2013-11-12Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals November 12, 2013 Minutes
Mr. Prager: Please come up and state your name for the record.
Mr. Alexander: My name is Ray Alexander.
Mr. Prager: Please explain how this all came about.
Mrs. Alexander: We were unaware that that was our front yard.
Mr. Prager: I am a little familiar with that property. I know your grandfather.
Mrs. Alexander: (Describing with her hands) the road is this way and our driveway
comes up this way and our house is all the way up here. We put an
out door wood stove outside. We did call the town but I guess I
didn't explain it correctly. I asked if it was ok to put a wood stove
outside and I didn't know that I needed to say and outdoor
furnace. They came up and said we needed a building permit. We
did have a licensed electrician do the work. We found out it was
illegal and we had to pay a fine. We didn't know putting up a wood
overhang was illegal. I didn't want to go out when it was snowing
and get wood and again we did not know it was our front yard. We
didn't want to put the hot tub in our side yard which we thought
was our back yard. The in ground pool was already there. His
father built it years ago.
Mr. Prager: Roughly, when was that build?
Mr. Alexander: 1975 or 1976.
Mr. Prager: We will have a site visit this Saturday and can you mark out your
property line.
Mr. Johnston: How long is your driveway?
Mr. Prager: I would say about 75 to 100 feet.
Mr. Alexander: I think more like 300 feet.
Mr. Prager: The Public Hearing will be on November 26tH
Mrs. Roberti: I would like to put this on record. The pool I believe was put in by
their grandfather and I think when you came in for the wood
boiler; the way our plot plans reads it says front of house, side of
house, etc.. You said it was on the side in the back and technically
it is. Your front is an oddity. In defense of them it was approved.
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals November 12, 2013 Minutes
We didn't have GIS back then and they were honest about where it
was.
Mr. Horan: Legally the front is the street side; regardless where the front
door is.
Mr. Prager: Any further questions?
Mr. Prager: Can I have a motion to adjourn this meeting?
Mr. Casella: I make a motion to adjourn this meeting.
Mr. Galotti: Second.
Mr. Prager:
Board:
All in favor?
Aye.
Respectfully Submitted,
Susan Rose, Secretary
Zoning Board of Appeals
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