Featured Projects. Ossining Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Update Ossining, New York BFJ Planning has worked with the Village of Ossining on a Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code update between March 2020 and June 2021. The plan has a focus on economic development, zoning code updates, and resilience to sea level rise on the Village’s Hudson River waterfront. The process has also been conducted in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project team has worked closely with the Village and the Ossining community on a series of online community engagement strategies, from virtual village halls, zoom meetings, and social media. We have gotten great feedback using Social Pinpoint, an online community engagement platform that includes a virtual ideas wall and interactive mapping. Zoning code updates include new Form-Based Code Overlays for the Downtown area and the Croton Avenue corridor, in addition to changes to the Village’s Two-family district, as well as setback requirements modifications to the S-75 district. These zoning ideas are intended to encourage more investment in the Village by allowing residential use in the downtown, higher standards of street front and walkability, and removing barriers in transitional neighborhoods that currently limit renovations and development of new housing. After incorporating community feedback, BFJ has prepared a full draft of the plan and zoning code updates, which have been adopted by the Board of Trustees, by unanimous vote, in July 2021. Client Village of Ossining Year 2021

BFJ Team. Noah Levine AICP, PP Associate Principal Noah Levine is a project manager and design professional with a broad range of planning experience. He has worked with private and public sector clients on projects ranging from master/comprehensive plans, traffic, pedestrian and parking studies; land use and zoning plans; neighborhood and downtown revitalization; site design; municipal consulting; and environmental review. He has also been actively involved in BFJ visioning workshops, charrettes, and other outreach methods, including interviews and surveys.

Featured Projects. Wilton Center Master Plan & Form-Based Code Wilton, CT The Town of Wilton retained BFJ Planning to develop a downtown master plan for Wilton Center and accompanying form-base code. This work built of the Town’s 2019 Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), but involved additional outreach to the public, proprietors and property owners, and included a market analysis conducted by Urbanomics. While the Town has Village District Zoning, its downtown built environment exhibits characteristics of conventional zoning that focuses on the separation of uses and automobile-oriented commerce. Several shopping centers, including a large parcel owned and operated by KIMCO, were exploring opportunities to convert to a mixed-use environment, and the Town required a new zoning approach. BFJ developed recommendations for a new pedestrian-oriented circulation network, including a potential riverwalk along the Norwalk River, introduced new building typologies, and form-base zoning that focused retail in a more market-viable and synergistic fashion, while allowing for mixed-use and residential on secondary streets. Beyond the confines of the downtown, new overlay zoning was also created to support mixed use development and improve pedestrian connectivity along the State Rte. 7 corridor in Wilton. Client Town of Wilton Year 2023

Featured Projects. Harbor Management Area Recreational uses along Croton River Land Use and Planning Areas Recreational uses along Hudson River Recreational uses along Hudson River Croton-on-Hudson Waterfront Plan Croton-on-Hudson, New York BFJ Planning updated the Village of Croton-on-Hudson’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP). The LWRP provided a future land use plan and established policies for the Village’s two coastal areas, the Hudson River and the Croton River. Together, the rivers constitute approximately 71,280 feet of shoreline, which are host to a variety of Village and County owned parks. Other significant waterfront uses include the Metro-North Railroad Station, the Half Moon Bay condominium/marina as well as single family residential neighborhoods oriented towards the water. BFJ worked with the Village to identify measures to maintain and upgrade their extensive park network, improve waterfront access, preserve natural habitats, and guide future development that is harmonious with the goals established by the community. BFJ also prepared the Village’s 2003 Comprehensive Plan, which helped insure that Village-wide policies were consistent with the objectives proposed in the LWRP document adopted in 1992. Client Village of Croton-on-Hudson Year 2015

