BOH21.92
RESOLUTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING ON APPLICATION FOR VARIANCES OF
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE FOR
TOM MC GOVERN & DAN FURLONG
RESOLUTION NO.: 21, 92
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Michel Brandt WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is, by
operation of Law, the Local Board of Health for the Town of
Queensbury and, as such, is authorized under Chapter 136 of the
Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance to issue
variances to such Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, Messrs. Tom McGovern and Dan Furlong have applied to
the Local Board of Health of the Town of Queensbury for a variance
from certain standards of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage
Disposal Ordinance set forth in Chapter 136-7, Section A, such
standard providing that:
"Individual sewage disposal systems shall comply with
the standards of this Article and with the most recent
editions of the Waste Treatment Handbook - Individual
Household Systems, New York State Department of Health,
and Institutional and Commercial Sewage Facilities, New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In
the case of conflicts among these standards, the most
restrictive shall apply."
and therefore, for a variance from certain standards of the latest
edition of the New York State Department of Health Wastewater
Treatment Standards - Individual Household Systems - Section 75-
A.8(h)3(vi), such standard providing that:
"The separation between the outside edges of seepage
pits shall be three times the effective diameter of the
largest pit. This separation is measured as the
undisturbed soil between pit excavations."
and
WHEREAS, Messrs. McGovern and Furlong have indicated a desire
to place the seepage pits 11' from each other, rather than placing
them at the mandated 24' distance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health for the Town of
Queensbury will hold a public hearing on September 28th, 1992, at
7:00 p.m., at the Queensbury Activities Center, (reasonably
accessible to persons with mobility impairment) 531 Bay Road, Town
of Queensbury, Warren County, New York, to consider the application
for a variance of Messrs. Tom McGovern and Dan Furlong, to place
the seepage pits 11' from each other, rather than placing them at
the mandated 24' distance; on property situated at the corner of
Indiana and South Avenues, Town of Queensbury, New York, and
bearing Tax Map No.: Section 127, Block 11, Lot 1, and, at that
time, all persons interested in the subject thereof will be heard,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury be and
is hereby directed and authorized, when in receipt of a list of
neighbors within 500 feet of the subject property, to publish and
provide Notice of said Public Hearing as may be required by law,
and authorized to mail copies of said Public Hearing Notice to the
adjoining neighbors.
Duly adopted this 14th day of September, 1992, by the
following vote:
AYES : Mrs. Goetz, Mr. Caimano, Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Monahan, Mr.
Brandt
NOES : None
ABSENT: None