Town Zoning Board Meeting

Town Zoning Board Meeting 6:30PM

Waterford Town Hall 65 Broad Street Waterford, NY 12188

Agenda for January 17, 2023

6:30 PM Regular Meeting

1. Announcement that on January 3rd, the Town Board appointed Carl Benoit as the Chairman of the ZBA. Member Joe Senecal was also re-appointed to a 5 year term. Members will be paid $77.03 per meeting in 2023.

2. Area Variance for 19B Devitt Road. Lisa Delaney proposes to tear down an existing pool house and replace it with a 24’ x 32’ pool house with two attached 18’ x 18’ roof covered patio wings. The new structure will cover 1524 sf. An area variance is necessary because the peak of the main roof will be 27’-1” high. The maximum allowed height for an accessory structure is 15’-0”. Therefore, a variance of 12’-1” will be required. Tim Gallagher of Architexny.com will present the plan.

3. Development of a mini booklet requested by Chairman Benoit which would condense all ZBA matters from the Town Code into a small, easy to use paper document. A sample will be distributed at the meeting.

4. Interpretations - The Planning Board has had several requests for interpretations regarding sections of Town Code and would like the ZBA to issue an interpretation.

A. Roadside Frontage – A minimum amount of roadside frontage is required for each lot. All frontage that abuts a public street is counted towards meeting the requirement. For some parcels, the frontage could occur on two or more public streets. A developer, has asked if the frontage can also include property along a private road?

B. “Large” House Additions - The Planning Board had two cases in 2022 where a homeowner built an addition greater than 25% of the existing house. If a new single-family house was to be built on the site, it would be exempt from site plan review regardless of its size per § 161-84 A. (2). But, it appears that subpart (4) would require site plan review if a house addition of greater than 25% of the size of the existing house was to occur. The ZBA needs to determine if (4) is meant to apply to one & two-family homes as well as other types of structures (commercial and industrial)