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QUEENS BURY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
AUGUST 19, 1981
PRESENT:
KIRKHAM CORNWELL, CHAIRMAN
THEODORE TURNER, SECRETARY
SUSAN GOETZ
CHARLES SICARD
SJOERDJE RICHARDSON
R. CASE PRIME
DANIEL GRIFFIN
STEPHEN LYNN
MACK DEAN
POST STAR
ABSENT:
STAFF:
PRESS:
THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 15, 1981 MEETING WERE APPROVED ON A MOTION
BY MR. SICARD, SECONDED BY MRS. GOETZ. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
OLD BUSINESS:
VARIANCE NO. 721 - PYRAHIDCmœ ANY OF GLENS FALLS 1GROUND ROUND
RtSTAURANT) -TO INSTALL LOGO WALL SIGN 22%FT. BY ~FT. IN THE
GROUND ROUND COLOR AND DESIGN AND HANDCARVED WOODEN SIGN 22IN. BY
44 IN. ON THE PROPERTY SITUATED AT AVIATION MALL, AVIATION ROAD.
MR. ROBERT MACALISTER PRESENT, MALL MANAGEMENT. THIS APPLICATION
HAS BEEN CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING IN ORDER TO OBTAIN
MORE INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO SIGNS THAT ARE PRESENTLY ON FACE
OF MALL.
MR. MACALISTER PRESENTED PHOTOS OF EXTERIOR WALL SIGNS AND THERE
WAS SOME DISCUSSION WHICH INCLUDED COMPARISON OF EXISTING SIGNS.
THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION TO THE HAND CARVED LOGO SIGN AND IT WAS
THEN SUGGESTED ARRANGEMENTS BE MADE TO PLACE LOGO INS IDE OF MALL.
THE BOARD FELT THE LOGO SIGN WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE OUTSIDE
SIGN SCHEME.
THE Tmm PlANNING BOARD APPROVED THIS APPLICATION AND THE WARREN
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD DISAPPROVED.
MOTION BY MR. SICARD, SECONDED BY MRS. GOETZ TO APPROVE LIGHTED
1'¡ALL SIGN AND DENY HANDCARVED WOODEN SIGN. MOTION CARRIED.
RESOLVED: THE BOARD GRANTED 22' 6" BY 3' 6" LIGHTED WALL SIGN,
LETTERS WHITE ON BLACK. THE VARIANCE FOR THE LOGO
SIGN DOES NOT FIT THE MALL DECOR. THE 22" BY 44"
HANDCARVED WOODEN SIGN DENIED.
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NEW BUSINESS:
VARIANCE NO. 722 - WILLIAM MASON (TAKUNDEWIDE INC.) - TO ENLARGE
A NON CONFORMING USE IN R-l ZONE 6N THE PROPE!TY SITUATED AT BRAY-
TON ROAD, CLEVERDALE.
MR. WILLIAM MASON PRESENT. MR. MASON PRESENTED PLANS FOR ENLARGE-
MENT OF RESORT. SPECIFICALLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR 24' X 32'
HOUSEKEEPING COTTAGES USING SAME FLOOR PLAN AND SIZE AS EXISTING
COTTAGES.
THE TŒ<I1N PLANNING BOARD APPROVED THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. THE WARREN
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD CONCURRED.
MOTION BY MR. SICARD, SECONDED BY 11RS. RICHARDSON TO APPROVE THIS
VARIANCE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED: THE BOARD GRANTED THIS VARIANCE AS APPLIED FOR, AS
IT FALLS WITHIN THE 50% ALLOWED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
VARIANCE NO. 723 - DONALD D. SMITH - TO OPERATE AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP
AND TIRE SALES IN R-4 ZONE WITH 50 SQ.FT. FREE STANDING SIGN ON THE
PROPERTY SITUATED AT THE NORTH SIDE OF CORINTH ROAD, EAST OF PINE-
WOOD ROAD.
MICHAEL J. 0' CONNOR ESQ. PRESENT. MR. 0' CONNOR PRESENTED MAPS SHOWING(
DISTANCE FROM NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. THE PROPOSED USE IS FOR AUTO
REPAIRS AND TIRE SALES AND THERE WILL BE NO HEAVY DUTY AUTO REPAIRS.
APPLICANT FEELS THE AREA WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE
PROPOSED USE AND PLANS FOR DEMOLITION OF THE VACANT STRUCTURE WILL
IMPROVE THE ASTHETIC APPEARANCE OF THE PROPERTY.
LETTER PRESENTED FROM REAL ESTATE APPRAISER N. HARWOOD BEATY, STATING
"ALTHOUGH PROPERTY IS PRESENTLY ZONED R-4 IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO SELL AS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY."
PLANNING BOARD APPROVED THIS REQUEST, WARREN COUNTY CONCURRED.
