2 options to "Sign and Send" and with either option you can make any edits you want before sending your email.
We also suggest that if you are a resident of the Village of Altamont, you indicate that under your name when you sign the email.
- Option 1: Simply use the "Click to open email for sending" button below.
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- If option 1 does not work for you for some reason, you can click the copy buttons that are next to each part of the email below and then paste them into your email manually. This option will better preserve formatting with most email client software, but requires a few more steps. Again, if you are a resident of Village of Altamont, please indicate that under your name when you sign the email.
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Attention: Ginger Hannah villageadmin@nycap.rr.com and Patty Blackwood altamontclerk@nycap.rr.com.
Dear Members of the Altamont Planning Board,
Please consider alternatives to Stewart’s proposed plans for expansion in Altamont:
- Building design, size and property layout
- The Planning Board should require Stewart’s to resubmit a site plan that conforms with the village character.
- The proposed Stewart’s design is a standardized model being built at its new locations, including four-lane suburban streets and small villages alike. Altamont, a small village which has extensive Victorian architecture and is listed on the historic register has a unique character that the Planning Board must consider in reviewing the site plan.
- The proposed model includes an overly large, generic-style building unsuited for this village location, a massive paved surface, bright white lighting from multiple sources on the property and a prominent, lighted digital sign. These combined features will create a focus that detracts from the neighborhood.
- The proposed layout is intended, in part, to accommodate new diesel fuel customers, such as delivery vans that require more circulation space and a higher canopy than are now in place. Since Stewart’s doesn’t currently sell diesel fuel, the Planning Board should consider the negative implications for adding the sale of this product, such as increased traffic, noise and air pollution, as well as the added paved surface.
- Adverse impact on bordering property at 111 Helderberg Avenue
- The Planning Board should require changes to the site plan to reduce the adverse impact on the neighboring property.
- The condensing and H-VAC units at the rear of Stewart’s are noisy and run nearly continuously. These units should be moved to the side of the building away from Carol Rothenberg’s house at 111 Helderberg Avenue. This placement was done at the Duanesburg store and should also be possible to do in Altamont to reduce the disturbance. Alternatively, the units could be moved further down on the rear of the building closer to the creek to be further from Carol’s house. Consider the decibel level.
- The retaining wall Stewart’s intends to place between the rear of the store and Carol’s house is six feet away, then angles to 16 feet from her property line as it extends toward the creek. The retaining wall will be placed four feet into the ground, cutting into the roots of Carol’s six-story Norway Spruce tree. The damage to the tree roots may well affect the health of the tree. Moving the condensing and HVAC units units from the rear to the creek side would create the space for the retaining wall/fence to be brought closer to the Stewart’s building. This will also decrease the noise of the condensing and H-VAC units. More space between the properties would also allow more plantings as a buffer.
Thanks for your consideration.
Sincerely,