2002-11-26
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Minutes of November 26,2002
MINUTES
Zoning Board of Appeals
November 26,2002
Summarized Minutes
Town of Wappinger
Town Hall
20 Middlebush Road
Wappinger Falls, NY
Members Present:
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Mr. Lehigh,
Mr. Prager,
Mr. diPierno,
Mr. Warren,
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Member
Member
Absent:
Mr. Fanuele, Member
Others Present:
Mrs. Lukianoff, Zoning Administrator
Mrs. Roberti, Secretary
SUMMARY
Public Hearing: Thomas McGimpsey
Granted variance for sheds.
Discussion: David Varco
Wappinger Toyota
Public Hearing on December 10, 2002.
Public Hearing on December 10,2002.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
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Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
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Motioned to approve Minutes for November 12,2002.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Motioned to approve Site Minutes for October 26, 2002.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Appeal No. 02-7148
Thomas & Lorraine McGimpsey
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an
R-20 Zoning District.
- Whereas a rear yard setback of 5 feet is reauired, the applicant is
proposina a rear yard setback of 2 feet for a 8 X 10 aluminum storaae
shed, thus reauestina a variance of 3 feet.
- Whereas a side yard setback of 5 feet is reauired, the applicant is
proDosing a side yard setback of 2 feet for a 8 X 14 wooden storage shed,
thus reauestina a variance of 3 feet. The property is located at 20 Ardmore
Drive and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6257-01-251511 in the Town of
Wappinger.
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Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Prager:
Vote:
Mr. Lehigh:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
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Mr. Prager:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Motion to open the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
I looked at this and didn't really have any problems with it.
Vic and I were over there that one Saturday and didn't see a problem
but his neighbor has all his things laying on your shed that I think
someone should say something to him.
Motion to grant a neg. dec.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Motion to close the Public Hearing.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
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Mr. Prager:
Mr. Warren:
ZBA Roll Call:
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Motion to grant the variance's for the two sheds.
Second the motion.
Mr. Warren:
Mr. diPiemo:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Fanuele:
Mr. Lehigh:
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Appeal No. 02-7149
David & Nadia Varco
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-37 of District Regulations in an
R-20 Zoning District.
- Whereas a side yard setback of 20 feet is reauired, the applicant is
proposina a side yard setback of 16 feet for a 24 X 36 aaraae, thus
reauestin9 a variance of 4 feet. The property is located at 40 MacFarlane
Road and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6157-04-790331 in the Town of
Wappinger.
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Present:
Mr. Lehigh:
Mr. Varco:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Varco:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Varco:
Mr. Prager:
Mr. Lehigh:
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David Varco
What is the reason for the garage?
For storage and cars.
How many cars do you have?
Two.
Do you have a garage now?
No, I have no garage or basement.
I notice on the drawing that it looks like it's just that one comer that
needs a variance. Is the front of it ok? (Yes.) It would be
advantageous for you to find out the number of the front distance for
the Public Hearing.
I think we should do a site visit. Is Saturday the 30th of November ok
with everyone? (Yes, everyone agreed.) Ok, we will be out there
around 9:00 a.m. and could you please stake out the garage area and
the property line.
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Mr. diPierno:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Motion to be Lead Agency.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Mr. Lehigh:
We will set a Public Hearing for December 10, 2002.
Mr. Varco:
Thank you.
Appeal No. 02-7150
Wappio2er Falls Toyota-Subaru
-Seeking an area variance of Section 240-23 of District Regulations in an
HB Zoning District.
- Whereas no glare bevond the DrODertv line in excess of 0.05 foot-
candles is reauired, the applicant is DroDosina a ranae between .1 and 2.7
foot-candles alona the Route 9 DrODertv line, thus reauestina a variance
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the liahtina Dlan as set forth on the Dhotometric maD. The property is
located at 1349 Route 9 and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6157-02-585606 in
the Town of Wappinger.
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Present:
Phil Hamburger
Mr. Hamburger: You have a copy of the schematic of what's on the property now. At
this time we have two, 1000 watt lights on the top and two, 400 watt
on the bottom. We would like to change that to one, 400 watt at the
top and two, 50 watt lights on the bottom. This would reduce the
foot-candle by 93 %. We have been working on this for a long time
and with an approval from you we would change this right away.
Mr. Lehigh: You couldn't bring it down to what the law calls for?
Mr. Hamburger: We feel that because of the way the property is set and what we have
on it, it is not blacktop, it is gravel and stone. From a safety standpoint
anything lower would black out a lot of the area. Weare also putting
shields on all of the top lights to help avoid spillage from going over to
Route 9.
Mr. Lehigh: I realize you need lights to sell cars, but right now it is excessive.
Mr. Hamburger: We agree.
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Mrs. Lukianoff: I just wanted to say that Mr. Hamburger and his team have worked
very hard with Dan Wery fine tuning this and it has reached the point
where Dan Wery says this is the closest and the best option. But it still
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reqUIres a vanance.
Mr. Lehigh:
I would like to see the difference on paper.
Mr. Hamburger: I have 6 possibilities that you can look at. It shows the six steps where
we kept bringing it down.
Mr. Lehigh:
I would like to see that in writing for the record. I don't think this
requires a visit since there's nothing to see.
Mr. Hamburger: We feel very confident that the numbers here will be like night and
day from what it is now.
Mrs. Lukianoff: I just want to add that this is not the end. This is a step in the process
when the Planning reviews the site.
Mr. Lehigh: Ok, we will set a Public Hearing for December 10, 2002.
Mr. Hamburger: Thank you.
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Mr. Prager:
Mr. Warren:
Vote:
Motion to adjourn.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Meeting ended at 8:00 PM
R. especJ:fully SUbm~itted
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Barbara Roberti, Sec tary
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Secretary - Zoning Board of Appeals
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