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Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Minutes of October 27,2009
MINUTES
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
October 27, 2009
Town Hall
20 Middlebush Road
Wappinger Falls, NY
Summarized Minutes
Members:
Ms. McEvoy-Riley,
Mr. Casella,
Mr. McVeigh,
Mr. DellaCorte,
Member
Member
Member
Vice-Chairman
Member Absent:
Mr. Prager,
Chairman
Others Present:
Mr. Horan,
Mrs. Lukianoff,
Mrs. Roberti,
Town Attorney
Zoning Administrator
Secretary
SUMMARY
Public Hearin2:
John Degnan
-Public Hearing on October 27,2009.
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
Mr. Casella:
Ms. McEvoy-Riley:
Vote:
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Motion to approve the minutes for October 13, 2009.
Second the motion.
All present voted aye.
Appeal No. 09-7404
John Delman - Seeking area variances of Section 240-29(F)(1 )(D) of District Zoning
Regulations for HD Zoning.
- Where a maximum signage of 50 sq. ft. is allowed on the north side of the building and
where the maximum has already been met, the applicant can provide 0 space, thus
reQUestin2 a variance of 24 SQ. ft. for an additional si2n for Ouick Cash.
The property is located at 1708 Route 9 and is identified as Tax Grid No. 6158-02-
543530 in the Town of Wappinger.
Mr. McVeigh:
Mr. Casella:
Vote:
Mr. Degnan:
Ms. McEvoy-Riley:
Mr. DellaCorte:
Mr. Degnan:
Mr. Horan:
Motion to open the public hearing.
Second the motion
All present voted aye.
This building was originally just one tenant which was Hudson
Valley Truck Leasing. Eventually we leased to Car Quest and then
to Lumber Liquidators. The signage was based on three tenants
never thinking I would have a fourth tenant. Sir Speedy only
wanted 3,000 sq. ft. of a 5,000 sq. ft. space. So I then leased out
the remaining 2,000 sq. ft. to Quick Cash. So I now have four
tenants on the main floor and office tenants on the second floor.
The tenants on the second floor require no signage.
Read into the record an email from Tom Morris, Chairman of the
planning board for the Village ofWappingers.
For the record we received a letter from DC Planning and
essentially it says that if we approve this we will need a super
majority.
The Village is one of the worst offenders of signs so this is
political. I have another project before the town and they are
protesting that.
For the record I am the attorney for the Village of Wappinger
Planning Board.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Mr. Degnan:
Mr. McVeigh:
Mr. Horan:
Mr. Casella:
Mr. Horan:
Mr. DellaCorte:
Mrs. Roberti:
Mr. Casella:
Ms. McEvoy-Riley:
Vote:
Mr. McVeigh:
Mr. Casella:
ZBA Roll Call:
Minutes of October 27,2009
The County is just against everything lately. Here you have a good
taxpayer.
As far as the amount of sign age for a building of this size, it's
really not over whelming.
One of the issues which is potentially deficient with respect to the
code is that the size of the upper limit of the size of the sign is not
tied to the size of the building. Comparatively speaking this is a
rather large building. Another 24 sq. ft. of signage on this building
is not the same as that on a smaller building.
So the size of the sign in relation to the building won't then cause a
hardship?
You would not be setting a precedent.
Is there anyone in the audience with a comment? Hearing none.
Barbara are the mailings in order?
Yes they are.
Motion to close the public hearing.
Second the motion
All present voted aye.
Motion to grant the variance. We did a site visit and it is not
offensive. They cleaned up the additional signage out there
and this would not be achievable by any other means. This will
not be undesirable to the neighborhood since it faces the
Wappinger Creek and Route 9. The variance is substantial but
it will have no physical or environmental affect on the
environment. This is self-created but there are no other means
to achieve this.
Second the motion
Mr. McVeigh: Aye.
Ms. McEvoy-Riley: Aye.
Mr. Casella: Aye.
Mr. DellaCorte: Aye.
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
Mr. McVeigh:
Ms. McEvoy-Riley:
Vote:
Motion to adjourn.
Second the motion
All present voted aye.
Meeting ended at 8:00 PM
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Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Roberti, Secretary
Zoning Board of Appeals
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
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Minutes of November 10,2009
MINUTES
Town of Wappinger
Zoning Board of Appeals
November 10,2009
Town Hall
20 Middlebush Road
Wappinger Falls, NY
Summarized Minutes
SUMMARY
NO MEETING TOOK PLACE DUE TO LACK OF APPLICATIONS
Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Roberti, Secretary
Zoning Board of Appeals