BOH 057.2012 Approve John Hampshire Sewer Variance
RESOLUTION APPROVING JOHN HAMPSHIRE’S APPLICATION FOR
SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCE
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 57, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, John Hampshire (Applicant) previously filed an application for a variance from
provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance Chapter 136, §136-11,
which requires applicants to obtain a variance for holding tanks as the Applicant wished to install a new
2,000 gallon septic holding tank in lieu of a sewage disposal system on property situated at 62 Dream
Lake Road in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: BOH 003.2021, the Local Board of Health approved the
Applicant’s variance to install the new 2,000 gallon septic holding tank in lieu of a sewage disposal
system on the property located at 62 Dream Lake Road in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Applicant has applied to the Local Board of Health for an additional variance
from Chapter 136, §136-11 to approve the already installed 2,000 gallon septic holding tank 31.1±’
from the Dream Lake shoreline in lieu of the required 50’ setback, 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 duly conducted a public hearing concerning the
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variance request on Monday, September 27, 2021, and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk’s Office has advised that it duly notified all property owners
within 500 feet of the subject property,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that
1. due to the nature of the variance, the Local Board of Health determines that the
variance would not be materially detrimental to the purposes and objectives of this
Ordinance or other adjoining properties nor otherwise conflict with the purpose and
objectives of any Town plan or policy; and
2. the Local Board of Health finds that the granting of the variance is necessary for the
reasonable use of the land and 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 Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of John
Hampshire for a variance from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to place the already installed 2,000
gallon septic holding tank 31.1±’ from the Dream Lake shoreline in lieu of the required 50’ setback on
property located at 62 Dream Lake Road in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No:
279.17-1-10.
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Duly adopted this 27 day of September, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Strough