Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments APPENDIX M Correspondence with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Continued Ferrandino & Associates Inc. May 2014
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.8 rttttttttttttttttttttttttttftyyyyyyyf Ferrandino & Associates Inc.
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.9 Map Key: 1 Map Key: 2 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-37 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-36 Property Address: 231 S. 5 th Avenue Property Address: 233 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1905 Construction Date (circa): 1914
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.10 Map Key: 3 Map Key: 4 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-35 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-34 Property Address: 235 S. 5 th Avenue Property Address: 237 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Construction Date (circa): 1900
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.11 Map Key: 5 Map Key: 6 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-33 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-31 Property Address: 239 S. 5 th Avenue Property Address: 245 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Construction Date (circa): 1900
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.12 Map Key: 7 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-30 Property Address: 247 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Map Key: 8 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-29 Property Address: 251 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1907
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.13 Map Key: 9 Map Key: 10 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-28 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-27 Property Address: 255 S. 5 th Avenue Property Address: 259 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Construction Date (circa): 1896
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.14 Map Key: 11 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-25 & 26 Property Address: 263 S. 5 th Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1960 Top Left: Property 11 Right: Gas station on Properties 11 & 12 263 S. 5 th Avenue 265 S. 5 th Avenue Image Below: House on Property 12 Map Key: 12 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-25 Property Address: 263 S. 5 th Avenue 9 W. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): NA
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.15 Map Key: 13 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3089-24 Property Address: 5 W. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): 1928
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.16 Map Key: 14 Tax Map Number: 169.30-3090-3 Property Address: 4 W. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): 1924
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.17 Map Key: 15 Tax Map Number: 169.23-3108-1 Property Address: 8 E. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): 1924
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.18 Map Key: 16 Tax Map Number: 169.23-3115-1 Property Address: 20 E. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): 1913
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.19 Map Key: 17 Tax Map Number: 169.23-3114-22 Property Address: 19 E. 4 th Street Construction Date (circa): 1905
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.20
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.21 Map Key: 1 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3109-7 Property Address: 218 S. 3rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1928
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.22 Map Key: 2 Map Key: 3 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3109-6 Tax Map Number: 169.22-3109-5 Property Address: 214 S. 3rd Avenue Property Address: 210 S. 3rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1908 Construction Date (circa): 1908
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.23 Map Key: 4 Tax Map Number: 165.78-3113-11 Property Address: 23 E. 3rd Street Construction Date (circa): 1906?
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.24 Map Key: 5 Map Key: 6 Tax Map Number: 165.79-3114-35 Tax Map Number: 165.79-3114-34 Property Address: 205 S. 3rd Avenue Property Address: 207 S. 3rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Construction Date (circa): 1900
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.25 Map Key: 7 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-33 Property Address: 205 S. 3rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.26 Map Key: 8 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-29 Property Address: 221 S. 3 rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Map Key: 9 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-28 Property Address: 227 S. 3 rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1924
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.27 Map Key: 10 Map Key: 11 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-27 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-26 Property Address: 233 S. 3rd Avenue Property Address: 237 S. 3rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1900 Construction Date (circa): 1900
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.28 Map Key: 12 & 13 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-25 & 36 Property Address: 243-245 S. 3 rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1922
Proposed Urban Renewal Area Photo Inventory NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation B.29 Map Key: 12 & 13 Tax Map Number: 165.23-3114-24 Property Address: 257 S. 3 rd Avenue Construction Date (circa): 1925
