HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-05-06 Campground definition REVISED 7/31/03
TOWN OF GROTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (ZBA)
MEETING REPORT
MAY 617H, 2003 7 : 00 PM
ZBA Members present, in addition to prospective ZBA candidates noted below : Pat Gaines ,
Steve Thane, John Pachai , Lyle Raymond .
Item #1 : ZBA Candidates
The ZBA met in Executive Session to interview two prospective candidates, Tammy Lyn
Cooper, 212 Spring St. , Groton , and Andrea S . Trzaska, 606 S . Main St. , for a vacant
position on the Board at the request of the Supervisor, Glenn Morey . The opinions of the
ZBA members on the candidates will be given to the Supervisor in a separate confidential
report.
Item #2: Definition of a Campground
Problem: Campgrounds are allowed by Special Permit under the Land Use Code in the
Rural -Agricultural District. The CEO cannot determine when such a Special Permit applies
because the Code does not define what a campground is. This problem was brought to the
attention of the ZBA.
ZBA Recommendation: How Campgrounds are defined in several other towns in the
County, the state, and other states was reviewed , as well as the definition used by the NYS
Health Department. It was concluded that the definition used by the NYS Health
Department, with two changes felt to be needed for the Town of Groton, was an appropriate
and workable possible definition of what a Campground is for applying the Groton Town
Code.
The proposed Campground definition is as follows (additions to the NYS Health
Department definition are in italics ; deletions in parentheses):
"Any parcel or tract of land including (buildings) cabins, tents, recreational vehicles, or
other structures, under the control of any person, where five or more campsites are available
for temporary or seasonal overnight occupancy for 90 days or more. "
It was agreed by consensus that this draft of the ZBA ' s suggested recommendation of what
a Campground is will not be formally adopted by the ZBA until it has been scrutinized by
the Town Attorney to identify any legal problems inherent in the proposed definition.
Meeting adjourned at 9: 15 PM.
Report by L. Raymond, Chairperson.
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101 CONGER BLVD. , GROTON, NY
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