Application Area Variance [ZBA approved: November 15,2019]
(� General Information
Tax Parcel ID Number: `Ja
Zoning District:
Detailed Description of Project [include current&proposed use]:
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Location of Project:
Applicant Name: Mailing Address
Home Phone City, State,Zip
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Area Variance [ZBA approved: November 15,2019]
Site Development Data
Area/Type Existing sq.ft. Proposed Total sq.ft.
Additions .ft.
A. Building footprint ZZ� 3
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B.fi-Det eeked�Garage t�
C. Accessory Structure(s)
D. Paved,gravel or other hard surfaced area
E. Porches/Decks
F. Other y
G. Total Non-Permeable [Add A-F] f(�� (IN �
H. Parcel Area [43,560 sq. ft./acre]
I. Percentage of Impermeable Area of Site [I=G/H] j
Setback Requirements
Area Required Existing Proposed
Front Yard[1] ®t
Front Yard[2]
Shoreline
Side Yard[1]
Side Yard[2]
Rear Yard[1]
Rear Yard[2]
Travel Corridor
Height [maximum]
Permeability
Number of parking spaces
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Area.Variance [ZBA approved:November 15,2019]
Additional Project Information
1. Will the proposal require a Septic Variance from the Town Board of Health?.
2. If the parcel has previous approvals,list application number(s): Nt/ A
3. Does this project require coverage under the New York State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System(SPDES)Permit
Program? _Yes/JNo ,L J2� d ZZ
4. Estimated project duration: Start Date: �� End Date: 2
5. Estimated total cost of project:
6. Total area of land disturbance for project: Q �$
Floor Area Ratio Worksheet
FLOOR AREA RATIO (FAR) --The relationship of building size to lot size, derived by dividing the total building floor
area`by the lot size in square feet,yielding a percentage.
Zoning IDistmct Symbol Floor Area Ratio [FAR]
Waterfront R idential WR 0.22
Commercial Mod ate/Commercial CM/CI 0.3
Intensive
A. The combined area of a square footage, as measure from exterior walls of all structures on the property, including all
floors of the structures, rages, basements and attics with more than five (5) feet of ceiling height and covered
porches. Building square �o tage does not include: Open deck, docks and that portion of covered docks extending
over water and one storage s ed of one hundred twenty (120) square feet or less. Any additional sheds will be
included. (See"FLOOR AREA TIO").
B. Commercial or industrial: the total a a in square feet as measured from the exterior of the outside walls of a building
or structure, and when applicable,the s total of all floor areas of the principal and accessory buildings or structures
on the project site.
Parcel Area sq. ft.
Existing Floor Area s . ft. [see above definition]
Proposed Additional Floor Area �, s .ft.
Proposed Total Floor Area . ft.
Total Allowable Floor Area Area see above table
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Area Valiance [ZBA approved: November 15,2019]
Compliance with Zoning Ordinance
Requesting relief from SECTION:
Need relief from the requirement(s)listed below which can not be met by the project as proposed.
[Check all that apply] .Setback ❑ Buffer Zone ❑ Lot Width ❑ Other
The following questions reflect the criteria for granting this type of variance. Please complete them; use additional sheets if
needed.
1. Whether an undesirable change will be produced in the character of the neighborhood or a detriment to
nearby property will be created by the granting of this area variance?
2. Whether the benefit sought by the applicant can be achieved by some method, feasible for the applicant
to pursue, other than an area variance?
3. Whether the requested area variance is substantial?
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4. Whether the proposed variance will have an adverse effect or impact on the physical or environmental
con itlons in the neighborhood or district?
5. Whet er the alleged difficulty was self-created?
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Area Variance [ZBA approved: November 15,2019]
Section 179-14-030
Application materials and site plan drawing is to include sufficient information for the Board to review and provide a decision. The
applicant is to provide a site plan drawing(s)—a survey showing existing conditions,a proposed conditions map(see page 00 for
specific criteria)and include any other attachments that address A-D as applicable to the proposed project.
