Approval Resolution Zoning Board of Appeals —Record of Resolution 7` r
Town of Queensbury 742 Bay Road Queensbury,NY 12804 (518) 761-8238
Christian G. Thomas, Chairman
21 Pinewood Hollow Road
Queensbury,New York 12804
TO: Northway Plaza Assoc. LLC PROJECT FOR: Northway Plaza Assoc. LLC
217 Montgomery Street Queensbury,New York
Suite 1100
Syracuse,NY 13202
The Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals has reviewed the following request at the below stated
meeting and has resolved the following.
Meeting Date: October 20, 1999
Area Variance No. 87-1999
Approved 7Z Denied Tabled_ Withdrawn_ SEQRA Review_
[Tabled: applicant has sixty(60 days)to come back with the application]
MOTION TO APPROVE AREA VARIANCE NO. 87-1999 NORTHWAY PLAZA
ASSOC., LLC, Introduced by Daniel Stec who moved for its adoption, seconded by Paul Hayes:
Comer of Route 9 and Quaker Road. The applicant has proposed reconfigured parking areas,
and seeks relief from the Off Street Parking and Loading Regulations. Specifically, I move that
we approve six inches of relief from the nine foot minimum parking space width, and two feet of
relief from the twenty foot minimum length required by the Off Street Parking and Loading
Regulations per Section 179-66B. The criteria for considering an Area Variance according to
Chapter 267 of Town Law, Number One, the benefit to the applicant. The applicant would be
permitted to increase the number of available spaces, becoming more compliant with both the
Town's Code and their major tenant's lease agreement. Additionally, I note that there would be
benefit to the Town, in continuing to retain a major employer in the Town. Feasible alternatives, I
believe that the applicant has adequately sought for the best feasible alternative possible, has
demonstrated a willingness to acquire additional properties and improve traffic flow on the site,
with the reconfiguration, and because they're going to resurface the parking lot, it seems most
feasible to re-strip it the best way possible the first time, rather than coming back and talking
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Approval of the application means that the applicant can now apply for a Building Permit unless your lands
are Adirondack Park Jurisdictional or other approvals are necessary(such as review by the Queensbury
Planning Board)
-- Zoning Board of Appeals — Record of Resolution
Town of Queensbury 742 Bay Road Queensbury, NY 12804 (518) 761-8238
ZBA Meeting: October 20, 1999
Area Variance No. 87-1999
continued resolution:
about re-striping in the future. Is the relief substantial relative to the Ordinance? In my opinion,
six inches of relief is not substantial relative to the Ordinance, or to the ramifications from non
approval, potentially, and effects on the neighborhood or community. There would be no adverse
effects directly on the Town. The burden would be entirely confined to the property itself, and
would have no impact on the community or the Town. Is the difficulty self-created? It could be
interpreted as self-created only in that the character of the use has changed over time, but with all
this said, I think that the balancing test falls in favor of the applicant in this case, and I would just
add to the record that I think that the applicant should continue to seek more parking area, so that
they could perhaps, in the future, go back to a wider space. I move that we approve the variance.
That the distance from the travel lane between the parking rows will be 24 feet.
Duly adopted this 20'b day of October, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Hayes, Mr. Stone, Mr. Stec, Mr. Thomas
NOES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. McNally
Sincerely,
Christian G. Thomas, Chairman
Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals
CT/sh
cc: J.S. Hagan Architect P.C.
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Approval of the application means that the applicant can now apply for a Building Permit unless your lands
are Adirondack Park Jurisdictional or other approvals are necessary(such as review by the Queensbury
Planning Board.)