The Siwanoy Country Club, which has an address of 351 Pondfield Road in Bronxville, is seeking approval from the Town of Eastchester for plans to add new maintenance buildings on its property. About five years ago, in the fall of 2020, the club completed a 38,000-square-foot $17 million renovation and expansion of its clubhouse, which dates from 1893.
According to Attorney Lucia Chiocchio of the White Plains-based law firm Cuddy & Feder, Siwanoy’s membership “includes many Town residents and countless functions for local organizations have been hosted at Siwanoy, including golf outings and receptions.”
Chiocchio added, “During its one century of existence, Siwanoy included golf, tennis, swimming and paddle tennis among its available sports and social activities. The neighborhood has grown around it and the open space has formed a key component in the comprehensive development of the community.”
Chiocchio said that the club wants to upgrade and enhancing its maintenance area and buildings located in the northern section of the approximately 115-acre club property.
The maintenance area currently includes a one-story concrete and steel maintenance building, a smaller one-story concrete block building, an auxiliary shed and a tent on concrete block.
Siwanoy proposes to renovate the existing maintenance building and construct an addition of approximately 1,500 square feet, bringing the building to approximately 172 feet by 50.5 feet in size, which is approximately 50 feet longer than the existing building. The smaller one-story building, the shed and the tent on concrete block would be removed.
The structures to be taken down would be replaced by a new approximately 122 feet by 66 feet storage building and a new approximately 110 feet by 22-feet-8-inches environmental center building.
“The project is designed so that maintenance functions that are currently conducted outdoors will be enclosed within the proposed maintenance buildings,” Chiocchio said. “The design of the proposed maintenance buildings will enhance this area of the golf course by use of pitched roofs and the selected colors and materials.”
The plan calls for construction of a 20-space parking lot for employees to be located where the existing smaller one-story building now stands. A parking area at the northern border of the property that is next to residences would be removed. To the west of the maintenance buildings, a small bathroom is proposed. The existing driveway and parking areas will be re-paved, and the golf path will be slightly relocated. A small retaining wall will be constructed at the northern corner of the environmental center building and a boulder wall will be placed at the California Road side.
Chiocchio said that the project includes stormwater management and erosion control infrastructure that is designed to funnel stormwater into an underground detention system. Additional landscaping will be installed to enhance screening of the property.
In addition to seeking site plan approval, the country club is seeking zoning variances for building heights, which in one case is 26 feet while zoning allows 15 feet for an accessory building.
