07-28-2015 (Queensbury Planning Board Meeting 07/28/2015)
QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD MEETING
SECOND REGULAR MEETING
JULY 28, 2015
INDEX
Site Plan No. 46-2015 Elizabeth Little Hogan, Trustee 1.
Tax Map No. 289.14-1-14
THESE ARE NOT OFFICIALLY ADOPTED MINUTES AND ARE SUBJECT TO BOARD AND
STAFF REVISIONS. REVISIONS WILL APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING MONTHS MINUTES
(IF ANY) AND WILL STATE SUCH APPROVAL OF SAID MINUTES.
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QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD MEETING
SECOND REGULAR MEETING
JULY 28, 2015
7:00 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT
STEPHEN TRAVER, ACTING CHAIRMAN
PAUL SCHONEWOLF, SECRETARY
DAVID DEEB
GEORGE FERONE
THOMAS FORD
BRAD MAGOWAN
JAMIE WHITE, ALTERNATE
LAND USE PLANNER-LAURA MOORE
STENOGRAPHER-MARIA GAGLIARDI
MR. TRAVER-We will call the meeting of the Town of Queensbury Planning Board to order for
July 28, 2015, and the one and only application we have before us this evening is Site Plan 46-
2015.
OLD BUSINESS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARING:
SITE PLAN NO. 46-2015 SEAR TYPE TYPE II ELIZABETH LITTLE HOGAN, TRUSTEE
AGENT(S) MICHAEL J. O'CONNOR OWNER(S) SAME AS ABOVE ZONING WR
LOCATION 11 PIONEER POINT APPLICANT PROPOSES REBUILDING AN EXISTING 420
SQ. FT. +/- COVERED BOATHOUSE WITH A SUNDECK. THE NEW BOATHOUSE WITH A
SUNDECK WILL BE OPEN SIDED AND BE LOCATED IN THE SAME POSITION AND
HEIGHT AS THE PREVIOUS ONE. A PORTION OF THE BOATHOUSE WILL BE A REAR 48
SQ. FT. STORAGE CLOSET. THE EXISTING CONCRETE DOCK IS TO REMAIN AS
CURRENTLY LOCATED. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 179-5-060 OF THE ZONING
ORDINANCE SITE PLAN REVIEW IS REQUIRED FOR COVERED BOATHOUSE
CONSTRUCTION. CROSS REFERENCE AV 40-15 APA, CEA, OTHER GLEN LK. CEA,
NWI WETLANDS LOT SIZE 0.21 ACRES TAX MAP NO. 289.14-1-14 SECTION 179-5-
060
MICHAEL O'CONNOR & BETTY LITTLE, REPRESENTING APPLICANT, PRESENT
MRS. MOORE-The applicant proposes to re-build a 420 square foot covered boathouse with a
sundeck. The new boathouse with a sundeck will be open sided and be located in the same
position and height as the previous one. A portion of the boathouse is a 48 square foot storage
closet, and the applicant did receive their Area Variances at the previous Zoning Board meeting.
MR. TRAVER-Good evening.
MR. O'CONNOR-Good evening. Mike O'Connor, for the purpose of your record, and Elizabeth
Little, or Betty Little, who is actually the beneficiary of the Elizabeth Little Hogan Trust. I have
no comments. I'd be glad to answer any questions. One minor comment. Mr. Ford asked me
the last time if there was pine. There will be no pine. It will all be pre-treated wood. Some of it
may be even that made up wood, but that's something to be determined.
MR. FORD-Like Gossin or something?
MR. O'CONNOR-Yes, it might be, but that depends on the cost.
MR. TRAVER-And even the treated wood they use these days is non-toxic, as I understand it.
MR. O'CONNOR-Yes. It's not treated with the creosote like it used to be.
MR. FORD-Good. Good move. Thank you.
MR. TRAVER-Okay. Well, we did discuss this last week, in preparation for the ZBA review.
There were apparently no changes called for between their review and tonight. So are there
any follow up questions or concerns, comments by members of the Board?
MR. FORD-1 have none, and I think we ought to grant the waivers that were requested.
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MR. TRAVER-Okay.
