BOH 018.2021 Granting Pickering Extension to Complete Alterations at 3 Palmer Drive
RESOLUTION GRANTING NICOLE AND JOSEPH PICKERING AN
EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE WASTEWATER SYSTEM
ALTERATIONS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3 PALMER DRIVE
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 18, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 380,2018, the Queensbury Town Board adopted Local
Law 2 of 2018 entitled “Septic Inspection Upon Property Transfer” which is set forth at
Queensbury Town Code Chapter 137 (Chapter 137), and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 176,2019, the Town Board adopted Local Law 5 of 2019
and by Resolution No. 47,2020, adopted Local Law 1 of 2020 to make additional minor
modifications to Chapter 137, and
WHEREAS, Chapter 137 requires inspection of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
(OWTS) prior to the sale of certain real property and provides that a $2,000 escrow deposit will
be forfeited to the Town in the event that completion of a wastewater treatment system meeting
all standards is not completed within the time provided as established by Chapter 137, and
WHEREAS, by letter dated April 20, 2021, Nicole and Joseph Pickering (Applicants) have
advised that due to inclement weather, their contractor has been unable to complete needed
alterations to their wastewater system on their property located at 3 Palmer Drive in the Town of
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Queensbury by April 30 and therefore, the Applicants have requested that the Town Board grant
them additional time or until the end of May 2021, to complete such alterations and to extend the
date on which the $2,000 escrow deposit they previously deposited with the Town shall be
automatically forfeited to the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Director of Building and Codes Enforcement has recommended Town
Board approval of this requested extension,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board, as the Town’s Local Board of Health,
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hereby authorizes and grants Nicole and Joseph Pickering additional time or until May 31, 2021
to obtain a certificate of compliance from the Town’s Building and Codes Enforcement Office as
set forth in Chapter 137 for completion of alterations to their wastewater system located on their
property at 3 Palmer Drive, Queensbury and to extend the date on which the $2,000 escrow deposit
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shall be automatically forfeited to the Town until such date of May 31, 2021 as delineated in this
Resolution and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Director of Building and
Codes Enforcement to and take any and all actions necessary to effectuate all terms of this
Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 3 day of May, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT : None