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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-07-06 f ! MINUTES OF THE TOWN OF GROTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIS HEARING HELD IN THE TOWN HALL , GROTON , N . Y . THURSDAY , JULY 6 , 1972 AT 7 : 30 P . M . Members of the Board : J . Wargo , Chairman* Others Present : L . Volpicelli* B . Bucko - Town Attorney* G . Lawrence* H . Dow * R . Bell* D . Snell* G . Hoy* R . Doubleday' 1 member of general public , - name unknown* Denotes those present . This public hearing was called on behalf of Rodney L . Doubleday and Esther Doubleday for a variance of the zoning ordinance side yard restrictions of a minimum of 8 feet to 6 . 6 feet . J . Wargo : As chairman of the Board , I call this hearing to order on behalf of the Doubledays . The Notice for this hearing was published in the official Town newspaper , The Journal . and Courier , on June 21 , 1972 . (Mr . - Wargo) then read the Public Notice in this respect aloud and copies of the application and other pertinent papers in connection with this request are hereto attached and made a part of these minutes . ) J . Wargo : Mr . Doubleday , have you anything to say ? Mr . Doubleday : You have my case . L . Volpicelli : Is this the new house going up past the Elm Tree on the way to Cortland ? Mr . Doubleday : Yes . L . Volpicelli : Construction is well underway . Mr . Doubleday : Y'ou turn the rain off long enough , I ' ll get it done . G . Lawrence : When was the construction started ? Mr . Doubleday : June 1st . D . Snell : When I was over there the basement wall was all up , and then they called me . Mr . Doubleday : I asked for the variance as per my application . According to the zoning ordinance must have a public hearing to gain 2 fte to build an 18 ft . garage or to be within your limitations . L . Volpicelli : If the house had been set parallel to the road , you would have had your 2 ft . - 1 - Mr . Doubleday : I could have had to 2 ft . towards the hedges and yard , too . L . Volpicelli : Why didn ' t you? Mr . Doubleday : I wanted the house at the angle it is there . The existing property next door is at the same angle only in the opposite direction . Therefore to have it look correctly on the road it ' s angled like this . If you notice there ' s a slight curve in the road in that area . It ' s not a straight road there . They make it a raceway but it ' s still not a straight road . G . Lawrence : 18 ft . is that a two -car garage ? Mr . Doubleday : Yes , sir . J . Wargo : Does anybody else have anything they want to say ? G . Hoy : If you have to go back to 8 ft . you won ' t have enough room for a two - car garage ? Mr . Doubleday : That ' s right . J . Wargo : Has anybody else any other comments ? G . Hoy : Is there a lot on the other side of you there ? Mr . Doubleday : According to your surveying map it ' s roughly 365 ft , to the next existing building and the sewage comes down through there , - -couldn ' t build next door to me if you wanted to be- cause of the sewage problems . G . Lawrence : So no one could build in between you and the next house ? Mr . Doubleday : No , the Board of Health wouldn ' t let anyone . Some discussion was held on this by Mr . Doubleday and the Board members . G . Hoy : How close is it to the house on the other side of you ? Mr . Doubleday : 16 feet , - - 16 ft . plus 75 ft . , - - it ' s a cement wall . No property could be built between because , according to your rules and regulations , wouldn ' t have enough frontage for building lots in-between . J . Wargo : Anybody have any other questions or comments ? If not , I ' ll close the hearing then and we can decide this matter . The Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals then discussed the pros and cons regarding this variance . - 2 - L . Volpicelli : Can we ask Mr . Snell his reason for turning this down ? Was it because it didn ' t comply with the 18 ft . ? D . Snell * I turned it down because it was 6 . 