A PETITION WAS SUBMITTED BY MR. O'CONNOR SIGNED BY RESIDENTS IN OR
ABOUT THE CORINTH ROAD AREA CONSENTING TO THE APPLICATION OF DONALD
SMITH.
MOTION BY MR. TURNER, SECONDED BY MRS. GOETZ TO APPROVE. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLVED: THE BOARD GRANTED THIS VARIANCE AS IT DOES NOT CHANGE
THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA OR NEIGHBORHOOD, SIGN 25 SQ. FT.
DOUBLE FACED, HEIGHT 12 FT. OVERALL AT LEGAL SETBACK.
VARIANCE NO. 724 - DORIS M. POWERS - TO CONSTRUCT A STORAGE BUILDING
AS AN ACCESSORY USE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT WITHOUT A PRINCIPAL USE IN
R-l ZONE ON THE PROPERTY SITUATED AT ROUTE 9L AT KATTSKILL BAY.
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MR. POWERS (APPLICANT'S SON) PRESENT.
MR. CORNWELL QUESTIONED MR. PŒo1ERS REGARDING USE OF THIS BUILDING.
MR. POWERS ASSURED HIM IT WOULD BE USED EXACTLY AS PROPOSED, FOR
STORAGE ONLY.
THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE AND
THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD CONCURRED.
MOTION BY MR. PRIME, SECONDED BY MR. SICARD TO APPROVE. THE FOLLOWING
VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN:
MRS. GOETZ - YES
MR..TURNER - YES
MR. CORNWELL - NO
MR. SICARD - YES
MRS. RICHARDSON - YES
MR. PRIME - YES
MOTION TO APPROVE BY A VOTE OF 5-1.
RESOLVED: THE BOARD GRANTED THIS USE AS REASONABLE USE OF THE
PROPERTY. TO BE USED ONLY FOR USES ENUMERATED IN
APPLICATION.
VARIANCE NO. 725 - DANA BRAY ~RAY TERMINAL) - TO OPERATE ,A HORSE FARM
IN R-4/R-3 ZONE ON THE PROPER SITUATED AT BAY ROAD AND COUNTRY CLUB
ROAD.
FRANK DESANTIS, ESQ. PRESENT. MR. DESANTIS PRESENTED PLANS FOR PROPOSED
HORSE BARN AND PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THIS PROPERTY RUNS IN AN EAST-
WEST DIRECTION. THE WESTERN PORTION IS ZONED R-3 - THE EASTERN PORTION
IS ZONED R-4.
THIS FARM WILL BE USED TO BREED THOROUGHBRED HORSES. THE FACILITY WILL
BE OPEN YEAR ROUND AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY
TEN HORSES STABLED AT ONE TIME. MANURE IS TO BE PERIODICALLY REMOVED
BY APPLICANT.
MR. JOHN HUGHES, A NEIGHBOR WHO OWNS APARTMENTS TO THE SOUTH ON OLD
COACH ROAD, QUESTIONED MR. RICHARDS (CONTRACTOR FOR PROPOSED BARN)
AND MR. DESANTIS REGARDING MR. BRAY'S FUTURE PLANS FOR PROPERTY, SUCH
AS ADDITIONAL HOUSING, HAY BARNS AND SHADE SHEDS. THE BOARD DETERMINED
THIS ~lAS IRRELEVANT AT THIS TIME. "MR. HUGHES ALSO DISCUSSED WITH THE
BOARD DRAINAGE PROBLEMS THAT MAY EXIST. MR. TURNER WAS ESPECIALLY
CONCERNED AS TO THE NUMBER OF HORSES TO BE STABLED ON PREMISES.
WARREN COUNTY PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE COUNTY
CONCURRED.
MOTION BY MRS. RICHARDSON, SECONDED BY MR. CORNWELL TO APPROVE. THE
FOLLOWING VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN:
MRS. GOETZ - YES
MR. TURNER - NO
MR. CORNWELL - YES
MR. SICARD - YES
MRS. RICHARDSON - YES
MR. PRIME - ABSTAINED
MOTION TO APPROVE BY A VOTE OF 4-1, lnTH 1 ABSTENTION.
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RESOLVED: THE BOARD GRANTED THIS VARIANCE SUBJECT TO THE
FOLLOWING:
l. NATURAL SCREENING NORTH AND SOUTH BOUNDARY
LINES WILL REMAIN.
2. BARN PER SKETCH PER RECORD. BUILDING 38'X84~.
NO MORE THAN 10 STALLS.
THIS IS A REASONABLE VARIANCE BECAUSE OF SPLIT ZONE.
ALSO THIS WILL PRESERVE OPEN SPACE.
MOTION BY MR. CORNWELL, SECONDED BY MRS. GOETZ TO ADJOURN. MEETING
ADJOURNED AT 10:25 P.M.
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