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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-12 - BZA ' I I Ih 4 i I 7 d I ;I ! I I , ' r tI� 1I I LI 7 I ULYSSES ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES 6/ 12/00 Present: Board Members James Hickey, Carl Mann, George Tselekis, Code Enforcement Officer Alex Rachun, Karin Carlisle, Thomas Doheny, Dorothy DeLibero, and Barbara Garrett Recording Minutes: Karin Carlisle Chairman George Tselekis called the hearing to order at 7 : 33p. m. The chairman called on Mr. Thomas Doheny to describe the addition project for which he sought a variance. Mr. Doheny described the project. He and his wife would like to build an addition onto their home located at 3085 Van Dorris Corners Road. One large addition would add a dining room, kitchen space and a living room. A smaller addition would be added on at the location of the master bath and closet. The additions would add about 630 square feet of space to the house. Chairman Tselekis noted that the reason the project came to a BZA Hearing was the Article V, Section 1 clause that calls for a two hundred foot diameter circle of usable area and two hundred feet of frontage. The Board looked at and discussed the layout of the Doheny ' s property. The lot is one hundred and fifty feet wide in the back, but narrows by approximately twenty-five feet as it extends to Van Dorns Corners Road. In addition to the lack of a two hundred foot circle and two hundred feet of usable area, the Board, Mr. Doheny, and Code Enforcement Officer Rachun also noted that the side wall of the addition would be less than fifteen feet away from the side lot line of the neighboring property. Noting these matters, Chairman Tselekis called for comments from the neighbors of Thomas Doheny who were at the hearing. Dorothy DeLibero, the neighbor whose side lot line is referred to above, stated that she had no objection to the addition project. Barbara Garrett, a neighbor on the other side of Mrs. DeLibero' s property also stated that she had no objection to the proposed project . Mr. Carl Mann asked Code Enforcement Officer Rachun if the size of the addition relative to the area of the house as it currently stands would be a matter of concern. Mr. Rachun replied in the negative. Mr. Jim Hickey made a motion to grant the variance to Mr. Thomas Doheny as stated: Whereas the variation in relation to the requirement is not substantial in terms of its functional purpose and is less than forty percent in terms of actual numbers; whereas there would be no impact at all in terms of increased population density and thus on governmental facilities; whereas there would be no change whatever in the character of the neighborhood or detriment to adjoining properties; whereas the owner clearly cannot obviate his difficulty by means other than adding the addition; and whereas it would appear that there is no opposition to this project from the public, including from the two neighbors which spoke at the hearing, be it resolved that the interests of justice dictate that this variance be granted and that we so grant. Mr. Carl Mann seconded the motion. All in favor: Tselekis — AYE Mann — AYE Hickey — AYE No minutes were reviewed for approval by the Board. The minutes from the BZA Public Hearing of April 10, 2000 as well as these for the hearing of June 12, 2000 will be submitted for review at the next meeting of the Town of Ulysses Zoning Board of Appeals. Respectfully Submitted; Karin T. Carlisle-KTC . , , .