MRS. MOORE-You will need to open the public hearing.
MR. TRAVER-Right. That's right. Thank you. We will open the public hearing and were there
any written comments?
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED
MRS. MOORE-There were no written comment.
MR. TRAVER-Obviously there are no members of the public in the audience. So we will close
the public hearing.
PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED
MR. TRAVER-Well, then we are ready for a motion.
MR. SCHONEWOLF-Okay.
RESOLUTION APPROVING SP #46-2015 ELIZABETH LITTLE HOGAN, TRUSTEE
The applicant has submitted an application to the Planning Board for Site Plan approval
pursuant to Article 9 of the Town zoning Ordinance for: Rebuilding an existing 420 sq. ft. +/-
covered boathouse with a sundeck. The new boathouse with a sundeck will be open sided and
be located in the same position and height as the previous one. A portion of the boathouse will
be a rear 48 sq. ft. storage closet. The existing concrete dock is to remain as currently located.
Pursuant to Chapter 179-5-060 of the Zoning Ordinance site plan review is required for covered
boathouse construction
Pursuant to relevant sections of the Town of Queensbury Zoning Code-Chapter 179-9-080, the
Planning Board has determined that this proposal satisfies the requirements as stated in the
Zoning Code;
The Planning Board opened a public hearing on the Site plan application on 7-28-2015 and
continued the public hearing to 7-28-2015 when it was closed,
The Planning Board has reviewed the application materials submitted by the applicant and all
comments made at the public hearing and submitted in writing through and including 7-28-2015;
The Planning Board determines that the application complies with the review considerations and
standards set forth in Article 9 of the Zoning Ordinance for Site Plan approval,
MOTION TO GRANT APPROVAL FOR SITE PLAN 46-2015 ELIZABETH LITTLE HOGAN,
TRUSTEE, Introduced by Paul Schonewolf who moved for its adoption, seconded by Brad
Magowan:
Per the draft provided by staff conditioned upon the following conditions:
1) Waivers request rg anted: Lighting plan, location of utilities, stormwater plan,
topography, landscape plan, land use district boundaries. The board may consider
additional shoreline plantings/buffer during site plan review.
2) Adherence to the items outlined in the follow-up letter sent with this resolution
Duly adopted this 28th day of July 2015 by the following vote:
MR. TRAVER-Laura, do we need to be specific about the waivers or is it sufficient that it's in the
draft?
MRS. MOORE-It's in the draft resolution.
MR. TRAVER-Okay.
MRS. MOORE-The only reason why, unless you added something.
MR. TRAVER-Right. Understood. All right.
AYES: Mr. Deeb, Mr. Schonewolf, Mr. Ford, Ms. White, Mr. Magowan, Mr. Ferone, Mr. Traver
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NOES: NONE
MR. TRAVER-Okay. You're all set.
MR. O'CONNOR-Thank you.
MR. SCHONEWOLF-When's the housewarming?
MR. TRAVER-Would you like our copies of the?
MR. O'CONNOR-Yes, I'll take them. Part of my frustration I guess is now we have to put your
resolution on another one before we get it signed. I use those for the builder. So I will collect
them. We'd like to thank you for having the meeting tonight. I know your agenda usually is very
crowded, and you could have kicked us on to another agenda. So we appreciate it. We will get
this thing built by the end of the season.
MR. MAGOWAN-It was so important to me I didn't go out to the Cape today. I'm going out
tomorrow.
MR. TRAVER-Well, and it is the second scheduled, normally scheduled meeting of the month.
So you're certainly entitled to be on the agenda.
MRS. LITTLE-Thank you very much. We really appreciate it.
MR. SCHONEWOLF-I'll make a motion we adjourn the meeting.
MR. FORD-Second.
MOTION TO ADJOURN THE QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF JULY 28,
2015, Introduced by Paul Schonewolf who moved for its adoption, seconded by Thomas Ford:
Duly adopted this 28th day of July, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Deeb, Mr. Magowan, Mr. Ford, Ms. White, Mr. Schonewolf, Mr. Ferone, Mr. Traver
NOES: NONE
On motion meeting was adjourned.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
Stephen Traver, Acting Chairman
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