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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Port Chester public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Church expansion parking relief at 35 Traverse Avenue
The Spanish United Pentecostal Church needs 19 more parking spaces by variance to expand. The applicant argues most congregants walk, carpool or bus, and nearby municipal lots are empty at service times; the ZBA will take up the variance.
Restaurant outdoor dining at 179 Rectory Street
A longtime Port Chester restaurant wants to cover its legal 46-seat patio with a permanent steel-framed canopy so it can seat diners roughly nine months a year instead of three or four.
Capitol Theatre marquee message boards
The historic theatre wants to replace its manually changed letter panels with LED screens. The board is weighing safety and convenience benefits against concerns about brightness at night and the risk of the screens becoming advertising boards.
D&B Company shipping containers interpretation
A code-violation fight over shipping containers used for storage behind an auto parts business has dragged on for months of adjournments. The chair is openly frustrated that the containers remain in place while the case stalls.
Downtown development 3D build-out model
Trustee Dundon wants an RFP for a 3D virtual model showing what approved downtown development will look like, so the board and public can see the full picture instead of judging projects one at a time. The board will ask the IDA/LDC to help fund it.
68 Indian Road driveway and front-yard parking variances
A homeowner sought variances to keep parking in the front yard and widen the driveway to 19'4". The board denied it after seeing three or more cars parked out front despite a two-car condition, meaning the front-yard parking must end.
101 Midland Avenue rezoning correction
A private petition asks to rezone 99-101 Midland Avenue back to CD-4, apparently fixing a tax-mapping error that left it out of the Midland Avenue corridor rezoning. The commission endorsed it and suggested the village look at rezoning the whole strip to avoid repeat petitions.
15 N. Main Street building permit extension
The commission recommended a second one-year extension of the site plan approval to April 25, 2027, sparing the owner a roughly $400,000 payment-in-lieu-of-parking fee that would apply if the project restarted.