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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-07-29 i TOWN OF GROTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING Held at the Town Hall Groton , N . Y , Tuesday - July 29 , 1975 - 8 PM PRESENT : G . Hoy - Chairman* D . Snell - Zoning Enforcement Officer* G . Lawrence R . Bell* J . Bell - Recording Clerk* F . Fouts* Janet Bell Mr . and Mrs . D . Jacobs'' * - Denotes those present . Mr . Hoy opened the hearing at 8 : 20 PM .and read aloud the Notice of Public Hearing on the application of Mr . and Mrs , D . Jacobs for a variance of the zoning ordinance as published in the Journal and Courier on July 16 , 1975 , a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes . G . Hoy : Are you familiar , Floyd , with the parcel of land ? It ' s the second one up from the fire station . F . Fouts : On the west side of the road ? G . Hoy : Yes . Mr . and Mrs . Jacobs would you like to make a statement as to why you want the variance ? Mrs . Jacobs : We need this variance for the purpose of putting up a mobile home for my motheri: law , temporarily , so my daughter can move in with her and take care of her and still be able to attend school as there isn ' t room for her in our home , D . Snell : Mrs . Jacobs is on a kidney machine , - - she has to go to Syracuse three nights a week for $ 6 . Ob night so can ' t take care of her mother - in - law as hasn ' t got the room . Mrs . Jacobs : This would be a temporary deal , - -we don ' t intend to leave the mobile home there , - - it ' s just to have it to take care of her . G . Hoy : Have you decided on the size of the trailer ? Mrs . Jacobs : We want one fairly short , - - around 50 ft . we thought . Mr . Jacobs : With 2 bedrooms . G . Hoy : Will you have to have the Health Department check the sewage system over ? Mr . Jacobs : I would imagine so as it ' s 10 years or more since there was a trailer there . It was all approved at one time but I imagine - 1 - Mr . Jacobs : it would have to be checked over . G . Hoy : Yes , I imagine you would have to open it up . Maybe if you had good records so they knew what was in there you wouldn ' t have to . Usually when they write up a plan they draw it up and give you a copy of it . C Mrs . Jacobs : Bossard was the one that had it in there . G . Hoy : Possibly they would still have it on file . Mrs . Jacobs : Yes , they must have a record . D . Snell : I had a little experience with a trailer on Pleasant Valley Road . There had been one there a few years before that and the fellow wanted to put one in and I told him to check with the Health Department and Donahue of the Health Department phoned me and said he can ' t until they go out and try it . That ' s what he told me but they may do something else now , I don ' t know . G . Hoy : Could you tell us , roughly , what the distances between the house on one side and house on the other side - - looks to me like you have it in the center , - -42 ft . from the road which is farther back than the houses . Could you tell us the distance between the houses and trailer ? Mr . Jacob : Right , - - on say a 50 ft . trailer there would be , - - I . would say , - - at least 40 -45 ft . in between the houses with that size because they had a 60 ft . one in there , didn ' t they ? Mrs . Jacobs : Yes , I think so . D . Snell : The main thing is distance from another ' s property line . Mr . Jacobs : That belongs to Benton . G . Hoy : And it would be almost in the center , which .would be 40 ft . from their residence . Where is the property line ? Air , Jacobs : Their house and garage - - line comes right up to the garage . D . Snell : How far would it be from their lot line ? Mr . Jacobs : We could vary it quite a ways and - - I think we could get it 40 -45 ft . away from it . D . Snell : 25 ft . is all that ' s required from .a property line . Mr . Jacobs : That would be easy , - - to get that . G . Hoy : Is there anything else you -.would like to ask , Floyd ? F . Floyd : I don ' t remember exactly where it is , - - it seems I do remember a trailer there years ago . G . Hoy : Well now there ' s just . a service pole there . 2 - Mrs , Jacobs : There ' s also a cement base to put it on and so forth . G . Hoy : If no more questions , then I ' ll close the hearing , The hearing was closed at 8@30 P . M . Mr . . Hoy then convened a meeting with all persons listed as present for the hearing remaining . F . Fouts : Do the other fellows understand ? G . Hoy : Yes , we talked a little about it at the last meeting we had . F . Fouts : Does the Planning Board do anything about this ? G . Hoy : No , they submit a request to Dana to put a trailer in and as long as didn ' t have a lot large enough for it they then have to come before us for a variance . D . Snell : What I do is reject it because they haven ' t got the footage and they take it to the Appeals Board . F . Fouts : I see . Well , - - as long as it ' s just temporarily , - - there has been . a trailer in there . G . Hoy : That ' s what Dick said over the phone . Can ' t see any problem as this is under hardship conditions , D . Snell : You could have it put in the minutes that when she passes on it would be taken out . Mrs . Jacobs : That ' s the way my mother wants it . As long as it ' s my mother - in- law it ' s fine . G . Hoy : Well , when we make the motion then - why don ' t - we make it as long as she ' s living in it - will pass it but - when she doesn ' t occupy it any more it will have to be taken out then , Mrs . Jacobs : Yes , G . Hoy : Would you like to put that into a motion , Mr . Fouts made the motion in . accordance with the above minutes which was seconded by R . Bell and the motion . carried . Mr . Fouts made a motion that the meeting be adjourned which was seconded by R . Bell and the motion carried . The meeting adjourned at 25 to 9 PM. R pectfully submit ed , Jos phin Bell - 3 -