Preliminary Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments 4.3 Historic and Archaeological Resources This section evaluates the components of the Proposed Action that serve to protect or enhance the existing historic and archaeological resources. 4.3.1 Existing Conditions In an effort to preserve and enhance the character of its neighborhoods, several recommendations pertaining to historic preservation and historic resources were included in the 2011 Draft Comprehensive Plan. These recommendations include: the exploration of historic preservation ordinances and policies to preserve and maintain building quality and character; and updates to the City s inventory of historic resources utilizing New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (OPRHP) protocols. A 1986 study conducted by D Amore Design Studio Architects and Planners on behalf of the Department of Planning and Community Development may serve as a starting point. The study provides an inventory of structures deemed potentially eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The study pointed out that the south side of Mount Vernon possessed the oldest housing stock in the City, including many of the original 100 homes from the initial settlement of the City; however many of the homes no longer existed or were in a state of severe disrepair which precluded the area from being listed as an historic district. While the study concluded that there are no neighborhoods in Mount Vernon that would qualify as historic districts, it did identify some 30 individual structures as candidates for possible inclusion on the National Register. Though not officially designated on the New York State or National Historic Registers, five brownstone style urban flats (the Modern Flats ) within the proposed Urban Renewal Area were recognized in the Study as architecturally significant due to the good condition of the building cornice and the notable detail in the individual entrances to the buildings. While the intervening three decades have not been kind to the buildings, the proposed Townhouse Preservation Sub-District (UR-PUD-S4-TP) within the proposed Urban Renewal Area is designed to encompass and establish mechanisms to preserve the five Modern Flats on South Third Avenue (see Sections 3 and 4.1 of this GEIS). At present, no properties within the proposed Urban Renewal Area have been designated as a New York State Historic Site. Mount Vernon has already obtained National Register designation for several appropriate buildings in the City, several of which were identified in the 1986 Study. As of February 2014, there are five (5) officially designated properties), two (2) of which are located within the proposed project s Land Use Study Area: the John Stevens House and Trinity Episcopal Church Complex (see Table 4.3.1 and Map 4.3.1). Ferrandino & Associates Inc. 4.3-1 Draft April 2014
Preliminary Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments Table 4.3.1: Properties on the National Landmark Register Property Name Address Year Built Year Designated First United Methodist Church 227 E. Lincoln Ave. 1900-1901 2000 St. Paul s Church Nat l Historic Site 897 S. Columbus Ave 1765 1966 The John Stevens House 29 W. Fourth St 1849-1851 1972 Trinity Episcopal Church Complex 335 Fourth Ave 1859-1954 1998 US Post Office Mount Vernon 15 S. First Ave 1915 1989 Source: Ferrandino & Associates Inc. & National Park Service, 2014. The John Stevens House Purchased by John Stevens in 1850, this home, which is one of two designated properties located within the Land Use Study Area, was constructed by Sylvanus Purdy, owner of one of the original five farms that constituted the land purchase of the Industrial Home Association No. 1. Since it was built before the subdivision of the original purchase, it did not conform to the original gridplan, and remains one of the few buildings in this section of the City that does not. Stevens House was the center of early activity of the new suburb. Meetings of the Association took place here, and the selection of lots from the subdivision took place in the barn on the property (no longer standing) in 1851. Trinity Episcopal Church Complex The second of two designated properties located within the Land Use Study Area, the Trinity Episcopal Church Complex consists of the church (1859), old parish hall (1892), new parish hall (1909; 1954) all connected to form an L shaped building, and rectory (1893). The church was built in the Gothic Revival style and enlarged and substantially redecorated in the 1880s. It is a one story masonry structure with a steeply pitched, slate covered gable roof. Ground that the present buildings stand on was originally part of the five farms purchased for the future Village of Mount Vernon. The site has also been used as a village green, a parade ground and the location of the City s first Fourth of July celebration. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. 4.3-2 Draft April 2014
Preliminary Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments Ferrandino & Associates Inc. 4.3-3 Draft April 2014
