376.2007
RESOLUTION SETTING HEARING ON MARIANNE MC DONOUGH DBA
GRAYCOURT MOTEL AND THOMAS J. MC DONOUGH LAW OFFICE’S
APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE/WAIVER REQUEST FROM SANITARY
SEWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENT SET FORTH IN TOWN CODE
CHAPTER 136 – SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
RESOLUTION NO.: 376, 2007
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Richard Sanford
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue
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variances from 136-44 “Connection to sewers required” which requires Town property owners
situated within a sewer district and located within 250’ of a public sanitary sewer of the sewer district
to connect to the public sewer facilities within one (1) year from the date of notice, and
WHEREAS, Marianne McDonough dba GrayCourt Motel and Thomas J. McDonough Law
Office (the McDonoughs) have applied to the Local Board of Health for a second variance/waiver
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from 136-44, as the McDonoughs have requested an exemption from the Town’s connection
requirements to connect their Graycourt Motel and Law Office properties to the Town of
Queensbury’s Route 9 Sewer District, as: connection with the lower Motel units must be constructed
in a way to avoid destruction of a 200 year old sprawling oak tree; in addition to excavating earth, all
connections will entail excavation of over 500 linear feet of black top and returning it to original
condition after connection would require complete resurfacing costing anywhere between $52,500 to
$88,000 - a financial hardship; current sewage disposal systems are in excellent working condition and
are used two months per year at best so it would not be cost effective to connect; the Motel Office
with seasonal residence is occupied during the same time period as the Motel and the house facilities
are for private use only – not public; and the Law Office and Gift Shop separate from the Motel are
open by appointment and have no regular employees other than the owner and his daughter; all as
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more fully set delineated in the McDonough’s June 30, 2007 letter and application presented at this
meeting,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health for the Town of Queensbury will hold a hearing
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on Monday, September 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road,
Queensbury, to consider Marianne McDonough dba GrayCourt Motel and Thomas J. McDonough
Law Office (the McDonoughs)’s sewer connection variance/waiver application concerning the
properties delineated in the preambles of this Resolution and located at 1082 and 1088 State Route 9,
Queensbury (Tax Map No.’s: 296.9-1-8 and 296.9-1-9), and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town
Clerk to send the Notice of Hearing presented at this meeting to the McDonoughs as required by law.
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Duly adopted this 20 day of August, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: None