A. General Shown on Sheet#
1 Title,Name,Address of applicant&person responsible for preparation of drawing S-U-
2 Deed
3 North arrow,Tax Map ID, date prepared and scale [minimum: 1 inch=40 feet]
4 Boundaries of the property e lotted to scale,zoning boundary
5 Principal structures, accessory structures with exterior dimensions
6 Site improvements incl. outdoor storage areas, driveways,parking areas, etc.: existing&
proposed
7 Setbacks for all structures and improvements: existing&proposed
8 Elevations and floor plans of all proposed and affected structures Q ,
B. Water& Sewer Shown on Sheet#
1 Project sewage disposal facilities,design details,construction details,flow rates,and number of
bedrooms proposed A iA
2 Water supply[i.e.well] &septic on adjoining lots with separation distances to existing or
proposed on-site water supply and septic
3 Separation distances for proposed sewage disposal system to well and water bodies At
4 Existing public or private water supply[well,lake, etc.]. Method of securing public or private
water, location,design and construction of water supply including daily water usage
5 Percolation test location and results
C. Parkin /Permeable Areas Shown on Sheet#
1 Number of spaces required for project including calculations and justification: existing&
proposed
2 No. of existing parking spaces,number to be removed,number to maintain and type of surfacing
material [e. ., gravel,paved] NA
3 Provision for pedestrian and handicap access andparking: existing&proposed
4 Design details of ingress,egress, loading areas and cutting: existing&proposed
5 Location and character of green areas [existing and proposed],modification to green area,buffer
zone to remain undisturbed
6 Lighting, location and design of all existing and proposed outdoor lighting
D. Additional Site Development and Miscellaneous Shown on Sheet#
1 On-site&adjacent watercourses,streams,rivers,lake and wetlands
2 Utility/energy distribution system[gas, electric,solar,telephone]: existing&proposed
3 Location,design and construction details of all existing and proposed site improvements
including: drains,culverts,retaining walls, fences, fire&emergency zones and hydrants, etc.
4 Square footage of bldg. area proposed for office,manufacturing,retail sales or other commercial �
activities: existing&proposed V Av -
5 Si na e: Location, size,type, design and setback: existing&proposed
6 Waiver Request: provide letter with application requesting any waivers: please reference J,
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specific items /'
7 Commercial/Industrial Development requires submission of Landscaping, Stormwater /^
Management, Grading&Lighting Plans j V/-
8 Identification of Federal, State or County permits required for the project together with a record n//�
of application for all necessarypermits J V /d
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Town of Queensbury Area Variance Pre-Submission Conference Form/Section 179-9-040
1. Applicant Name: Paul Richards
2. Tax Map ID 302.11-1-76 Location: 18Fort Amherst Rd
3. Zoning Classification MDR,0.34 ac
4. Reason for Review: 225 sq ft sunroom addition to existing home
5. Zoning Section#: 179-3-040,179-4-080
6. Pre-Submission Meeting Notes: Provided Outstanding; Please provide by
Deed x
General Information complete x
Site Development Data Complete x
Setback Requirements Complete x
Additional Project Information Complete x
FAR addressed Na
Compliance with Zoning Ordinance x
Checklist items addressed x
Environmental Form completed na
Signature Page completed x
Applicant proposes to construct a 225 sq ft sunroom addition to an existing home. The existing home is 2115
sq ft.,with an attached garage of 480 sq ft, a p,orch of 209 sq E is an exiting patio of 300 sq ft is to be
removed for the sunroom addition. No other changes to the site are proposed. The project requires an area
variance. The sue room is to be located 7.2 ft where a 25 ft setback is required.
Reviewed application, survey, deed,building plans.
Items to be updated or provided.
1)Provide 15 copies for submission.
Staff Representative: Laura Moore
Applicant/Agent: Kevin...in person meeting Date: 8/16/2021
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Area Variance [ZBA approved: November 15,2019]
This page includes the 1.)Authorization to Act as Agent Form: 2.) Engineering Fee Disclosure; 3.)Authorization for Site Visits; 4.)
Other Permit Responsibilities; 5.)Official Meeting Disclosure and 6.)Agreement to provide documentation required.
OWNER'S AGENT FORM: Complete the following if the OWNER of the property is not the same as the applicant:
Owner: p 2l A �,— �`9 S
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Designates: ��t M oN„1s1 4_ as Agent regarding the following:
Variance_'?� Site Plan_ Subdivision_
For Tax Map No.' `16 Deed Reference: Book Page Date
OWNER SIGNATURE: DATE: 2? a(
APPLICANT'S AGENT FORM: Complete the following if the APPLICANT is unable to attend the
meeting or wishes to be represented by another party:
Owner:
Designates: as Agent regarding the following:
Variance Site Plan Subdivision
For Tax Map No.: Deed Reference: Book Pag Date
OWNER SIGNATURE: �"�� DATE: I�
2.) ENGINEERING FEE DISCLOSURE: Applications may be referred to the Town consulting engineer for review of septic
design, storm drainage, etc. as determined by the Zoning or Planning Department. Fees for engineering review services will be
charged directly to the applicant. Fees for engineering review will not exceed$ 1,000 without notification to the applicant.
