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Section 4: Village Profile SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE GENERAL INFORMATION The Village is located at in the central western part of WC, nestled along the historic and scenic Hudson River. Figure 4-1 shows the Village’s location. The Village latitude and longitude are: 41°8′39″N, 73°50′29″W (41.144033, -73.841340). The Village is located within the Hudson Valley Region or “Lower Hudson Valley” Region of New York State (NYS). The Village includes 5.96 square miles of land and provides a residential environment within easy commuting distance to Manhattan. The Village is less than thirty (30) miles north of Manhattan and easy access is available via Route 9, Route 9A, Route 100, and Taconic State Parkway. The Metro-North Railroad makes regular stops at the Village’s Scarborough train station and many residents commute to New York City by train. The Village’s Central Business District is a quaint, tree-lined commercial area offering shops, restaurants and convenient services. With brick sidewalks, free parking, and period street lighting, the area is one of the most desirable in the region. According to 2005 U.S. Census data, the Village population is 7,938. The Village is situated within the Town of Ossining and the Town of Mount Pleasant, with over 91% of the residents in the Town of Ossining. As shown in Figures 4-1 and 4-2, the Village is bordered by the Town and Village of Ossining to the north-northwest; the Town of Mount Pleasant and the Village of Pleasantville to the east and south; and the Hudson River to the west. Two public schools districts, Briarcliff Manor and Ossining, serve the Village. Both districts were recognized for their excellence in 2000-2006 by American Town Network LLC and the Briarcliff Manor Middle School was recognized with as a national Blue Ribbon school in 2006. The Village is home to a campus of Pace University and the former King’s College [the former site of the exclusive Briarcliff Lodge (early 1900s)]. The Village also includes the Trump National Golf Course (formerly Briar Hall Country Club), owned by real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Two major commercial facilities in the Village are Philips Laboratory and Sony Corporation. The Village motto is “a Village between Two Rivers.” The Village, like nearby Chappaqua or Scarsdale, includes wealthy residents and expensive homes. The Village includes rural landscapes, residential areas, business districts, minimal commercial/industrial areas, various transportation systems (local and state roadways, railway, etc.), dramatic terrain and natural features (Caney Brook, Ice Pond, Lodge Pool), 172 acres of local, State and County parks (for example, Pocantico Park, Pine Road Park), and educational facilities. This combination of natural and developed features lays the foundation for Village’s vulnerability to natural hazards, both in terms of exposure to hazard events and the potential impact of hazard events. DMA 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan – Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York 4-1 July 2007 SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE Figure 4-1. Westchester County, New York Study Area Source: Westchester County Department of Planning (http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/research/Census2000/Oct03Updates/research/censusmaps.htm ) DMA 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan – Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York 4-2 July 2007 SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE Figure 4-2. Village of Briarcliff Manor Mitigation Plan Area and Surrounding Communities Ossining Town I Ossining Village UV100 UV9A Mount Pleasant UV9A Briarcliff Manor Hudson River Pleasantville UV9 Municipality River/Stream/Brook State Highway Parkway Major Road Secondary Road Rail Road 00.30.60.91.20.15 Lake Miles Source: HAZUS-MH (FEMA 2005) and Westchester County – GIS The Village is a part of the Lower Hudson River Drainage Basin, which ultimately leads to the Hudson River, west-southwest of the Village. The major streams within the Village include Caney Brook which is centrally located, extending from north to south into Pocantico Lake in the Town of Mount Pleasant; Pocantico River and Sparta Brook. As shown in Figure 4-3, surface-water bodies within the Village include Lodge Pool and Ice Pond. The southwestern corner of the Village is located directly along the Hudson River. Elevations within the Village range from less than 100 feet above mean sea level (amsl) near the Hudson River (Scarborough area) to approximately 500 feet amsl around the center and eastern areas of the Village. DMA 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan – Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York 4-3 July 2007 SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE Figure 4-3. Regional Hydrology and Watershed I LOWER HUDSON SAUGATUCK 00.125 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 Miles HACKENSACK- PASSA