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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 page 1 of 2 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. page 2 of 2 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.)