3.) AUTHORIZATION FOR SITE VISITS: By signing this page and submitting the application materials attached herein, the
Owner,Applicant,and his/her/their agent(s)hereby authorize the Zoning Board or Planning Board and Town Staff to enter the subject
properties for the purpose of reviewing the application submitted.
4.) OTHER PERMIT RESPONSIBILITIES: Other permits may be required for construction or alteration activity subsequent to
approval by the Zoning Board or Planning Board. It is the applicant's responsibility to obtain any additional permits.
5.) OFFICIAL MEETING MINUTES DISCLOSURE: It is the practice of the Community Development Department to have a
designated stenographer tape record the proceedings of meetings resulting from application, and minutes transcribed from those tapes
constitutes the official record of all proceedings.
6.) AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION REOUIRED: I, the undersigned, have thoroughly read and understand
the instructions for submission and agree to the submission requirements, 1 acknowledge no construction activities shall be
commenced prior to issuance of a valid permit. I certify that the application, plans and supporting materials are a true and complete
statement/description of the existing conditions and the work proposed, and that all work will be performed in accordance with the
approved plans and in conformance with local zoning regulations. I acknowledge that prior to occupying the facilities proposed,I or
my agents, will obtain a certificate of occupancy as necessary. I also understand that Uwe may be required to provide an as-built
survey by a licensed land surveyor of all newly constructed facilities prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy
I have read and agree to the above.
Signature[Applicant] Print Name[A plicant] Date si ed
Signat r g Print Name[Agen Date si ed
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WARREN COUNTY-STATE OF NEW YORK
PAMELA J.VOGEL,COUNTY CLERK
1340 STATE ROUTE 9,
LAKE GEORGE,NEW YORK 12845
COUNTY CLERK'S RECORDING PAGE
***THIS PAGE IS PART OF THE DOCUMENT-DO NOT DETACH***
Recording:
Cover Page 5.00
Recording Fee 35.00
Cultural Ed 14.25
Records Management - Coun 1.00
Records Management - Stat 4.75
Additional Names 1.00
BOOK/PAGE: 5284 / 61 TP584 5.00
INSTRUMENT #• 2015-8689 RPS217 Residential/Agricu 116.00
RPS217 - County 9.00
Receipt#: 2015386953
clerk: LB sub Total : 191.00
Rec Date: 12/21/2015 03:01:03 PM
Doc Grp: RP Transfer Tax
Descrip• DEED Transfer Tax - State 1408.00
Num Pgs: 4
Rec`d Frm: MILLER MANNIX SCHACHNER & Sub Total : 1408.00
HAFNER LLC
Partyl: STAFFORD MICHAEL E TRSTE Total : 1599.00
Party2• RICHARDS PAUL **** NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A BILL ****
Town: QUEENSBURY
***** Transfer Tax *****
Transfer Tax #: 1194
Transfer Tax
Consideration: 352000.00
Transfer Tax - State 1408.00
Total : 1408.00
WARNING***
I hereby certify that the within and foregoing was
recorded in the Warren County Clerk's Office,
Record and Return To: State of New York.
This sheet constitutes the Clerks endorsement
required by Section 316 of the Real Property Law
of the State of New York.