IC BRONX Lodge Pool Municipality Rivers/Streams/Brooks Lakes Pocantico River Hollow Brook Gory Brook Pocantico Lake Source: HAZUS-MH and Westchester County GIS Department. Water resources are abundant in the Village. All Village residents rely on supplied municipal water from the Village water distribution system. This system is primarily tied into the New Croton Aqueduct (NCA) which extends through the Village from the New Croton Reservoir in Yorktown, NY. Long Hill Road East, Round Hill Drive, Old Sleepy Hollow Road, Ridgecrest Road and Chappaqua Road Water Pump stations have a maximum demand of 3.4 million gallons of water per day (American Town Network, LLC, 2006). Land use regulatory authority is vested in NYS’s towns, villages, and cities. However, many development and preservation issues transcend local political boundaries. Table 4-1 and Figure 4-4 show that the Village is predominantly residential, with open land generally limited to the central and southern areas. Open space (open and undeveloped land) represents approximately 30% of the land area in the Village. The WC Databook identifies 1,209 acres of open space in the Village in 2004, an increase of 37% from 1994. The Old Croton Aqueduct State Trail (unpaved) and the North County Trailway (paved) paths run north to south in the eastern and western areas of the Village, respectively (WC Databook, 2005). Table 4-1. Current Land Use in the Village of Briarcliff Manor Land Use Classification (acres / percent of land) Land Area Public/Semi- (acres) Residential Commercial Undeveloped Roadway Public 3,680 1,383 / 37.6 168 / 5.0 996 / 27.1 617 / 16.7 126 / 3.4 Source: Briarcliff Manor Comprehensive Plan – May 2007. Note: This source uses a basis of 5.75 square miles as the total land area of the Village. DMA 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan – Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York 4-4 July 2007 SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE Figure 4-4. Land Use in the Village of Briarcliff Manor Source: Westchester County GIS Department (http://giswww.westchestergov.com/westchester/emap/wc1.htm) Figure 4-4. Land Use in the Village of Briarcliff Manor The Village zoning districts are as follows: 1. Single-Family Residence Districts: There are nine single-family zoning districts (R60A, R40A, R40B, R30A, R20A, R20B, R12B, R10B, and RT4B) in the Village. These districts are characterized by private residences, townhouses, vacant or undeveloped land, neighborhood parks, schools, churches, and the Trump Golf Course. 2. Multifamily Residence District: One multifamily residential district (R30M) is located in the northern portion of the Village and is mainly characterized by garden apartments and attached multifamily units. DMA 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan – Village of Briarcliff Manor, New York 4-5 July 2007 SECTION 4: VILLAGE PROFILE 3. Business Districts: The three business districts located in the Village include: (1) Retail Business District (B1), (2) General Business District (B2), and (3) Planned Office Building and Laboratory District (B). These districts are occupied by retail and service businesses and light industrial and general commercial/office space. The WC Department of Planning prepared Patterns of Westchester: The Land and the People. This plan was adopted by the County Planning Board in December 1995 and provides the County’s long-range planning document policy. It focuses on redevelopment and investment in centers and downtowns, reshaping existing corridors, and sustaining and enhancing open space. In addition, the plan sets forth recommended levels of development density and types of open space throughout WC. The WC Planning Department and the WC Planning Board promote appropriate and sustainable development of land in coordination with transportation and infrastructure, guided by the goals, policies and strategies outlined in Patterns of Westchester: The Land and the People. The Village adopted the Greenway Compact Plan in 2004. The Hudson River Valley Greenway (Greenway) is a voluntary regional cooperative effort, including counties bordering the Hudson River. The Greenway was created to facilitate a voluntary regional strategy for preserving scenic, natural, historic, cultural, and recreational resources along the Hudson River. Participation qualifies the Village for a number of important benefits including technical and funding assistance from Greenway and possible scoring preference over non-compact communities in the evaluation of applications for State Grants. The Village was also one of the first communities to adopt Greenprint policies. Becoming a Compact Community requires that a municipality adopt a local law amending the local zoning ordinance to state that consideration will be given to Greenprint policies when certain land use decisions are made. In June 2005, the Hudson River Valley Greenway approved the WC Greenway Compact Plan, The Greenprint for a Sustainable Future. The plan was
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