DRAFT
TOWN OF SARATOGA
ZONING BOARD
OF APPEALS MINUTES
JULY 26, 2004
7:30 PM
Chairman
Stephen Bodnar called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.��
Chairman
Stephen Bodnar explained the Rules of the
Board.�
Clerk
Ruth Drumm called the roll: Chairman Stephen Bodnar � present, Thomas Carringi
� present, Barbara Faraone � present, Clifford Hanehan � absent, William Schutz
� absent, Joyce Waldinger � present, David Hall � present, and Alternate James
Burke � absent
Also
present: Zoning Officer Robert Hathaway, James & Elena Grotto, Stephen
& JoAnn Goldblatt, and Andrew Schoonmaker
Approval
of Minutes: All board members present had read the minutes of the
May
24th, 2004 meeting.� A motion
was made by David Hall and seconded by Barbara Faraone to accept the minutes of
the May 24th, 2004 meeting as written.� Chairman Stephen Bodnar � aye, Joyce Waldinger � aye, Thomas
Carringi � aye, David Hall � aye, Barbara Faraone � aye, William Schutz �
absent, Clifford Hanehan � absent, Alternate James Burke - absent.� Carried 5-0
Order of Business:
Information
James & Elena Grotto
946 Route 29
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
S/B/L 156.-1-26� Rural Residential
James & Elena Grotto addressed the board about
placing a garage on their� .71 acre +/- pre-existing lot located next to
his Train and Hobby shop at 946 Route 29.�
He stated that he would like to move the Train and Hobby shop into the
new garage on this lot.� Chairman
Stephen Bodnar explained that he would need to go to the Planning Board for a
Special Use Permit.� The applicants also
inquired if they could put a house on the lot in the future in place of the
business.� Chairman Stephen Bodnar
replied that he didn�t know of any law preventing that since it should remain a
viable building lot since it predates zoning, regardless of any future
amendments to the Zoning laws and that they could convert the building to a
home.� Chairman Stephen Bodnar asked
Zoning Officer Robert Hathaway for his opinion and he commented it is
grandfathered but a Special Use Permit is needed and that the Planning Board
may question if it�s an accessory building.�
The applicants stated that it could meet the setbacks for an accessory
building.� They stated that the lot has
143.5 feet of road frontage.� James
& Elena Grotto said that the building would not exceed 1,000 sq. ft.� The board encouraged the applicants to bring
a sketch plan to the Planning Board with the building placement on it along
with driveway and
parking areas noted.� The board felt the Planning Board may require a well and septic
system but the applicants thought that only a restaurant type business would
require that.���
They
will have electric to it.�� Applicants will go to the Planning Board
for a Special Use Permit.�
Area Variance
Case # 04-14A & 04-14 B
Andrew J. Schoonmaker
����������� ������������������������������ 111 Franklin Beach Road
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12866
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Residential
#04-14 A (Home replacement): Andrew Schoonmaker addressed
the board seeking an area variance.�� He
is hoping to replace a 14� x 70� doublewide home that has a 12� x 30.5
�addition (1284 sq. ft.) with a modular home 27.5� x 60� (1,650 sq. ft.). The
new home, a single story ranch style, is rectangular where the existing home is
in an �L� shape.� The new home will be
narrower than what is there now with larger back and sidelines.� Zoning Officer Robert Hathaway suggested
that he get an engineer to assess the floodplain.� Joyce Waldinger commented that it would be an improvement.� Chairman Stephen Bodnar read the neighbor
notification letter that Andrew Schoonmaker had signed by his neighbors who had
no objections to what he was proposing.�
Proof of notice having been furnished Chairman Stephen Bodnar opened the Public Hearing: No one spoke for or against the variance.
Joyce
Waldinger made a motion to grant the area variance for the modular home of
1,650-sq. ft. to replace the existing doublewide with additions of 1, 284 sq.
ft. as it would be an improvement.� Barbara
Faraone seconded it. Chairman Stephen Bodnar � aye, Joyce Waldinger � aye,
Thomas Carringi � aye, David Hall � aye, Barbara Faraone � aye, William Schutz
� absent, Clifford Hanehan � absent, Alternate James Burke - absent.� Carried 5-0�
GRANTED
�
�#04-14 B
(Garage Roof): Andrew Schoonmaker is also seeking to replace the deteriorating
garage roof with a new roof that will overhang 24�, the present roof overhangs
5�.� He would like to increase the pitch
so that a storage space would be available.�
Zoning Officer Robert Hathaway recommended limiting the height of the
new roof.� The board suggested that the
trusses sit on the existing walls with 8� maximum height at the center and
would be used for storage only, never to be used as living quarters and that
there would only be electric service to the garage.�
Proof of notice having been furnished Chairman Stephen Bodnar opened the Public Hearing: No one spoke for or against the variance.
David
Hall made a motion to grant the variance with conditions.� The conditions are that the trusses must sit
on the existing walls and be no more than 8� at center and the area is to be
used for storage only, not to be used as living quarters.� There is to be electric service only to the
garage.� Barbara Faraone seconded this.
Chairman Stephen Bodnar � aye, Joyce Waldinger � aye, Thomas Carringi � aye,
David Hall � aye, Barbara Faraone � aye, William Schutz � absent, Clifford
Hanehan � absent, Alternate James Burke - absent.� Carried 5-0� GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS.
�
Old Business:
Chairman
Stephen Bodnar read the Notice of Action sent to him by the
Planning Board stating that the Special Use Permit for a mining operation along
Route 29 by R.J. Valente has been denied for a lack of the required 400 feet of
contiguous road frontage.�
New Business:
A
Memorandum of Understanding agreement was received by Chairman Stephen Bodnar
from the Saratoga County Planning Board.�
The purpose of this is to reduce the time required to process referrals
to the County Planning Board of projects which are deemed by the County
Planning Board to have no significant county-wide and/or inter-community
impacts.� It was noted that either party
may terminate this agreement at any time upon issuance of a thirty- (30) day
notice.� A motion was made by Joyce
Waldinger to grant Chairman Stephen Bodnar the authority to enter into the
Memorandum of Understanding with the Saratoga County Planning Board in order to
reduce the time to process referrals that are deemed to have no significant
county-wide and/or intercommunity impacts.�
Barbara Faraone seconded this. Chairman Stephen Bodnar � aye, Joyce
Waldinger � aye, Thomas Carringi � aye, David Hall � aye, Barbara Faraone �
aye, William Schutz � absent, Clifford Hanehan � absent, Alternate James Burke
- absent.� Carried 5-0
The
next regular meeting will be August 23rd, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
A motion to adjourn was made at 8:50 p.m. by Chairman Stephen Bodnar and
seconded by Thomas Carringi.� Chairman
Stephen Bodnar � aye, Joyce Waldinger � aye, Thomas Carringi � aye, David Hall
� aye, Barbara Faraone � aye, Clifford Hanehan � absent, William Schutz �
absent, and Alternate James Burke - absent.��
Carried 5-0
Respectfully
submitted,
Ruth
L. Drumm
Clerk