A project to built 15 apartments in a three-story building at 79-85 William St. in Yonkers is under review by the city’s Planning Board. The application to build was filed by architect Nicholas L. Faustini, who is located in Hartsdale. The owner is identified as Arron King and Ference Ferguson, who have an address in Mount Vernon.
The property covers 0.3 acres and the estimated total development cost of the project was shown on the application submitted to Yonkers as being $1 million.
Faustini told the Planning Board that the project would include 20 on-site parking spaces.
“The proposed lot width is 91.4 feet with frontage along William Street and includes a lot depth of 146.0 feet,” Faustini said. He said the now-vacant land previously had a seven unit building with an address of 79 William St., and a three unit building with an address of 85 William St.
“Each residential floor will have five dwelling units per floor including three one-bedroom units and two one-bedroom units plus study,” Faustini said. “The building will be served by electric HVAC units in the form of PTAC units (packaged terminal air conditioning units) to provide heat and cooling. All residential units will be ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant and accessible. The units will vary in size from 652 square feet to 838 square feet.”
Faustini explained that the existing downward sloping topography of the property from east to west allows for the design of a multi-level basement parking area served by a two-way driveway aisle situated at the lower, north side of the site. The driveway will provide access to the garage parking area and rear yard parking area. Residents will have access to 10 dedicated parking spaces at the upper basement level, four dedicated parking spaces at the lower basement level, and six dedicated outdoor parking spaces at the rear yard. Faustini said that as a result of comments received from the city, they have updated the plans to include improved parking arrangement at the upper level garage, diagrams depicting parking space and site access maneuverability, delivery access, refuse collection/pickup, and fire department apparatus access.
