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WASTEWATER-SEWER\\APPROVE\\ Steinbach-Riitano – New Well Setbacks – APA - 11-15-2021
RESOLUTION APPROVING JOSEPH RIITANO / FRANK STEINBACH’S
APPLICATION FOR SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL VARIANCES
RESOLUTION NO.: ___________________________________________________, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: ___________________________________________________
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: ___________________________________________________
WHEREAS, Joseph Riitano, current property owner and Frank Steinbach, property purchaser
(sale pending) filed an application for variances from provisions of the Town of Queensbury On-Site
Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136 to install a new well on property located at 16 Sunset Lane
in the Town of Queensbury with the proposed setbacks to be as follows:
1. Well to be 88’ from the leach field instead of the required 100’ setback;
2. Well to be 88’ from lot no.: 226.19-1-13’s leach field instead of the required 100’
setback; and
3. Well to be 99’from lot no.: 226.19-1-10’s leach field instead of the required 100’
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 requests on Monday, November 15, 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 variances, the Local Board of Health determines that the
variances 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 variances is necessary for the
reasonable use of the land and are the minimum variances which would alleviate the
specific unnecessary hardship found by the Local Board of Health to affect the
Applicants; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health hereby approves the application of Joseph
Riitano, current property owner and Frank Steinbach, property purchaser, for variances from the
Sewage Disposal Ordinance to install a new well with the proposed setbacks to be as follows:
1. Well to be 88’ from the leach field instead of the required 100’ setback;
2. Well to be 88’ from lot no.: 226.19-1-13’s leach field instead of the required 100’
setback; and
3. Well to be 99’from lot no.: 226.19-1-10’s leach field instead of the required 100’
setback;
on property located at 16 Sunset Lane in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No: 226.19-
1-9, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to forward by
certified mail a certified copy of this Resolution to the Adirondack Park Agency for its review, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this approval Resolution shall not be effective until 30 days after such notice
to the Adirondack Park Agency and shall be subject to review by the Adirondack Park Agency during
such period.
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Duly adopted this 15 day of November, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT: