TOWN OF GRANBY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Meeting Minutes
November 15,
2016
AGENDA: Yerdon Public Hearing
Regular Meeting
MEMBERS: Michael French, Chairman
Peter LeoGrands
Patricia Simmons
Tom Thompson
Dan Parkhurst –absent
ALSO PRESENT: no one.
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PUBLIC
HEARING
Thomas Yerdon – 26 Old State
Road, Fulton
Tax Map # 219.13-01-04
Chairman
French opened the Public Hearing at 7:00 pm and asked Mr. Yerdon to present his
request for an area variance. Thomas Yerdon
explained to the Board that he wanted to build a 32’x24’ pole barn on his
property which is undersized and oddly shaped.
He built a home on the property a couple of years ago with an approved
building permit through the Codes office and wasn’t required to obtain a
variance with similar setbacks, he was therefore surprised when his permit was
denied to build the barn. He stated that
there are wetlands from Tannery Creek at the other end of his property (north
side) which makes it unusable and his septic is next to the house on the north
side as well – the southern end is his preferred location. The property is a triangle shape and the
intended location is at the narrow end making the requested variances substantial. The Board members discussed alternate
locations on the property, such as the area between the septic and creek which
has a driveway and an existing concrete pad to utilize. They also stated that the requested variances
would be much smaller if he built in this location. The applicant stated that he couldn’t utilize
the pad because of cracking and that this location would block views of the
river from neighbors across the street.
The Chairman replied that the preferred location would also block views
from another one of his neighbors, Amanda Close, who had notified the Board of
her objection to the granting of the variance by email. Another alternate location discussed by the
Board was to slide the structure to the north 16’ and attach it to the existing
garage, which the applicant was not in favor of. Without any further discussion the Hearing
was closed by Chairman French at 7:35 pm.
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REGULAR
MEETING
The
Regular meeting was opened at 7:36 pm.
Thomas Yerdon – Chairman French stated that he
had concerns regarding the size of the variances needed and that there were 3
separate variances being requested. The
proximity to the state right-of-way along a heavily traveled state road flags
safety issues that needs to be considered as well. He also read aloud the email from neighbor
Amanda Close who is not in support of the variances being requested because it
would block the view of the river.
Member LeoGrande reiterated that the variances are substantial at more
than 50% of the required setback dimension and could be diminished if a
different location on the property were chosen. Without any further discussion from the Board Members a motion was moved by Chairman French and seconded by Member Tom Thompson to
accept the Area Variance request by Thomas Yerdon to construct a pole barn
located 9’ offset of front property line (Old State Road) and 5’ offset of rear
property line (State Route 48), on property located at 26 Old State Road,
Fulton, NY 13069; Tax Map # 219.13-01-04 is hereby DENIED.
A roll call vote was taken:
Michael French, Chairman Naye
Peter LeoGrande, Member Naye
Patricia Simmons, Member Naye
Tom Thompson, Member Naye
Don Parkhurst, Member Absent
0 AYES 4 NAYES 0 ABSTENTIONS –
REQUEST DENIED
MINUTES
A motion was moved by Member Thompson to waive reading the minutes until the
next ZBA meeting. The motion was
seconded by Member Simmons, all were in favor without further discussion and
the motion carried.
ADJOURN
With
no other business before the Board a motion
to adjourn at 7:47 pm was moved by
Member LeoGrande and seconded by Member Simmons, all were in favor and the motion carried.
Respectfully
submitted by:
Lisa
Somers
ZBA
secretary
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