BFJ Planning is thrilled to work with the City of White Plains to update its Comprehensive Plan, One White Plains. Initial efforts are underway to establish a guiding vision for the Plan as well as a public engagement strategy that will promote community participation and representation in the planning process ahead. < Back One White Plains: City Kicks Off Process To Update Comprehensive Plan Daniel Williams Read Article Aug 2, 2021 BFJ Planning is thrilled to work with the City of White Plains to update its Comprehensive Plan, One White Plains. Initial efforts are underway to establish a guiding vision for the Plan as well as a public engagement strategy that will promote community participation and representation in the planning process ahead. Previous Next 1/1

Featured Projects. Bartlett Dairy RFEI, CEQR, and ULURP Queens, New York On behalf of Bartlett Dairy, BFJ served as a consultant to guide the client through the process of purchasing and developing city-owned property near JFK Airport, for use as a new distribution facility. The project included development of an operating pro forma, site plan and conceptual building design, a review of zoning requirements and an outline of economic development impacts. BFJ brought the project through the New York City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) and the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) process. Client New York City Economic Development Corporation Year

Featured Projects. Occupancy On Street Parking North Williamsburg Transportation Study Brooklyn, New York BFJ Planning was retained by the New York City Department of Transportation to address parking and goods movement issues in the neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint in Brooklyn, NY. This study was commissioned on behalf the council district, whose residents voiced concerned over traffic impacts of recent residential development and a growing industrial business zone. For the parking component, BFJ conducted an extensive survey of on and off-street parking locations, regulations, and utilization data in a study area consisting of over 1,000 block faces. The survey team also documented instances of double parking, illegal parking, truck loading, and unique parking situations to diagnose parking shortfalls. BFJ assembled the existing conditions and parking occupancy survey results into a GIS database. Recommendations were developed to address parking supply shortfalls for various user groups. For the study’s goods movement component, BFJ conducted an inventory of truck routes and reviewed the effectiveness of existing truck route signage. BFJ determined origin and destination of truck trips by identifying and interviewing major truck trip generators. Truck mobility demand was assessed by applying existing traffic data to a GIS network dataset of truck routes and commercial and industrial corridors. Recommendations were provided to address truck loading and layover issues, routing, and roadway capacity constraints. Client New York City Department of Transportation Year 2017

Featured Projects. Mount Kisco Comprehensive Plan and Form-Based Zoning Mount Kisco, New York BFJ Planning worked with the Village of Mount Kisco to create a comprehensive plan update that capitalized on the Village’s strategic location in Westchester County along the Metro-North Harlem Line. The 2018 update built on the Village’s existing Vision and Goals while adding new focus areas on Sustainability and the Downtown. With a walkable downtown and many open space resources, the Village is well-placed to further promote active design and complete streets programs to link neighborhoods to parks and schools. Even with these advantages, BFJ focused on strategies to assist the Village in preparing for evolving trends in the local and regional economy, transportation options, and principles of smart growth and sustainability. The area around the Mount Kisco train station was a key focus area, with the North and South Moger Lots great opportunities for new transit-oriented development. As part of the plan update, BFJ created a new downtown form-based overlay zoning code to promote contextual design, improved streetscapes, and walkability. The plan also included conceptual designs for the Moger Lots to assist a parallel effort to prepare the Village to seek a development partner to create a mixed-use development near the train station. BFJ also prepared a Generic Environmental Impact Statement analyzing the Comprehensive Plan Update and proposed Zoning Code Amendments. For this project, BFJ was the leader of a multi-disciplinary team of consultants, which included Barton Partners, JMC Engineering, Urbanomics, and MUD Workshop. The comprehensive plan and zoning revisions were adopted in early 2019. Voted the 2021 recipient of the Heissenbuttel Award for Planning Excellence by the New York Planning Federation. Client Village of Mount Kisco Year 2019

Featured Projects. University at Buffalo 2020 Master Plan Buffalo, New York BFJ Planning prepared the transportation element of the University at Buffalo 2020 Master Plan. The key issues of the 2020 Master Plan are the redesign of the North campus to make it more pedestrian friendly and sustainable, circulation improvements for the South Campus, and the development of the downtown campus. A major part of BFJ’s involvement was to improve the transit connections among the three campuses and to implement an aggressive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program. BFJ met several times with the University stakeholders, local institutions, and community groups to develop the TDM programs. Various levels of TDM strategies were translated into parking and traffic generation gains. Client University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY) Year 2009

