BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Village of Larchmont Mayor Sarah Bauer convened the October 20 Board of Trustees meeting, beginning with a significant Public Hearing concerning application for renewal of a Special Permit for Locals 10538 Restaurant, located at 2128 Boston Post Road.  Although the Public Hearing was adjourned to November 17, there were many Public Comments.  Mayor Bauer noted that the Village was waiting for feedback from consultants on some of these issues.

One speaker was Josh Kimerling, Partner, Cuddy & Feder, White Plains, representing Locals. “We are here to renew a Special Permit that the Board granted in 2023,” Kimerling began. “Locals is a family-owned business and has the overwhelming support of this community. Locals operates in the Retail Center (RC)  Zoning District, a central commercial district in the Village.

“Despite this support there is a single neighbor that has voiced complaints on what is perceived to be noise issues. The evidence will show that police department records and neighbor’s own sound consultant that Locals has never violated the decibel limits pertaining to Section 195-3 of the Village Code,” Kimerling concluded.

Agenda items included scheduling a Public Hearing regarding Proposed Law Establishing a Moratorium prohibiting Review and Approval of Applications and Issuance of Permits for Convenience Stores; authorizing an agreement with Voltpost, establishing Electrical Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations on streetlamp posts; agreement with National Solar Technologies to install Solar Panels at Larchmont Public Library; application for State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program and intermunicipal agreement with Westchester County for use of Firing Range. 

Resolutions set at previous Work Sessions:  September 29, approval of storage shed to be located at Flint Park Field A&B; approval of upgrade to Internet service to the Village; appoint Joseph Venitucci as Enforcement Official pursuant to Village Code Section Section 334-4 of Larchmont Village Code. October 6, allowance of portable lights at Alma Field for Larchmont-Mamaroneck Football Club; purchase of Big Belly Trash Cans, subject to sufficient funding; Memorandum of Understanding with Larchmont Junior Soccer League regarding donated funds for Flint Park Improvements and authorizing Village Administrator to execute a Sponsorship Agreement with Anna & Jack’s Treehouse.