HomeMy WebLinkAboutZBA Minutes 1957-03-29 3 .9 ,
Minutes of Meeting
of
Zoning Board of Appeals of Town of Ithaca
March 29 , 1957
Dr . Paul Darsie - Applicant
The meeting of . the Zoning Board of Appeals of the
Town of Ithaca was held on March 29 , 1957 at 11 : 00 A . M .
at the town barn as advertised in the Ithaca Journal on
March 25 and 26 , 1957 . The members present were : William
Roston ; Robert Powers ; David Powers ; and Aldus Fogelsanger .
Others present were Dr . Paul Darsie ; John Peters ; Mr .
Faltman ; Mrs . Corson ; Robert Steel ; D . F . Holcomb ; and
N . W . Rollins .
The meeting was called to order by Mr . Fogelsanger to
consider the application of Dr . Paul Darsie for permission
to place a building nearer the road than other houses in the
area .
The following testimony was heard :
Dr . Darsie : - The denial of the appeal would result
in unnecessary hardship because he would have to relocate
excavation and drain a spring ; he would have a sloping
driveway ; he plans to start work immediately ; he made the
excavation six months ago and there were no complaints
from the neighbors until March 20th ; and the view is not as
good if he has to move his house back from the road .
Mr . Faltman : - The .location of road right of way was
not well known . If Darsie builds too close to the road and
the road is later widened , all the road expansion will come
from the Faltman property .
Mrs . Corson : - The neighborhood is uniformly set back
40 feet except Corson which was built before the zoning
ordinance . There is no formal agreement about the 40 foot
setback . It has turned out to be observed by the entire
neighborhood .
Mr . Steel : — Mentioned the location of the drainage
ditch . He asked what sort of precedence will this set for
other lots ; . e . g . lots 12 , 13 , and 14 which are 200 feet .
40 -
wide and can be split to 100 feet wide ? All these houses
would interfere with Steel view .
Mrs . Corson : - wanted the zoning to be enforced .
Mr . Rollins - feels that the zoning ordinance should
be kept as much as possible .
Mr . Holcomb . - thinks that the zoning ordinance should
be kept , especially in this district .
After further discussion and viewing the premises the
board unanimously denied the appeal for . the following reasons .
1 . Cars. coming down hill might get out of con-
trol on the sloping turn- and collide with the car . port . or
house which is close to the road .
2 . The .._ _violation consists only in failure to set
back forty fget %(.40 ) to ; conform ::_ wIth the � neighborhood ,
- e Board concluded that there would be not . much
expense ( even with the present development work in the
foundation ) in moving the house back forty .( 40 .) feet from
the right of way . This would let the , carport be closer
to the road than forty ( 40 ) feet but this may not be a
variance if the carport is considered an accessory building .
The boad made no determination as to that . question .
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned .
Respectfully submitted
Constance H . Cook
Secretary