6 ft . instead of 8 ft . but I personally don ' t see what harm it does . L . Volpicelli : That ' s what we wanted to know . Why a public hearing . for such a minor matter ? Mr . Doubleday : Because your zoning regulations state that for such and such you have to have a hearing . J . Wargo : In this Town , - - it doesn ' t mean too much right now . Mr . Doubleday : It ' s going to , eventually . J . Wargo : Yes , - - when it gets more crowded . G . Hoy : You put up a wall '? Mr . Doubleday : Not for the garage , - - I ' m waiting for a decision from this Board before I do anything . It ' s your move . L . Volpicelli : I make the motion that Mr . Doubleday be granted the variance requested . R . Bell : I second the motion . A Roll Call vote on this followed : Ayes : L . Volpicelli George Lawrence Gordon Hoy Richard Bell J . Wargo . The motion was carried unanimously . Res ectfully submitted , Jo ephi e Bell - 3 - '! MINUTES OF THE TOWN OF GROTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN THE TOWN HALL , GROTON , N . Y . TUESDAY , DULY 6 , 1972 AT 8 : 00 P . M . Members of the Board : J . Wargo , Chairman* Others Present : L . Volpicelli* B . Bucko - Town Attorney* G . Lawrence* H . Dow% R . Be11* D . Snell* G . Hoy* J . Bell* * Denotes those present This public hearing was called on behalf of Ella M . Stevens for a variance of the zoning ordinance front yard restrictions of 30 ft . to 13 ft . and Notice of same was published in the official Town newspaper , the Journal and Courier , on June 21 , 1972 . J . Wargo opened the hearing and since Mrs . Stevens wasn ' t present or any members of the general public , and the members of the Board wanted to get more information before passing on this application , he then , on the advice of Mr . Bucko , adjourned the hearing until 7 : 30 P . M . Tuesday , July 18 , 1972 , and Mrs . Stevens is to be notified to this effect and whatever other steps are necessary to take care of this adjournment . Respectfully submitted , Jo ph ' e Bell MINUTES OF THE TOWN OF GROTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING HELD IN THE TOWN HALL , GROTON , N . Y . TUESDAY , JULY 6 , 1972 AT 8 : 30 P . M . Members of the Board : J . Wargo , Chairman* Others Present : L . Volpicelli* Be Bucko - Town Attorney* G . Lawrence* H . Dow* R . Bell* D . Snell* G . Hoy* J . Bell* Denotes those present This public hearing was called on behalf of Jesse G . Bailey for a variance of the zoning ordinance front yard restrictions of a minimum of 30 ft . to 10 ft . and Notice of same was published in the official Town newspaper , the Journal and Courier , on June 21 , 1972 . Jesse G . Bailey , or any members of the general public , did not attend . Mr . Wargo opened the hearing as follows : J . Wargo : Dana , do you have anything to say about the Bailey ' s variance ? D . Snell : No , not particularly . It ' s going to be close to the road but this is a hardship on them if it isn ' t granted with him in a wheelchair . J . Wargo : Are they elderly people ? H . Dow : I ' d say in their 601s . He ' s had heart attacks over the last few years also . J . Wargo : Has anyone else any other comments ? D . Snell : The garage right next to their place is built as close to the road as his would be , or closer . In fact there are two of them , - - the other one right below him . H . Dow : They ' ve been there for some time . J . Wargo : If there aren ' t any more comments , the hearing is closed and the meeting is now open . Does anybody want to make a motion or comments or anything on the Bailey variance ? H . Dow : If I understand it correctly , this is more or less of an open ramp and they want to build something similar to a carport shelter over the ramp so the rain won ' t fall on the ramp and freeze . G . Hoy : What is the distance from the center of the road to the edge of the carport ? H . Dow : If they bring this carport out in line with their foremost part of the building , - - do you have a picture there ? - 1 - G . Hoy : Yes . H . Dow : Let ' s see . If they bring it out , will be 10 ft . from the edge of the road and the ramp is right alongside of the house here so , - - to get the shelter out over the ramp , - - gives them , - - G . Hoy : The ramp comes down here and back here to the side of the car ? H . Dow : So they can unload him where it is dry . So the ramp would be in an L - shape , G . Hoy : If you ask me , this would be a help from where they have had their car , - -right out on the edge of the road all winter , J . Wargo : Does someone want to make a motion ? G . Hoy : I make the motion that the Baileys be granted the variance as requested . G . Lawrence : I second the motion , A Roll Call Vote on this followed : Ayes : L . Volpicelli George Lawrence Gordon Hoy Richard Bell J . Wargo . The motion . was carried unanimously . Res ectfully submitted , Jo phine Bell - 2 -