BOH32.2001
RESOLUTION APPROVING SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE
APPLICATION OF JON AND SUSAN DOUGHER
BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 32, 2001
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec
WHEREAS, Jon and Susan Dougher filed an application for a variance from provisions of the
Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, such application requesting that the Local
Board of Health authorize the Doughers to locate their leachfield eighty-seven feet (87’) from their
neighbor’s well in lieu of the required one-hundred feet (100’) setback on property located at 122
Sunnyside Road North, Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office published the Notice of Public Hearing in the Town’s
official newspaper and the Local Board of Health conducted a public hearing concerning the variance
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request on July 9, 2001, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk advises that property owners within 500 feet of the subject
property have been duly notified,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED,
a) that due to the nature of the variance, it is felt that the variance would not be materially
detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this Ordinance or to other adjoining
properties or otherwise conflict with the purpose and objectives of any plan or policy of the
Town of Queensbury; and
b) that the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variance is necessary for the
reasonable use of the land and that the variance granted is the minimum variance which
would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to
affect the applicants; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health hereby approves Jon and
Susan Dougher’s application for a variance from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to locate their
leachfield eighty-seven feet (87’) from their neighbor’s well in lieu of the required one-hundred feet
(100’) setback on property located at 122 Sunnyside Road North, Queensbury and bearing Tax Map
No.: 50-1-85.
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Duly adopted this 9 day of July, 2001 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: None