[0:00] I even looked for your car and I
[0:00] go. We should, I
[0:06] ok ok
[0:09] good evening everyone and
[0:10] welcome to the zoning Board of
[0:10] Appeals for
[0:13] the town of Huntington for our
[0:13] meeting of
[0:16] AUGUST 13th, 2026, please rise
[0:16] for
[0:20] the Pledge of allegiance to our
[0:20] flag.
[0:23] I pledge allegiance. Yes. MR.
[0:27] Ok Uh MR.
[0:32] Justice Please be seated.
[0:34] First item of business
[0:38] is the minutes for AUGUST 6th.
[0:41] 2026. I've read them
[0:45] made a correction and if there
[0:45] are no
[0:48] further corrections or additions
[0:48] or deletions, I'll entertain a
[0:48] motion to
[0:52] accept the minutes for AUGUST 6,
[0:52] 2026. I'll make a motion, Mr
[0:56] CHAIRMAN. MR. McGrath, on the
[0:57] motion, MR. Castania on the 2nd
[0:57] all
[1:01] in favor all opposed. Minutes
[1:01] are accepted. Thank you. Uh
[1:05] dawn, are the appropriate
[1:05] postings
[1:08] and publications been done with
[1:12] affidavit proof to give us
[1:12] jurisdiction for our hearings
[1:12] tonight.
[1:17] Ok, thank you. The order of the
[1:18] hearings tonight will be as
[1:18] follows.
[1:21] 23 7 34.
[1:25] 800 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn, New
[1:25] York.
[1:30] 23715. 7 Olympia Court in
[1:33] East Northport, 2373518
[1:37] Landing Road in Huntington.
[1:40] 23722 Three greystone Drive in
[1:44] East Northport and finally
[1:46] 2373614 Wincott Drive in
[1:46] Melville
[1:50] Well, the applicant or the
[1:50] representative of the
[1:54] applicant for 23734.
[2:02] 800 Pulaski Road, please address
[2:02] the board.
[2:06] Hello. Um, so, uh, my name is
[2:08] Deirdre McDermott. I'm Mary
[2:09] McDermott is my mother
[2:13] um, she's the owner of the
[2:13] house. I am, I have trust of
[2:17] the house. I also live at that,
[2:17] um, address. 800
[2:20] Pulaski Road. Um, and we're
[2:21] looking to legalize
[2:24] the existing shed that was
[2:26] there when it was purchased my
[2:27] parents purchased
[2:31] it 23 years ago. So essentially
[2:31] by with the, uh,
[2:34] The real request, the bottom
[2:34] line request
[2:38] is that the, for accessory
[2:38] buildings
[2:41] the code allows 1200 square feet
[2:41] and with the shed, you're up
[2:44] to 1,462 square feet. So you're
[2:45] looking
[2:49] at 262 square feet variance just
[2:49] to
[2:52] maintain it 800 Pulaski Road has
[2:52] been there for a long time. It's
[2:52] a
[2:55] corner plot. It's hard by
[2:58] Minnicock and it's a it's a big
[2:59] piece of property
[3:02] more than 1 acre or 40. So is
[3:03] there anyone in the audience
[3:07] that wishes to be heard
[3:07] regarding this application. I'm
[3:11] expecting none and observing
[3:11] none. Um, having said that
[3:15] it's basically a de minimis type
[3:15] of uh application I'll entertain
[3:18] a motion to grant this
[3:19] application first if I could
[3:22] um, you have another accessory
[3:23] structure there
[3:27] There's no habitation. Nobody's
[3:28] living it's completely down to
[3:31] the studs, and you would agree
[3:32] in our, our, it has, it just has
[3:36] a snowblower, um, that kind of
[3:36] stuff inside of it. It's
[3:37] completely empty.
[3:40] Thanks. I'm sorry. Ok, uh,
[3:41] entertaining a motion to grant,
[3:41] MR. Castagno
[3:45] on the motion. MR. Campandao on
[3:45] the 2nd, all in favor. Any
[3:46] opposed
[3:50] Good luck. Thank you very much.
[3:50] Thank you so much. Well
[3:55] the applicant or the
[3:55] representative of the applicant
[3:55] of 23715.
[4:01] 7 Olympia Court please address
[4:01] the board. Hi
[4:05] how are you? My name is we're
[4:05] fine
[4:08] You are Andrew James Andrew
[4:09] Bentley. Uh,
[4:13] Yes, Andrew James Bentley, yeah.
[4:13] Good.
[4:16] Uh, yes, my name is Andrew
[4:17] Bentley
[4:19] I'm here with my wife, Carrissa,
[4:20] along with my three children,
[4:20] Drea, Drew
[4:23] and Demi. Um, Respectfully
[4:24] requesting
[4:26] an area variance that would
[4:27] allow us to keep our existing
[4:27] chicken coop in
[4:30] its current location. Uh, we
[4:31] understand that under town law,
[4:31] the
[4:34] board must be balanced the
[4:35] benefit of granting the variants
[4:35] to our family
[4:39] against any potential detriment
[4:40] to the health, safety, welfare,
[4:40] and character
[4:44] of the surrounding neighborhood.
