Cover Letter900 Route 146 Clifton Park, NY 12065
(P) 518.371.7621 edpllp.com
August 31, 2022
Attn: Stephen Traver, Planning Board Chairman
Attn: Mike McCabe, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman
Town of Queensbury
742 Bay Road
Queensbury, New York 12804
Regarding: Area Variance and Site Plan Review Application Re-Submission
Randles Residence – 42 Old Assembly Point Road
Dear Mr. Traver & McCabe:
Submitted for your distribution and review are 15 sets of the revised Area Variance Application
documents for the referenced project located at 42 Old Assembly Point Road. The subject parcel
consists of a lawful nonconforming (shoreline setback, side yard setback) single-family residence.
As proposed, the project involves renovation of the existing building (maintaining the existing
foundation) addition of a second story, attached garage, screen porch, stormwater management
and shoreline buffer improvements.
Variances for shoreline setback (51 ft vs. 56.71 ft required), side yard setback (8 ft vs. 20 ft
required), and stormwater infiltration device setback to Lake George (88 ft vs. 100 ft required)
were granted at the August 24th, 2022 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting.
After the August 24th ZBA meeting, upon further review of the Survey map provided by Van Dusen
& Steves Land Surveyors, it was made apparent that the shoreline setbacks had been measured
from the water elevation taken on the day the survey was performed (February 23, 2022) and not
from the Lake George Mean High Water Level (MHW) of 320.20 feet. This resulted in different
setback measurements than what was proposed and approved at the August 24th ZBA meeting.
The revised required shoreline setback to Lake George MHW is 53.75 feet as calculated by the
average of the two neighboring houses to the north and south of the subject property. The
proposed shoreline setback is 46 feet. Shoreline setback relief of 46 feet vs the 53.75 feet
required is requested with this application. The side yard setback relief and infiltration device
setback relief will remain unchanged from the approval granted on August 24th, 2022.
The proposed house addition and all other site improvements remain as was originally submitted
on June 15th, 2022 and presented to the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals at the
August meetings.
The following documents have been provided as part of this re-submittal to the Town of
Queensbury Zoning Board of Appeals only, application materials to the Planning Board remain as
submitted.
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900 New York 146 Clifton Park, NY 12065
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Mr. Stephen Traver & Mike McCabe
June 15, 2022
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1. Area Variance Application – Fifteen (15) Copies with revised shoreline setbacks
2. Proposed Site Improvements For The Randles Residence – Fifteen (15) Copies
including three (3) full-size at 22” x 34”
· Sheet 1 Cover Sheet
· Sheet 2 Existing Conditions
· Sheet 3 Site Plan with Variances
· Sheet 4 Grading & Utility Plan
· Sheet 5 Planting Plan
· Sheet 6 Erosion & Sediment Control Plan
· Sheet 7 Site Details
3. Survey – Fifteen (15) Copies to ZBA only
Thank you for your consideration and review of these applications and I look forward to presenting
these at the September meetings.
Regards,
Environmental Design Partnership
Nicholas Zeglen, P.E.
Project Engineer
cc: Jeffrey Randles