Kai Restaurant Group LLC, which has a contract to buy the property located at 57 N Central Park Ave. in Greenburgh proposes to demolish the existing building and construct an approximately 1,668-square-foot Taco Bell with associated site improvements.
The Business Journal reported in June of last year that Kai’s representatives had met with members of the Town of Greenburgh staff and Planning Board to discuss the possibility of moving ahead with a proposal. An application for the project now has been filed with Greenburgh. Kai operates other Taco Bell restaurants in the Hudson Valley.
Attorneys David Steinmetz and Matthew Behrens of the White Plains-based law firm Zarin & Steinmetz are representing the applicant. They said that the project will involve obtaining site plan approval and a Special Permit from the Greenburgh Planning Board along with certain zoning variances from the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals.
The property covers approximately 0.41-acre and presently is improved with a single-story, 1,728-square-foot commercial building with a total of 24 parking spaces. The proposal involves demolishing the existing, “Honey Baked Ham” building to make way for the new Taco Bell. It would offer an on-site restaurant and drive-thru window, along with 24 parking spaces, curb cuts, utilities and other site improvements.
The existing site configuration provides separate in and out driveways. The proposal calls for a single curb cut with a two-way, full movement driveway. In addition to the 24 on-site parking spaces there would be eight queuing spaces for vehicles in-line for the drive-thru.
The attorneys point out that the property is located in the Town of Greenburgh’s CA Central Avenue Mixed-Use Impact District, which means that the project will need to obtain a special permit to allow for “quick service or fast-food establishments.” They say that the project meets the Town Ccde requirement for it not to be located nearer than 2,000 feet to another such establishment as measured from their property lines.
The attorneys say that there will be sufficient security to prevent the use of the premises as a loitering place during hours of operation and that there will be proper facilities and personnel for disposal of the trash and other debris. They also say that the project will be in harmony with the orderly development of the district.
They say that the project will not create pedestrian or vehicular traffic hazards and will not have signs, noise, fumes or lights that will hinder normal development of the district or impair the use, enjoyment and value of adjacent land and buildings.
