BOH56.98
RESOLUTION APPROVING SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE
FOR JIM AND KARIN BOWEN
RESOLUTION NO.: 56 .98
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill
WHEREAS, Jim and Karin Bowen previously filed a request for a variance from provisions of
the Town of Queensbury Sewage Disposal Ordinance Town Code Chapter 136, such provision
requiring that there be a ten feet (10’) setback between their septic tank and new frost wall, and
WHEREAS, Notice of Public Hearing was published in the Town’s official newspaper and a
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public hearing was held concerning the variance request on December 7, 1998, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk has advised that property owners within 500 feet of the subject
property were duly notified,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED,
a) that due to the nature of the application, it is felt that the variation will 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 is granted as the minimum variance
which would alleviate the specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of
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Health to affect the applicants,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health hereby grants the variance
to Jim and Karin Bowen allowing a three feet (3’) setback from the septic tank to the new frost wall on
property situated at 5 Butternut Hill Drive, Queensbury, New York, and bearing Tax Map No.: 54-5-
11.32.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of December, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne
NOES: None
ABSENT:None
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