BOH37.2000
RESOLUTION APPROVING SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE
APPLICATION OF GEORGE HEARST
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 37, 2000
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin
WHEREAS, George Hearst 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 Mr. Hearst to install a new fill or built-up system one-hundred sixty feet ± (160’±)
from Lake George instead of the required two-hundred feet (200’) setback on property located at Lake
Parkway, Assembly Point, in the Town of 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 November 6, 2000, 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 applicant; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health hereby approves the
application of George Hearst for a variance from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to allow Mr. Hearst
to install a new fill or built-up system one-hundred sixty feet ± (160’±) from Lake George instead of
the required two-hundred feet (200’) setback on property located at Lake Parkway, Assembly Point, in
the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 8-1-13,
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that this approval is contingent upon the applicants abandonment of the existing well.
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Duly adopted this 6 day of November, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner
NOES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower
ABSENT: None