Preliminary Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments 4.3.2 Anticipated Impacts As all of the nationally recognized historic structures in the City of Mount Vernon are located outside of the proposed Urban Renewal Area, the adoption and implementation of the Proposed Action by the City of Mount Vernon will not in and of itself adversely impact the City s historical and archaeological resources identified on the National Register. The Proposed Action also does not directly authorize any particular development project on or adjacent to the designated historic resources. The purpose of the UR-PUD-S4 Overlay Zone is to preserve the special character of architecturally and culturally significant structures while fostering the development of high-rise mixed use buildings within the proposed Urban Renewal Area. Additionally, the proposed UR- PUD-S4-TP Overlay Zone is designed to preserve the special character of the five Modern Flats, identified by the City as architecturally significant structures. As all but one of these structures are in poor condition with multiple code violations, the Proposed Action will further enhance the existing historical resources within the City of Mount Vernon by establishing a framework for preserving, maintaining and restoring the Modern Flats. In Section 4.2, a Shadow Study analysis under full build-out conditions was undertaken to assess the impact of potential shadows on the historic, cultural and institutional resources, determining an impact only if shadows affect the character, use, survival or enjoyment of the resources. The full build-out analysis, which represents a worst-case-scenario, will have no impact on the sunlight that reaches the two National Historic Register places which are located within the Shadow Study Area and are considered to be sunlight sensitive, the John Stevens House and the Trinity Episcopal Church Complex. However, the proposed Urban Renewal Area will allow for significantly taller buildings adjacent to the Modern Flats, which, if fully built out, will completely shade the Modern Flats during the morning and evenings throughout the year. As there will be some increased shading there will be some impact on historic resources within the Land Use Study Area; however, the additional shading will not adversely impact the architectural qualities of the Modern Flats and is thus not considered significant. A packet with detailed background information on the Proposed Project, dated February 5, 2014, was submitted to the Division of Historic Preservation at the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP). The response from NYS OPRHP, dated February 18, 2014, required an inventory of properties within and immediately adjacent to the proposed Urban Renewal Area, with images and construction dates. Compliance with this request required extensive research and compilation, including researching construction dates for buildings sited on over 110 individual properties in the City of Mount Vernon Department of Assessment and going out into the field to take images of over 40 properties immediately adjacent to the proposed Urban Renewal Area. This supplemental information has been submitted to NYS OPRHP, and a response is pending. See Appendix L for the initial February 5, 2014 submission to NYS OPRHP and official February 18, 2014 letter of response from the NYS OPRHP. 4.3.3 Proposed Mitigation While the adoption and implementation of the Proposed Action by the City of Mount Vernon will not, in and of itself, impact land use because it does not directly authorize any particular development project, several mitigation measures for the adverse impacts discussed above are recommended below. Additional appropriate mitigation measures would also be further Ferrandino & Associates Inc. 4.3-4 Draft April 2014
Preliminary Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street Urban Renewal Plan Plan Adoption, Zoning Code and Map Amendments explored in the site-specific environmental impact statements required for each individual development project within the Urban Renewal Area prior to approval by the appropriate authority. Focused density. The Urban Design Guidelines recommend that the highest-density development in the Urban Renewal Area be focused at the intersection of the South Fourth Avenue-East Third Street commercial corridors. Development density would then taper off along South Fourth Avenue and East/West Third Streets and along South Third and Fifth Avenues. This tapered density could come from reduced building heights, increased building step-backs and yard setbacks or some combination thereof. This scenario would keep properties abutting the Modern Flats at a height of approximately 70 feet, significantly less than the UR-PUD-S4 Zoning Overlay maximum allowable height of 120 feet. Revisions to yard requirements. Revisions to the front yard setbacks to make them more contextual and the addition of maximum side yard setbacks could mitigate some of the adverse impacts from additional shading. These changes could potentially help to mitigate some of the shadow impacts by allowing the street wall to be broken at strategic places to allow sunlight through to the Modern Flats, the only historic resources identified that could experience adverse impacts from increased shading. Site-specific architectural mitigations. Additional site-specific architectural mitigations could also help to offset the visual and community character impacts of individual development projects. It is important to note that the shadow models analyzed in Section 4.3 are based upon a worst case scenario for the design of the building on the Site. Any building design proposed for these Sites would have to comply with the bulk and design regulations under the proposed UR-PUD-S4 Overlay Zone, which could mitigate some of the potentially adverse shadow impacts observed for the Modern Flats. Though the potential additional shading will not adversely impact the architectural qualities of the Modern Flats, any additional measures to mitigate adverse shadow impacts on these historical resources would be examined in detail during a site-specific SEQR analysis. Ferrandino & Associates Inc. 4.3-5 Draft April 2014