MILLER MANNIX SCHACHNER & HAFNER LLC
15 W NOTRE DAME ST Pamela I Vogel
GLENS FALLS NY 12801 Warren County Clerk
TRUSTEE'S DEED WITH LIEN COVENANT
DUE DATE OF DEED: JLber V'5, 2015
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GRANTOR: Michael E.Stafford
495 Canada Street
Lake George,New York 12845
as Trustee of the Obarowski Family Revocable Trust II
u/a/d January 3, 2012
GRANTEE: Paul Richards and
Darlene J.Richards,husband and wife
8 Washington Street
Peru,New York 12972
As Tenants by the Entirety
THIS DEED made between Grantor and Grantee on the deed date stated above
WITNESSES THAT GRANTOR in full consideration of
—Three Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars
lawful money of the United States and other good and valuable consideration,paid by Grantee,
DOES HEREBY GRANT AND RELEASE UNTO GRANTEE and his assigns
forever all that property located at:
18 Fort Amherst Road
Town of Queensbury
County of Warren
State of New York
TAX MAP#: 302.11-1-76
(THE PROPERTY IS DESCRIBED MORE FULLY IN SCHEDULE "A" ATTACHED)
THIS GRANT IS MADE:
TOGETHER with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the Grantor in and
to said premises.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the premises granted by this Deed unto the Grantee and
his assigns forever.
AND THE GRANTOR COVENANTS as follows:
FIRST: That Grantee shall QUIETLY ENJOY said premises;
SECOND: That Grantor has not done or suffered anything whereby the said premises
have been encumbered in any way whatever;
THIRD: That this conveyance is made subject to the trust fund provisions of section
thirteen of the lien law.
If there are more than one Grantor or Grantee,the words "Grantor" and"Grantee"used in
this deed includes them.
IN WITNESS OF THIS CONVEYANCE, Grantor has executed this Instrument on the
deed date stated above.
IN PRESENCE OF
I /"!'��',
Michael E. Stafford,Trustee
STATE OF NEW YORK )
ss..
COUNTY OF WARREN )
On the X day of November in the year 2015,before me,the undersigned, a Notary
Public in and for said State,personally appeared Michael E. Stafford,personally known to me or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed
to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and
that by his signature on the instrument,the individual,or the person upon behal of which the
individual acted, executed the instrument.
SUZANNE L.SPECTOR Notary Public
Notary Public, State of New York
Qualified in Warren County
Reg#02SP5042852
Commission Expires May 1,20-0
SCHEDULE "A"
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Queensbury,
County of Warren and State of New York, and being Lot Number Twenty(20) as shown
upon a Map of Lands of Fred J.Hovey, filed in the Warren County Clerk's Office on the
2 1'day of June, 1927, to which Map reference is hereby made, and briefly bounded and
described as follows: COMMENCING at an iron pipe set in the ground on the northerly
side of Fort Amherst Road, so-called,which point is also the southeasterly corner of Lot
Number Eighteen(18) and the southwesterly corner of Lot Number Twenty(20); running
thence northerly in the division line between Lots Eighteen(18) and Twenty(20)
approximately one hundred fifty feet(150') to an iron pipe set in the ground; thence
easterly along the division line between Lots Nineteen(19)and Twenty(20),
approximately one hundred feet (100) to an iron pipe set in the ground; thence southerly
along the division line between Lots Twenty(20) and Twenty-Two (22)approximately
one hundred and fifty feet(150)to an iron pipe set in the ground on the northerly side of
the road first above mentioned; thence westerly along the northerly side of Fort Amherst
Road, approximately one hundred feet(100) to the place of beginning.
This conveyance is made by the party of the first part and accepted by the parties of the
second part,upon the following conditions, which are to continue and run with the land:
A. That the parties of the second part,their successors and assigns, shall not construct
upon the premises above described, any dwelling within fifty feet(50)of the northerly side of
the sidewalk constructed along the northerly side of said Amherst Road.
B. And upon the further condition that the premises above described are not to be used
for commercial purposes of any kind or character,but are to be used solely for residential uses,
and that but one residential building shall be constructed upon the premises above described.
C. And upon the further condition that the parties of the second part,their successors and
assigns, shall construct no residence upon the premises above described,which shall cost less
than the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars($12,000.00).
The conveyance is subject to the easement given by Arthur J. Marlow, and others to New
York Power and Light Corporation,dated the 10'day of October, 1929, and recorded in the
Warren County Clerk's Office on the 20'day of October, 1929 in Book 181 of Deeds at Page
322.
BEING the same premises conveyed to Michael E. Stafford as Trustee of the Obarowski
Family Revocable Trust U from Deborah Freeman as the Trustee of the Merrell Family Trust by
deed dated March 5,2014 and recorded on March 11,2014 in the Warren County Clerk's Office
in Book 4952 at Page 99.
MILLER,MANNIX,
SCHACHNER b HAFNER,LLC
15 W Notre Dame Street
Glens Falls, New York 12801