The board agreed and quickly granted the request.īoard member Jane Schanberg urged Hvfcu to consider solar panels for the branch. Keating said it would be counterproductive to offer access to either area since neither is a commercial property. It’s located on a corner and is bounded by wetlands on one side and a single-family home on the other. Lastly, the board granted the credit union a waiver from a requirement to offer shared access to neighboring properties. He said the branch will offer bicycle storage and pedestrian access from the rail trail.īoard member Amy Cohen felt feel further connections were necessary since the credit union was making its landscaping bike-friendly, Board member Amanda Gotto said she felt the plan gave pedestrians and bicyclists good access to both the branch and the ATM. Keating said such a provision would require an encroachment back into wetland areas. Thompson said the credit union would make adjustments to ensure a sidewalk should DOT make changes to the routing of the rail trail or decide to remove it.īecause the branch will only have one parking aisle, the board also granted it a waiver from the requirement for a walkway between parking aisles. “We have to protect that in the future it will still have a sidewalk,” Nolan said. But he questioned what would happen if the state were to widen the road and remove the rail-trail.
While board member Lyle Nolan said he didn’t object to the credit union not providing a sidewalk and instead using the pedestrian trail. Vehicle access from South Ohioville Road would be restricted to one curb cutoff instead of the current free-for-all with no curb cut.
On the South Ohioville Road side of the property, the credit union can follow the setback rule and provide a sidewalk along the length of the property, Keating said. The New York State Department of Transportation maintains a right-of-way easement that extends 90 feet out from the south side of the highway and a shared-use path on that side that is part of the Empire State Trail on that side. The siting is an attempt to create more of a traditional main street as opposed to suburban vibe along the busy Route 299 corridor. The credit union was also granted a waiver from a requirement that the branch be set ten feet back from the sidewalk. It’d put them at a competitive disadvantage.”
“They’d have a hard time constructing the branch without a drive-through. Keating said the driveup is a vital component. He told the board it would be impossible for a financial institution to offer the kind of carside service now commonly found at fast-food eateries like McDonald’s because of safety for the employees and the inability to ensure such transactions were under camera review. Thompson recalled the early days of the pandemic when the credit union shut the doors of its branches and only conducted business through the drive-up. “We’re servicing our members, and the drive-up offers convenience and handicap accessibility,” he said. The board voted unanimously to grant the requestĬharlie Thompson, representing Hvfcu at the virtual meeting, said the credit union simply could not serve their members without a drive-up, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit union officials say drive-up service represents a make-or-break offering. The town’s planning board granting the financial institution several waivers from provisions in the town’s zoning code.Ĭhief among the requests was a waiver to offer a detached drive-through behind the 4000-square-foot branch on the 2.1-acre site. A proposal to open a new Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU) branch at the site of the shuttered College Diner on State Route 299 in New Paltz took another step forward last Monday.
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