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 A B C D E Mount Vernon South Fourth Ave./East Third Street Urban Renewal Study Area, Westchester Co. 14PR00538 SHPO Staff review Eligible for NR? Section, Block & Lot # Addre ss Street Notes Undetermined 165.78 3110 20 163 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 06 214 SOUTH THIRD AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 12 242 SOUTH THIRD AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 13 244 SOUTH THIRD AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 14 246 SOUTH THIRD AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 15 248 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 165.78 3088 21 158 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 2 10 EAST THIRD ST Not 169.22 3089 2 10 WEST THIRD ST Not 165.78 3110 24 153 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 165.78 3088 20 156 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 165.78 3110 23 157 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 165.78 3110 22 159 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 4 16 EAST THIRD ST Not 165.78 3110 21 161 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 1 201 SOUTH SIXTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 36 205 SOUTH SIXTH AVE Not 165.79 3114 35 205 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 44 207 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 165.79 3114 34 207 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 43 209 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 33 209 SOUTH THIRD AVE** Not 169.22 3084 05 210 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 6 210 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 35 211 SOUTH SIXTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 06 214 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 41 215 SOUTY FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 30 217 SOUTH FOURTH AVE 1924 Not 169.22.3089 6 218, 222, 224 South Fourth Ave Not 169.22 3084 07 218 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 29 221 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3084 08 222 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 39 223 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 38 227 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 28 227 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3109 29 229 SOUTH FOURTH AVE 1949 Not 165.78 3113 11 23 EAST THIRD STREET Not 169.22 3089 12 230 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 37 231 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not on original spreadsheet
1 2 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 A B C D E Mount Vernon South Fourth Ave./East Third Street Urban Renewal Study Area, Westchester Co. 14PR00538 SHPO Staff review Eligible for NR? Section, Block & Lot # Addre ss Street Notes Not 169.22 3089 13 232 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 36 233 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 27 233 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 14 234 SOUTH FOURTH AVE 1928 Not 169.22 3109 9 234 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 35 235 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 34 237 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 26 237 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 16 238 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 10 238 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 33 239 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 3 24 WEST THIRD ST Not 169.23 3114 25 243 SOUTH THIRD AVE 245 Not 169.22 3089 31 245 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 30 247 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 29 251 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 28 255 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.23 3114 24 257 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 169.22 3089 21 258 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3089 27 259 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3084 2 26 WEST THIRD ST Not 169.22 3089 22 260 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 263 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 20 267 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Not 169.22 3109 18 270 SOUTH THIRD AVE Not 165.78 3088 24 7 WEST THIRD ST Not 169.22 3089 25 9 WEST FOURTH ST Not 165.78 3088 25 9 WEST THIRD ST east? Not 169.22 3089 42 213 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Undetermined 169.22 3109 3 12 EAST THIRD ST Undetermined 169.22 3109 1 2 EAST THIRD ST Undetermined 169.22 3089 3 202 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Undetermined 169.22 3089 1 205 SOUTH FIFTH AVE Undetermined 169.22 3089 11 226 SOUTH FOURTH AVE 1915 Undetermined 169.22 3084 09 230 SOUTH FIFTH AVE 1929 Undetermined 165.78 3088 22 160 SOUTH FOURTH AVE Undetermined 169.23 3114 22 19 EAST FOURTH ST 1905 Undetermined 169.23 3115 01 20 EAST FOURTH ST 1913 Undetermined 169.22 3109 05 210 SOUTH THIRD AVE 1908 Undetermined 169.22 3109 07 218 SOUTH THIRD AVE 1928
1 2 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 A B C D E Mount Vernon South Fourth Ave./East Third Street Urban Renewal Study Area, Westchester Co. 14PR00538 SHPO Staff review Eligible for NR? Section, Block & Lot # Addre ss Street Notes Undetermined 169.22 3109 11 240 SOUTH THIRD AVE Undetermined 169.30 3090 03 4 WEST FOURTH ST Undetermined 169.22 3089 24 5 WEST FOURTH ST 1928 Undetermined 169.22.3108 01 8 EAST FOURTH ST 169.22 3089 26 265 SOUTH FIFTH AVE* *Property is located on Lots 25 & 26 **Address given in our packet was incorrect (previously listed as 205 S. 3rd Ave)