174-180 Saddle River Road Subdivision
Approved with conditions
In plain words
174-180 Saddle River Road Subdivision is a housing project in Ramapo, at 174, 176, 178, 180 Saddle River Rd, Monsey, NY 10952. Approved, with conditions to meet. It would bring 8 lots, each 2-family + 1 accessory apartment = 24 dwellings derived (not a filed total). The full record and full history are below.
Address: 174, 176, 178, 180 Saddle River Rd, Monsey, NY 10952
Jurisdiction: Town of Ramapo, Monsey (NOT Village of Airmont) (not mailing address)
Town: Ramapo
Status: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
Status date: Final Subdivision approval 2026-02-24, vote 6-0-0, minutes adopted 2026-03-10; 90-day extension granted 2026-07-28, vote 4-0-0
Plans, designs and renderings
No usable public plan, rendering, or site-plan image is on file for this project yet. A plan set that is SharePoint-only still needs a live-browser pass, and a project with no public plan at all is not given a borrowed image.
Full record
Units: 8 lots, each 2-family + 1 accessory apartment = 24 dwellings derived (not a filed total)
Stories / height: 3 stories per lot on Layout sheet; bulk max height 35 ft; FAR max 0.4, coverage max 55% (many lots exceed - variances granted)
Site: 2.021 acres, R-15A, Tax Lots 56.19-4-1, 2, 3, 4 (174=56.19-4-3, 176=56.19-4-2, 180=56.19-4-4 verified; 178=56.19-4-1 by elimination only)
Parking: Not stated as a total in summary - see plan set; shared private driveway, ingress/egress/parking/utilities easement between all lots
Applicant / engineer: NY USA Development LLC, 15 Perman Drive #105, Spring Valley; Civil Tec Engineering & Surveying PC, Suffern, Job 3475; survey Stephen P. Dolson Lic. 50654; utilities seal Rachel Barese Lic. 90143; attorney Ryan Karben
Plan set: 15 sheets, dated 2025-12-19: Lot sizes net Lot1 11,880, Lot2 9,610, Lot3 10,502, Lot4 15,035, Lot5 11,355, Lot6 9,807, Lot7 9,447, Lot8 5,447 SF. Easements: sewer 15ft to Town, play area, stormwater maintenance/access to Town.
Gaps: Conditions satisfaction, final map endorsement, construction start. ZBA variances granted 2025-11-06, case XBA 25-280 (no standalone decision in packet). County sewer impact fee $27,750 for 8 lots / 87,083 SF, payable before connection. County GML letter 2026-02-18 recommends modifications, County Planning Board disapproved 2025-09-11; Board overrode GML disapproval + comments 1,2,4,5,16,17,19,20.
Next check: Whether Feb conditions satisfied / final map endorsed/filed; what July 90-day extension extends and its dates; construction/demolition start
Blogable: Address packet, not a blog lead by itself
Infrastructure, paths and parks
Verified items only, from this project's plan set, conditions, or board record. A category with nothing listed here means nothing verified yet, not that the project has none.
- Roads: Shared private driveway off Saddle River Rd (DEC summary; Civil Tec plan set)
- Roads: Fire-lane striping on layout sheet (Civil Tec plan set)
- Roads: New private road name needed, County Fire comment 2025-03-27
- Drainage / stormwater: Grading & Drainage sheet rev. 6 (Civil Tec plan set, 2025-12-19)
- Drainage / stormwater: Stormwater maintenance and access easement to Town of Ramapo (Sheet 1 easements)
- Sidewalks: ADA-compliant sidewalks along property frontage, Final Subdivision approval condition, 2026-02-24
- Parks / open space: Playground equipment, Final Subdivision approval condition, 2026-02-24
- Parks / open space: Per-lot play areas on layout sheet; play-area easement between all lots (Civil Tec plan set)
- Other: 8-inch water main and sewer main extension (Civil Tec Utilities sheet rev. 6)
- Other: Rockland County Sewer District No. 1 impact fee $27,750 for 8 lots / 87,083 sq ft, payable before connection (letter 2025-12-30)
- Other: Fair-share contributions to cumulative traffic impacts, Final Subdivision approval condition, 2026-02-24
History — old statuses are kept, never overwritten
- 2025-09-10 — NYSDEC Negative Declaration published (Negative Declaration (not approval)) source
- 2025-11-06 — ZBA area variances granted, case XBA 25-280 (no standalone decision in CDRC packet) (Variances granted)
- 2026-02-24 — Final Subdivision approval GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS, 6-0-0, hearing closed 20:46; conditions: CDRC, GML overrides, ZBA, playground equipment, fair-share traffic contributions, ADA sidewalks (APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS) source
- 2026-07-28 — 90-day extension granted, 4-0-0 - what it extends and its dates unresolved (Extension granted) source
Words used on this page
- Negative Declaration: A Negative Declaration means the board found the project would have no significant impact on the environment.
- ZBA: ZBA is the zoning appeals board. It decides requests to vary from the zoning rules.
- CDRC: CDRC is the county review committee. It reviews large projects before the town board decides.
- GML: GML review is county planning review under state law. The county can recommend changes to a town project.