Staff Note Packet Town of Queensbury Planning Board
Community Development Department Staff Notes
December 17, 2013
Application: Subdivision 6-2013 SEQRA: Type II
Applicant: Dodge Watkins/Larry Clute Public Hearing: 12-19-2013
Location: 3 Maplewood Drive/5 Twicwood Lane Variance: AV 64 & 65-2013
Zoning: MDR-Moderate Density Residential
REQUESTED ACTION: Recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals concerning the relief
requested in the variance application as well as the potential impacts of
this project on the neighborhood and surrounding community
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Relocation of common property line between 3 Maplewood Drive & 5
Twicwood Lane. Access will be by two separate driveways —one existing
and one proposed.
PARCEL HISTORY: AV 64 & 65-13: Pending
SB 13-72: Twicwood, Ph. II approved 2-7-73
SB13-72M: lot line adjustment for shared driveway on lots 89 and 90 -
Approved 11-28-06
BP 2012-201 submitted for shed
MATERIAL REVIEW: Cover Letter, Map S-1
STAFF COMMENTS:
The applicant proposes a lot line adjustment between two parcels in the Twicwood Section 2 subdivision.
Parcel 296.9-1-54 Watkins is 0.59 acres and will be 0.56 acres; Parcel 296.9-1-55 Clute is 0.71 acres and will be
0.74 acres. The lot line adjustment will allow for each parcel to have separate driveways where currently there
is a shared driveway. The project is also subject to variances for each parcel. The plans show the existing and
proposed lot line and the driveway to be created on the Clute parcel.
NATURE OF AREA VARIANCE
There is an existing shed on Clute parcel that requires setback relief. The Watkins parcel requires relief for
creating a parcel that does not meet the required lot size.
SUMMARY
The Planning Board is to provide a recommendation to the zoning board in regards to the variance relief
request.
APPLICATION PROTOCOL:
12-17-2013 PB recommendation to ZBA
12-18-2013 ZBA review
12-19-2013 PB review
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
Iwo 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY. 12804-5902
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD
PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION TO ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
AREA VARIANCE 64 & 64-2013 /DODGE WATKINS / LARRY CLUTE
TAX MAP ID 296.9-1-54, 55
The applicant has submitted an application for the following: Subdivision: Applicant proposes
relocation of the common property line between 3 Maplewood Drive & 5 Twicwood Lane. Access
will be by two separate driveways —one existing and one proposed. Modification to an approved
subdivision requires Planning Board review and approval. Variances: Relief from minimum lot
size and accessory structure setback requirements of the MDR zone.
The Town of Queensbury Zoning Ordinance, per Section 179-9-070 J 2 b. requires the Planning
Board to provide a written recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals for projects that require
both Zoning Board of Appeals & Planning Board approval;
The Planning Board has briefly reviewed and discussed this application, the relief request in the
variance application as well as the potential impacts of this project on the neighborhood and
surrounding community, and found that:
MOTION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON BEHALF OF THE PLANNING
BOARD TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR AREA VARIANCE NO. 64 & 65-
2013 DODGE WATKINS & LARRY CLUTE: Introduced by who moved its
adoption, seconded by ; and
a) The Planning Board, based on a limited review, has not identified any significant adverse
impacts that cannot be mitigated with current project proposal -
OR
b) The Planning Board, based on a limited review, has identified the following areas of
concern:
1)
Duly adopted this 17th day of December 2013 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
Cc: Matt Steves