RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S PLANNING BOARD TO NAME A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION STREET AT BLOCK: 4391, LOT: 435, ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 612 EAST GRASSY SPRAIN ROAD ("TOLL BROTHERS SUBDIVISION"), "VICTOR LANE," IN HONOR OF VICTOR OGLEY, A YONKERS CITIZEN AND DECORATED WORLD WAR I VETERAN.
WHEREAS, on June 12, 2024, the City of Yonkers Planning Board approved an application, made by Toll Brothers, Inc., (hereinafter "Applicant") for a Final Subdivision Plat and Planned Cluster Development on the property known as 612 East Grassy Sprain Road (also known as "Toll Brother's Subdivision"); and
WHEREAS, thereafter, on August 7, 2024, the Applicant forwarded a request to the Planning Board to name one of the subdivision streets on the property at Block: 4391, Lot: 435, "Enclave Lane"; and
WHEREAS, at its September 11, 2024, meeting, the Planning Board, instead, issued a recommendation of the proposed street name, "Victor Lane," in honor of Victor Ogley, a prominent Yonkers Citizen and decorated World War I veteran; and
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2024, the City's Planning Board referred its favorable recommendation on the proposed subdivision street name, "Victor Lane," to the Yonkers City Council for approval pursuant to Section 103-71 of the Yonkers City Code, which requires such approval "before filing the map of the subdivision with the Clerk of Westchester County"; and
WHEREAS, the Yonkers City Council required a public hearing in order to grant such a request; and
WHEREAS, on November 19, 2024, the public hearing took place, at which the City Council accepted the Planning Board's recommendation to publicly name the aforementioned subdivision street on the property "Victor Lane;" and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE...
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