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WASTEWATER-SEWER\APPROVE.VAR\Hodgkins-Holding Tank&Setbacks-6-3-13
RESOLUTION APPROVING SANITARY SEWAGE DISPOSAL
VARIANCES FOR JOHN AND CATHY HODGKINS
RESOLUTION NO.: ,2013
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, John and Cathy Hodgkins (Applicants) filed an application for a variance from
Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, Chapter 136, §136-11, which requires
applicants to obtain a variance for holding tanks, as the Applicants wish to replace an existing
wastewater system with a new holding tank system, and
WHEREAS, the Applicants have also applied for additional variances from Chapter 136 to
allow placement of such holding tank system:
1. 7' from the dwelling in lieu of the required 10' setback; and
2. 2' from the property line in lieu of the required 10' setback; and
3. house sewer line to be located 2' from the property line in lieu of the required 10'
setback;
on property located at 41 Old Assembly Point Road in the Town of Queensbury, 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 conducted a public hearing concerning the variance
requests on Monday, June 3',2013, 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, it is felt 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 John and
Cathy Hodgkins for variances from the Sewage Disposal Ordinance to allow installation of a new
holding tank system and allow placement of such system:
1. 7' from the dwelling in lieu of the required 10' setback; and
2. 2' from the property line in lieu of the required 10' setback; and
3. house sewer line to be located 2' from the property line in lieu of the required 10'
setback;
on property located at 41 Old Assembly Point Road in the Town of Queensbury bearing Tax Map No.:
239.12-2-4.
Duly adopted this 3rd day of June, 2013,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES :
ABSENT: