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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS i
TOWN OF GROTON
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PUBLIC HEARING
March 23 , 1981
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Board Members : Others present :
Gordon Hoy;: , Chairman William Roberts � !
Frank Pierson A . W. Roberts , Jr .
Nial Smith Mary Forster i �
George Bushnell
Janet Bell , absent
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Gordon Hoye , Chairman , opened the Hearing at 8 : 00 p . mo with the : 1
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. reading of the attached Notice . '
HOY:�' : Would you like to describe the situation ? ! �
• Nm . ROBERTS : I went to apply for a buildingi �
permit . I have 135 feet
road frontage and I was told I need 200 feet . I have ' I
10 . 4 acres of land . The Tompkins County Board of Health
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finds it adequate .- as far as the sewer requirements go .
The only thing missing is 65 feet road frontage . T�y
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father owns the other side of me and .does not want to '
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sell his property. The building is set inckthe back of
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BUSHNELL : Way back where the ' XI is on the map ? ' )
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'Wm . ROBERTS : Yes , probably 800 feet . it
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HOY •. s What is the size of the house ?
Wm . ROBERTS : 24feet by 38 feet , no garage and it is a year round house" :',
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HOY . . How far do you estimate in feet ?
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Wm . ROBERTSs Someplace around 800 feet on the side that measures
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BUSHNELL , You will use the front driveway ? it
Ma . ROBERTSs All of the main driveway all the way back of the wood
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PIERSOM Is the dotted line the driveway or boundry line ?
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14h . ROBERTS , ( refering to map ) This is the driveway , our boundary
be right here . It is 135 feet from this line to here .
The total line is 300 feet from here to here . We were �
told it was not adequate , we needed 200 feet .
PIERSONs '' hat of the neighbors , none too concerned ? None ,
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came tonight .
Wn . ROBERTS : One called and said if I need good . wo#`d let him know .
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Fox is the one that actually borders , he called up .
Have not heard from others . McCloy borders on the back � I
side , he had nothing to say against .it .
PEIRSON : The question is on the 135 feet to center of the drive
way , ghat if your father wants to sell his place - -
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or would you pick it up ? j
A . W . ROBERTS : He ' d be willing to , neither of us have the ready 11
200 feet ,
PIERSOr1s At some .you sell your place the person who buys
it might not want the right of way through the drive
way but have it beyond the driveway .
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Ali ROBERTSs Ile hope the property does not leave the family . We
have several other properties we would get rid of first . ;
'We hope to keep it in the family , someone would eventually
take the other . I ' m doing myself a diservice but I ' m
willing to . I had heard from the Supervisor considering
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revising the Code to change a little bit so a person
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is not restricted so . We have a lot on Hinman Rd , 75
acres with only a right of way . It doesn ' t seem right ' I
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to that I ' d never be able to put a building on it . li
Seems sort of like the Town is assuming , taking rights
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away in fact . I can see a good reason for frontage ! j
requirements along roads . . Iho wants a house all crewded . , !
All I would need is an- access out to the road . Alde are ! j
the only town in the County regnres this . I talked to
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Real Property people in Ithaca and as far as they li
knew there would be no such problem in 6tber �Aowns . ; I
Groton has Ordinance different from other towns , it
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doesn ' t seem to take care of circumstances such as this . ! I
PIERSONo
What you are talking about the Planning Board is dealinglit
with . They are going to see about revising some of it . � !
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There are some land locked property this does not cover , ! i
Aid ROBERTS : Ife might eventually get relief , but Bill would rather
get started right away .
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W . ROBERTS : T was talking with another man on Groton Road , he said
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there would, be no problem , his son down the road from
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him built his house without They.enough frontage . Th told � I
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him as lobg as he had 4 , 000 square feet or something j
like that that he does not need the full road frontage .
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Ali ROBERTS : 't+°hen did he build ?
Wk . ROBERTS s 2 or 3 years ago I think , � 11
HOY':s4 Ve have had the Ordinance since 1972 . It ran with
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a smaller road frontage , it was revised a few years
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ago and added road frontage on to it . It really does ! '
not look to be too big a problem if you are not - going tol
put a building on the 135 feet access land . If . you _
were trying to block this off and build in that small ! '
area with that square footage it would be different .
Wh . ROBERTSe Is that 200 feet refer to house with swwage system or
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would it pertain to a garage ? i )
Hoye The house and garage has to be certain size . ( J
PIEtSONs Has to be an acre . I
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BUSHNELLLLs I have 230 feet frontage but my house is 40 feet from I �
the next house .
AW RO .BERTSs Under the present Ordinance .it does not say where you 1
have to build that house so two people could be built
close to each other ®
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HOYs Are there any more questions ? Since there are no more
questions you may be excused . We will notify you by
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mail of our decision , iJ
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• — AW ROBERTS : I hope you consider this , I think this Ordinance does
not make sense in this particular instance ,
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HOY' s You have no plans to build a garage by the road ?
14m . ROBERTS : Not if I can ' t do it . Likely - there may be onesby -th-e `
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house• ,but notd.in ' thei.. forseeable future . ;
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HOY :. Thank you that will be all , li
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the following motion , seconded by George Bush-nell and passed with
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The Zoning Board .of Appeals grant 1philiam Roberts
a - variance . on road frontage to build a home on the northern end of
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• the 10 . 4 acre ;flot .
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