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MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.
CLEVERDALE,NEW YORK 12820
518-656.9573
October 5, 2021
Town of Queensbury-Zoning Board of Appeals
Re: Lisa Paplanus, additional notes
There are 32 residences on 21 acres at Takundewide (approximately .66 acre/residence). The
property was divided in 1986, prior to the adoption of many of the requirements in the current Zoning
Ordinance. The intent of the original owners was to ensure that the residents could add a second story
while complying with the town code.
The property is divided so that most of the property(18.7 acres) is held by Takundewide
Homeowners Association,Inc., as a predominantly green, common space for the shared and exclusive
use of these 32 residential owners at Takundewide. Takundewide Homeowners Association, Inc. is
owned by these 32 owners in equal shares. The Association entered a"Memorandum of Understanding"
with the Town of Queensbury in September/2003 in order to address issues related to applications such
as this (density, septic,noise, etc.). We include a copy of this document with this application, and it is
on file in the Town Offices. As per that memorandum,there will be no residential units added,
maximum building size will be 1536 ft2, and the 18.7 acres of shared common property will be
considered when evaluating the current and future density of the property. In this application,the
proposed building size is 1550 ft2. (1536 ft2 for I"and 2°d floors, + 16 ft2 for small deck at new steps.
Following the format of the Town's FAR worksheet and adding an equal share of the common
property, Lisa Paplanus' home is as follows:
Parcel area: (2288 private+25455 share of common) 27743 sq. ft.
(18.7 acres/32 equal owners=25455 ft2 per owner)
Existing floor area: 768 sq. ft.
Proposed Additional Floor Area 784 sq. ft.
Proposed Total Floor Area 1550 sq. ft.
Total Allowable Floor Area 6103 (Area x .22)
If the 18.7 acres of common property are not considered in these applications, then they should
be developable. Both the owners at Takundewide and the Town of Queensbury agreed in the
"Memorandum of Understanding"that this would not be optimal.
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MANAGEMENT GROUP INC.
CLEVERDALE,NEW YORK 12820
518-656.9573
October 5, 2021
Town of Queensbury—Zoning Board of Review/Site Plan Review
Re: Lisa Paplanus,Water and Sewer
1. The current septic system is largely unknown. It consists of a 500 gallon metal septic tank with a
drain field of unknown design and location. As part of this application, Mrs. Paplanus will join
the existing community septic system. It is in place, has had no issues since installation and has
design capacity for at least 5 additional homes. She will apply for a building permit and install
the appropriately sized concrete septic tank(probably 1000 gallon)with access ports for
inspection and pump outs. She has already negotiated a buy-in with the Takundewide
Homeowners Sewage Works Corporation.
2. Water supply is provided by Takundewide Homeowners Association, Inc.,a NYSDOH permitted
and regulated water system. The water source is Lake George. As such,there are no issues with
separation distances.