Featured Projects. Pleasantville Comprehensive Plan and Planning Advisory Services Pleasantville, New York Comprehensive Plan (2016) BFJ Planning was retained by the Village of Pleasantville to update its Master Plan, with a primary focus on the Central Business District. The Village was interested in building on the economic development potential of key downtown assets such as its Metro-North train station, the Jacob Burns Film Center and municipally owned land, while preserving Pleasantville’s small-scale character and quality of life. The Plan was prepared in close cooperation with the Village Board, who took an active role in drafting the Plan’s content and recommendations, and also incorporated an interactive public outreach process. Key recommendations included downtown zoning revisions and intersection improvements to enhance walkability and create new public open space. Zoning Code Revisions (2017 and 2021) As a follow-up to the Master Plan work, BFJ prepared a series of zoning code revisions focused on the downtown area. The revisions provided greater flexibility in developing multifamily housing in the Central Business District, including a package of zoning incentives to facilitate mixed-use, transit-oriented development, as well as changes to required parking. In 2021, in response to concerns about the scale of new residential devleopment, BFJ prepared revisions to the Village’s single-family zoning districts to incorporate floor area ratio (FAR) provisions. All of these zoning efforts also included environmental review to ensure compliance with SEQR regulations. Transit-Oriented Development Review (2018-2020) BFJ reviewed the first development project to use the new downtown zoning development incentives, a proposed 110,000-square-foot mixed-use building fronting Memorial Plaza, across from the train station. The project, under construction as of 2021, includes 79 apartment units and ground-floor retail space over three stories of structured parking. It will also incorporate a public linear park connecting Memorial Plaza with a Village-owned parking lot to the rear of the building, and improvements to the street serving the lot and the proposed building, to re-establish a street grid and enhance circulation. The building’s parking garage will provide for a shared parking supply that can accommodate local merchants and employees as well as rail commuters. Downtown Parking Study (2019 and 2021) The Village retained BFJ to study options to mitigate the loss of public parking spaces resulting from the redesign of Memorial Plaza. Work included a parking occupancy survey of all downtown on- and off-street parking and a review of possibilities for expanding capacity through reconfiguration of spaces, permitting changes, and parking management strategies. BFJ recommended a permit pricing strategy to shift parking demand to high-occupancy areas to areas with more vacancies, as well as improvements the parking payment and enforcement system and better dissemination of parking information. Client Village of Pleasantville Year 2016-2021

BFJ Planning has been awarded a contract by the Greenburgh Town Board to prepare zoning ordinance amendments in connection with a Four Corners Smart Growth Zoning program grant. < Back Greenburgh Town Board hires BFJ for Four Corners Mixed-Use Zoning Paul Feiner Read Article Feb 13, 2025 BFJ Planning has been awarded a contract by the Greenburgh Town Board to prepare zoning ordinance amendments in connection with a Four Corners Smart Growth Zoning program grant. Previous Next 1/1

Featured Projects. Greenwich Neighborhood Plans and R-6 Zoning Greenwich, Connecticut Over a period of several years, the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut retained BFJ Planning to create neighborhood plans for several areas within Greenwich that developed as distinct communities. For each of the three plans, the most recent of which was adopted in 2017, the process included working closely with the public to ensure that recommendations reflected the goals of the residents and the Town. For Cos Cob, substantial attention was dedicated to existing urban design conditions and the plan presented a variety of strategies to improve the character of the “Hub” and the Route 1 corridor in order to promote a more attractive and pedestrian-friendly environment. For Eastern Greenwich, key issues identified included enhancing the Old Greenwich business area, addressing issues of out-of-scale residential development, and increasing public access to the Mianus River. For the Glenville/Pemberwick area, the focus was on improving two important community assets: Glenville Green and Pemberwick Park, including establishing a stronger connection to the Byram River. Client Town of Greenwich Year 2017