2003-09-09
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
September 9,2003
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Agenda
Town of Wappinger Zoning Board of Appeals
MEETING DATE: September 9th, 2003
TIME: 7:30 PM
Town Hall
20 Middlebush Road
Wappingers Falls, NY
Approve Minutes for August 26, 2003.
Public Hearine:s:
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03- 7195
Don & Mary Ann Mesuda
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an R-20j40
Zoning District.
- Where a side yard setback of 20 feet is required, the applicant is proposing a side yard
setback of 10 feet to allow for a 12 X 24 foot shed. thus reQuestine: a variance of 10
feet.
- Where a rear yard setback of 40 feet is required, the applicant is proposing a rear
yard setback of 28 feet to allow for a 12 X 24 foot shed. thus reQuestine: a variance of
12 feet.
The property is located on 2 Boxwood Close and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6356-01-
130945 in the Town of Wappinger.
Appeal No. 03-7190
Robert Molitoris
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an R-20
Zoning District.
- Where a rear yard setback of 40 feet is required, the applicant is proposing a rear
yard setback of 28 feet to allow for a family room and breakfast addition. thus
reQuestine: a variance of 12 feet.
The property is located on 20 Circle Drive and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6056-01-
261793 in the Town of Wappinger.
Appeal No. 02-7156
Jeff Hunt
-Seekine: an area variance ofChapter133-16(a) of the Code of the Town of Wappinger.
The code requires that any Residential Structure in an AE flood zone have the lowest floor
elevated to or above the Base Flood Level. The applicant's basement is at 260.7 feet,
where it should have been placed above the flood level of 264 feet elevation.
The property is located on 1061 Route 376 and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6358-03-
414490 in the Town of Wappinger.
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MINUTES
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
September 9th, 2003
Summarized Minutes
Town Hall
20 Middlebush Road
Wappinger Falls, NY
Members Present:
Mr. Prager,
Mr. diPierno,
Mr. Fanuele,
Mr. Warren,
Vice-Chairman
Member
Member
Member
MINUTES
Af'iPROVED
Members Absent:
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Mr. Lehigh,
Chairman
Others Present:
Mrs. Lukianoff, Zoning Administrator
Mrs. Gale, Acting Secretary
SUMMARY
Public Hearings:
Mesuda
Molitoris
Hunt
Granted Variance.
Granted Variance
Closed Public Hearing and Applicant Withdrew
Variance.
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Motion to approve Minutes for August 26, 2003.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
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03- 7195
Don & Mary Ann Mesuda
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an R-20j40
Zoning District.
- Where a side yard setback of 20 feet is required, the applicant is proposing a side
yard setback of 10 feet to allow for a 12 X 24 foot shed. thus reQuestim! a variance of
10 feet.
- Where a rear yard setback of 40 feet is required, the applicant is proposing a rear
yard setback of 28 feet to allow for a 12 X 24 foot shed. thus reQuestin!! a variance of
12 feet.
The property is located on 2 Boxwood Close and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6356-
01-130945 in the Town of Wappinger.
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Mr. Prager:
Mrs. Gale:
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Mrs. Mesuda:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Fanuele:
Mr. Warren:
Mrs. Mesuda:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Fanuele:
Vote:
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Motion to open the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Are all the mailings in order?
Yes.
We are looking for two variances so we can place the shed in a
functional area of our yard. We have worked hard to make our
back yard a focal point and would prefer not to have the shed in the
middle of the yard. This shed would not be near another neighbor
on that side of our yard.
We went out on a site inspection two weeks ago for the record.
You have about 20 feet of plantings behind where this would be for
a buffer.
What will be stored in this shed?
An abundance of bikes, toys and lawn furniture.
Is there anyone else in the audience with a comment? Hearing
none.
Motion to close the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
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Mr. Fanuele:
Mr. diPiemo:
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Motion to grant the two variances.
Second the motion.
Mr. Warren: Aye.
Mr. diPiemo: Aye.
Mr. Fanuele: Aye.
Mr. Prager: Aye.
Appeal No. 03-7190
Robert Molitoris
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an R-20
Zoning District.
- Where a rear yard setback of 40 feet is reauired, the applicant is proposing a rear
yard setback of 28 feet to allow for a family room and breakfast addition. thus
reauestiDl! a variance of 12 feet.
The property is located on 20 Circle Drive and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6056-01-
261793 in the Town of Wappinger.
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Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Mr. Prager:
Mrs. Gale:
Mr. Cappelli:
Mr. diPiemo:
Mr. Cappelli:
Mr. Prager:
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Motion to open the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Are all the mailings in order?
Yes.
I am here for the applicant's and I am their architect. The
applicant's would like to add a small breakfast room, mud room and
family room to the rear of the existing dwelling. The rear of this
house is shoved up close to the rear property line. The side line is
actually their rear and if it was chosen as such I wouldn't need this
vanance.
Where the porch is, is that the main entrance?
Yes it is. Where I have 28 feet to the side, it is designated the rear
in the records.
Could I see the drawings? I have an old one here. Mark on the
drawings what we are talking about.
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Mr. Cappelli:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Fanuele:
Vote:
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Fanuele:
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Proceeds to go up to the board and explain the project to the board.
Is there anyone in the audience who has a comment? Hearing none.
I went out to the house and didn't see any problems.
Motion to close the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Motion to grant the two variances.
Second the motion.
Mr. Warren: Aye.
Mr. diPierno: Aye.
Mr. Fanuele: Aye.
Mr. Prager: Aye.
Appeal No. 02-7156
Jeff Hunt
-Seekinf! an area variance ofChapter133-16(a) of the Code of the Town of Wappinger.
The code requires that any Residential Structure in an AE flood zone have the lowest
floor elevated to or above the Base Flood Level. The applicant's basement is at 260.7
feet, where it should have been placed above the flood level of 264 feet elevation.
The property is located on 1061 Route 376 and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6358-03-
414490 in the Town of Wappinger.
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Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Mr. Prager:
Mrs. Lukianoff:
Mr. Fanuele:
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Motion to open the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
We have received two letters from Mr. Hunt's Attorney to have this
application withdrawn.
The public hearing was published in the newspaper so you still
needed to open the public hearing. I spoke briefly with Al Roberts
this afternoon and he said you can close the public hearing and state
that it has been withdrawn or you can adjourn the public hearing to
a later date. Mr. Cantor and Mr. Ifunt believe they will be able to
not need the variance by obtaining results in a different manner. I
don't know how lengthy or how long that will be. Mr. Roberts did
suggest that maybe you just adjourn it.
I make a motion to close the Public Hearing.
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Mr. Prager:
Vote:
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Mr. Prager:
The public hearing has been closed and the application is
withdrawn according to the letters from the applicant's attorney.
They can re-file in the future if they want to corne back to us. So it
is withdrawn without prejudice.
Mr. Prager:
Before we close we received a letter about the Chelsea Substation.
Will we be getting a variance request on this?
Mrs. Lukianoff:
Yes, I believe so. Here they would like to go 8 feet with slats and
the code states 6 feet.
Mr. Fanuele:
Is the property part of the NYS government?
Mrs. Lukianoff:
I believe it belongs to Central Hudson.
Mr. Prager:
Lastly I have an application from Rabco. Is that still open?
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Mrs. Lukianoff:
The planning board has to deal with my determination first. Ifhe
gets through the planning board than he will corne back to you.
Mr. Prager:
Ok, we will hang on to it.
Meeting ended at 8:00 PM
Respectfully su. ~IJl.~' d,
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Barb a Roberti, Se etary
Secretary - Zoning Board of Appeals
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