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  Rye Arts Center

  by User2353, 10 months ago

  While the Art Centers opportunity to expand is desirable, the current concept is totally out of character for the historic nature of the neighborhood. The initial concept of a modernistic design instead of something that complements the surrounding area is a huge misstep in seeking community support. What's more, proposing a parking lot in the front of the building establishes the Center as a commercial zone, not a residential neighborhood, something they stated they wanted to maintain. Rye's business district and churches typically have parking in the rear maintaining the community’s character and appeal.

  Please do not approve any zoning... Continue reading
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  Objection to Proposed Zoning Change - Major Safety Concerns

  by Anna Nazarenko, 10 months ago

  As a neighbor and a mother, I am deeply concerned with the proposal to rezone the residential neighborhood to include a large parking lot in the midst of an already busy intersection. If the Rye City Council Members and the members of the Rye Planning Commission visited the site for the proposed project on a weekday morning or late afternoon, it would become abundantly clear that it is an accident, and likely many accidents, waiting to happen, next door to the nursery school and residential houses with small children. It would be a reckless decision ignoring the safety and well-being... Continue reading
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  Objections to RAC Rezoning and Expansion

  by Nancy Vincent, 10 months ago

  My name is Nancy Vincent and I am a resident of the Blind Brook Lodge. I concur with the Board’s Disapproval of RAC’s proposed zoning change and expansion at 25 Milton Road, as stated in their letter dated February 7, 2025. Having read the RAC Petition Submission dated December 10, 2024, I would like to add my own concerns and objections to the proposed zoning change and expansion.

  Creighton Manning Traffic Impact Study

  “The proposed building will provide parking based on the parking demand of the existing building, which was approximated through a parking utilization study detailed herein.”

  Creighton Manning... Continue reading
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  I'm firmly against the expansion for safety reasons

  by marilyn balamaci, 10 months ago
  Unless you regularly cross from 66 Milton Road to the parking lot, you would not have a true understanding of the perils. Cars ignore the crosswalk, lights blinking. They exceed the speed limit. If a car stops, the other behind it just moves to its right, approaching the curb, and swings by, at speed. For a pedestrian, that's a blind spot. And, dangerous.

  
  

  I had surgery January 6 and needed a walker. It was even more unsafe. One time, as I entered the stripe, with yellow lights blinking from the 66 Milton Road parking lot—I kept my eyes on a... Continue reading
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  RAC Expansion: It's Not Safe Nor Does It Fit in

  by Andrew Bazylevsky, 10 months ago

  My name is Andrew Bazylevsky and I reside at 15 Milton Road with my family of three young children.

  The proposed parking lot and driveway of the new facility facing Milton Road present a major safety concern for both pedestrians and vehicular traffic at an already busy stretch of road. We are arguably the most impacted residential neighbor of the proposed expansion to the Rye Arts Center at 25 Milton Road given that we abut the property immediately to the north. Assuming a northern egress along the northbound side of Milton Road, the proposed roadside parking lot and driveway would... Continue reading
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  Building should be more in keeping with the ‘hood.

  by Peggy Peters, 10 months ago

  plz ask the RAC to create a facade more in keeping with the existing neighborhood. The interior and rear of the building can be as stark and modern as they want.
  Will the other ‘neighbors’ with sizable property also want the same zone change to monetize the value of their property? If so, it will change this area in adverse way.This is a residential, spiritual part of Milton Rd.

  
  
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  Objection to Rezoning

  by Nancy Vincent, 10 months ago
  Public Comment
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  Blind Brook Lodge Owners, Inc. letter to Mayor Cohn, City Council and Planning Commission

  by David Barton, 10 months ago

  2/7/2025

  Honorable Mayor Cohn

  Rye City Council Members

  Nicholas Everett, Chair, Rye Planning Commission

  Re: Disapproval of Rye Arts Center’s proposed zoning change and expansion at 25 Milton Road

  We want to support initiatives that benefit the Rye community’s enjoyment of the arts if they are of benefit to the entire community. We believe that the Rye Arts Center’s proposed expansion will cause adverse impacts to the Rye community as a whole and that the proposed zoning change to convert 25 Milton Road into an Arts Center Use Standard should not be approved unless substantial restrictions are put in place... Continue reading
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  RAC/Request for zoning change

  by HGS, 10 months ago

  February 9, 2025

  To the Planning Commission,

  Thank you for taking time on 2/8 to conduct a site walk of 25 Milton Road (the Yellow House). The secondary house now “owned” by the Rye Arts Center, for which they have requested a change of its zoning designation to commercial use with the further goal to convert it to a fee based (classes, fundraisers, weddings) special events mixed use (including a coffee shop and lounge) property.

  It is not a benign re-zoning request with de minimis impact.

  Straight away, before, during, and after construction, the new building would add an inordinate... Continue reading
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  Welcome to the Public Comments Section of RAC Zoning Petition

  10 months ago

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