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Minutes of Meeting
of
Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of Ithaca
January 5 , 19590
Robert Boyden , Applicant ,
Cornell University , Applicant .
The meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town
of Ithaca was held on January 59 1959 at 7 : 30 P . M . in the Inlet
Valley School as advertised "on December 31 , 1958 in the Ithaca
Journal . Members present were . William Rolston , chairman ,
AlduslFogelsanger ; Robert Powers , David Powers ; and Constance
E . Cook , secretary . Others present were : Robert Barthoff ;
Glen Barthoff ; Robert . Boyden , applicant ; and Walter Wiggins ,
attorney for Boyden .
The chairman called the meeting to order and stated
that the purpose of the -meeting was td consider the petition
of Robert Boyden for a variance in requirements of Section 9
Article I of the Zoning :Ordinance with respect to his lot on
Taughannock Blvd .
After hearing' testimony of the applicant and after
discussion , the board unanimously adopted the following resolu-
tion , upon motion duly made and seconded :
WHEREAS , the lots would not have the required frontage
because the one existing lot which he wishes to divide into two
lots can not be divided equally because of the location of
and existing permanent homeant one lot would be only 60 feet
wide but would have a depth of 357 feet and
WHEREAS , no objections have been expressed to the
board and- most of the neighbors have only 50 foot lots and some
less than 50 feet and the nearest neighbor Robert Barthoff is
the seller and in view of the above stated facts there are
practical •difficulties and an unnecessary hardship in carrying
out the strict letter of Section 9 of the Zoning Ordinance , and
WHEREAS , the variance applied for is in general accord
with the spirit of the ordinance and the public will , safety
and welfare be served and substantial justice will be done if
said variance is granted , be it
RESOLVED , that the variance applied for be and is .
hereby granted subject to the following conditions :
1 . Lot width to be not less than 60 feet .
2 . The board of health must approve the
sewage plans
3 . Highway access to be approved by appro .
priate highway department .
An order to said effect shall be entered in the office of . the
Town Clerk .
The next order of business was the reading of a
letter from Mr . John Burton , withdrawing the application
of Cornell University for erection of a machine shop on
Mitchell Street .
There being no other ,. business , the meeting was
adjourned .
Respectfully submitted ,
Constance E . Cook ,
Secretary .
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