HomeMy WebLinkAboutBZA Minutes - January 17, 2017DANBY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING
JANUARY 17, 2017
DRAFT
PRESENT:
Lew Billington
Gary Bortz
Toby Dean
David Hall
Earl Hicks
OTHER ATTENDEES:
Town Planner C.J. Randall
Town Board Leslie Connors
Recording Secretary Kelly Cecala
Public Ted Melchen, Erik Palmer, and Deanna Demark.
Gary Bortz requested from C.J. Randall to have a large white board at all future BZA Public
Hearings and Meetings.
BZA Chairman, Gary Bortz, opened the Public Hearing at 7:13 pm.
PUBLIC HEARING to consider a request for area variance from requirement that lots created
must have road frontage located on a public road maintained year-round as stated in Town of Danby
Zoning Ordinance Section 600(4)(a), in order to proceed with Minor Subdivision review by the
Planning Board of Parcel no. 12.1-1-6.22, TMelchen LLC, Owner; Erik Palmer, Applicant.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Gary Bortz opened the floor for public comment. Ted Melchen said that there is a conservation
easement on the parcel that will be subdivided, 12.1-1-6.22, and asked how the easement would be
affected. Dean said that the easement conveys in perpetuity and that the land can never be
developed. Applicant Erik Palmer, intends to purchase the property once it's been subdivided with
the intended purpose to use it for hiking, hunting, and horse back riding. Palmer said that he agreed
to put the parcel into a conservation easement so that no further development is done.
Dean asked Randall why the need for seasonal maintenance. Randall speculated that it was
probably written into the zoning ordinance as such, as an attempt to limited the amount of build-able
lots that could be created, and then tying it into public roadways.
Bortz asked Randall to confirm where the year-round road maintenance ends and where the
seasonal road begins along Deputron Hollow Road. Bortz reviewed the five (5) criteria aloud and
commented that the BZA will vote on the variance request to allow the Planning Board to continue
their investigation of the subdivision.
MOTION - Grant Variance
Moved by Hall, Second by Billington
In Favor: Unanimous
The motion passed
The request for variance was approved.
The Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Danby approves the variance to consider a request for
area variance from requirement that lots created must have road frontage located on a public road
maintained year-round as stated in Town of Danby Zoning Ordinance 600(4)(a), in order to proceed
with Minor Subdivision review by the Planning Board of parcel no. 12.1-1-6.22, TMelchen LLC,
Owner; Erik Palmer, Applicant.
The public hearing was closed at 7:28 pm.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
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Kelly Cecala, Planning Board & Board of Zoning Appeals Recording Secretary