BOH 076.2023 Setting PH - Sewer Variance Application - Wendy Hoffman
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL
VARIANCE APPLICATION OF WENDY HOFFMAN
RESOLUTION NO.: BOH 76, 2023
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board serves as the Town’s Local Board of Health and is
authorized by Town Code Chapter 136 to issue variances from the Town’s On-Site Sewage Disposal
Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, Wendy Hoffman (Applicant) has applied to the Local Board of Health for a
variance from Chapter 136, §136-11 which requires applicants to obtain a variance for a holding tank
system, as the Applicant wishes to replace the existing deficient onsite wastewater system by installing
a holding tank system consisting of two (2) holding tanks each with a 1,500 gallon capacity, thus
meeting the required total capacity of 3,000 gallons, with placement of the holding tank system to be
located 8’ from the north property line in lieu of the required 10’ setback on property located at 146
Lake Parkway in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, Town Code Chapter 137 requires inspection of Onsite Wastewater
Treatment Systems (OWTS) prior to the sale of certain real property and provides that a $2,000
escrow deposit will be forfeited to the Town in the event that completion of a wastewater
treatment system meeting all standards is not completed within the time provided, and
WHEREAS, a change of deed for the Applicant’s property occurred and when the
required property transfer septic inspection took place, it was found that the existing wastewater
system was deficient; however, the proposed new system is not able to be completed within the
required six (6) month time period due to the time of year and timing of permitting, and
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WHEREAS, the Applicant has therefore applied for a timeline extension or until May 6,
2024 to install the system and to extend the date on which the $2,000 escrow deposit she
previously deposited with the Town shall be automatically forfeited and the Town’s Director of
Building and Codes Enforcement has recommended Town Board approval of this requested
extension, and
WHEREAS, the Local Board of Health will consider this extension request at the time of the
public hearing on the requested variances from Chapter 136,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health will hold a public hearing
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on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road,
Queensbury, to consider Wendy Hoffman’s sewage disposal variance application concerning property
located at 146 Lake Parkway in the Town of Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 226.15-1-8 and at
that time all interested persons will be heard, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town
Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting and send a copy of the Notice
to neighbors located within 500 feet of the property as required by law.
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Duly adopted this 6 day of November, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Metivier