Stonefield provided professional expert witness professional planning testimony in support of a bi-furcated use variance application for the construction of a Top Golf Entertainment Facility. Like many other similar large-scale entertainment-uses, the municipal zoning ordinance did not explicitly permit sports entertainment facilities. Stonefield’s planning division reviewed the municipal zoning ordinance and provided support for use […]
The team was tasked with reviewing the impacts of a proposed 5-story mixed use development within a redevelopment area. The report analyzed the impacts on a wide array of topics including impacts to the environment, local traffic, the town budget, the local schools, and to municipal services. […]
Stonefield provided professional planning testimony in support of a zoning appeal application. Through a thorough review of the zoning ordinance and presentation of local ordinance interpretations, the team was successful in appealing a zoning determination decision. […]
Stonefield’s planning team reviewed and examined all potential impacts of a proposed 243,360 square foot warehouse building on a 28-acre site. A review of existing and proposed tax revenue from the site in the post construction condition was analyzed to estimate the net tax benefit for the municipality. The findings of the fiscal impact analysis […]
Stonefield performed a State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Consistency Analysis for a proposed mixed-use development in the hamlet of Baldwin within the Town of Hempstead, New York. The team reviewed the proposed project with reference to the state issued SEQRA requirements to determine the potential environmental impacts as well as social and economic considerations […]