[4:44] We believe the facts and
[4:44] evidence we are
[4:48] presenting tonight demonstrate
[4:49] the allowing the coup to remain
[4:49] as reasonable
[4:52] and consistent with those
[4:53] considerations. A property
[4:53] presents a unique challenge.
[4:57] We live on a on a court. It's a
[4:57] pie-shaped lot located in the
[4:58] center and
[5:01] are adjoined by 7 neighbors.
[5:02] Because of that configuration,
[5:02] there was no
[5:06] practical location on our
[5:06] property where the coup could
[5:07] simply be relocated
[5:11] and satisfy the requirement
[5:11] required setbacks from all
[5:12] surrounding properties.
[5:15] We originally selected the
[5:16] location, we were unaware of the
[5:16] specific coupe
[5:19] requirement. We thought we were
[5:20] simply following the
[5:20] requirements of a shed.
[5:24] Uh, the coup is located 15 ft
[5:25] off the property line, we
[5:25] thought we were
[5:28] in, um, Um, We're meeting the
[5:29] requirements.
[5:31] Um, we chose the, what we
[5:32] believe to be the most discreet
[5:32] and least
[5:36] intrusive area of our yard. Once
[5:36] we learned that the coup did not
[5:36] meet the
[5:40] required setbacks, we
[5:40] immediately took the necessary
[5:40] steps to address the
[5:44] issue properly and apply for
[5:45] this variance. A great deal of
[5:45] thought and
[5:49] care. Went into the construction
[5:50] and maintenance of the coupe.
[5:50] Uh, we have
[5:53] 3 kids. We were very concerned
[5:54] about. Rodents and odor during
[5:54] the town's inspection
[5:58] we received positive feedback
[5:58] regarding its condition and
[5:59] quality
[6:02] The inspectors both said that
[6:03] they had never seen a coupe
[6:03] built like this.
[6:07] The coupe includes a
[6:07] solar-powered exhaust system for
[6:08] ventilation, as well
[6:12] as a mini split heheheheheheheheniconditiom to help
[6:12] regulate extreme
[6:16] temperatures and prevent odors.
[6:16] It's cleaned regularly and the
[6:17] chicken's
[6:20] feed is kept in a sealed
[6:20] container inside of a, um,
[6:21] storage bin to prevent
[6:25] attracting rodents and other
[6:25] pests. According to the
[6:25] complaint registered
[6:29] in the portal, uh, there were
[6:30] concerns regarding pests that
[6:30] have been raised
[6:34] and the town came to our
[6:34] property specifically to inspect
[6:35] for the evidence of
[6:38] pest activity and smell, none of
[6:39] which were found. Believe the
[6:39] actual conditions
[6:43] observed during the inspection
[6:44] are important when considering
[6:44] whether the
[6:48] coup has created an adverse
[6:48] impact. Um, We'd also like to
[6:52] provide some context regarding
[6:52] the screening in this area.
[6:52] There
[6:56] were previously 3 mature trees
[6:57] directly located on the side of
[6:57] this.
[7:01] Separating the coupe from the
[7:01] adjoining property where the
[7:02] complaint came. Those
[7:05] trees were removed several years
[7:06] ago by a tree cutting service
[7:06] hired by
[7:10] our adjoining neighbor without
[7:10] our prior knowledge or
[7:11] permission. Sent to
[7:14] Tree cutting Service into our
[7:15] yard, leveled those trees,
[7:15] leaving us with
[7:19] five-foot stumps that I then had
[7:19] to pay to remove and grind out.
[7:20] Those trees
[7:23] would now be providing the
[7:24] privacy that could be leading to
[7:24] this complaint. Chicks
[7:28] have also become something
[7:28] meaningful to our family, our,
[7:29] our children participate
[7:32] in caring for them, feeding
[7:33] them, collecting, and cleaning
[7:33] the eggs and
[7:37] learning the responsibility that
[7:37] comes with caring for the
[7:37] animals. It has
[7:41] become both an educational and
[7:42] rewarding experience for them.
[7:42] And something
[7:46] we genuinely enjoyed together as
[7:46] a family. Most importantly,
[7:46] we've made
[7:50] every effort to ensure that
[7:51] keeping these chickens does not
[7:51] negatively affect
[7:55] the people around us. Submitted
[7:55] signed letters from our
[7:56] neighbors who support
[7:59] the coup. Um, have enjoyed our
[8:00] eggs and have expressed that it
[8:00] has not created
[8:04] a problem or a nuisance for the
[8:04] neighborhood. We understand why
[8:05] setback
[8:08] requirements exist and we
[8:09] respect the town's regulations.
[8:09] We're simply asking
[8:13] the board to consider the
[8:13] unusual configuration of our
[8:14] property. The lack
[8:17] of feasible alternative
[8:18] locations, the condition and
[8:18] maintenance of the
[8:22] existing coupe. The town's
[8:22] inspections finding no pest
[8:23] infestation and the
[8:33] support of our neighbors in the
[8:34] actual impact the coup has had
[8:34] on the surrounding
[8:37] neighborhood. For, we
[8:38] respectfully ask the board to
[8:38] grant the requested
[8:42] area bearance. Thank you. Ok.
[8:43] Thank you, MR. Bentley. Is there
[8:43] anyone in
[8:47] the audience that wishes to be
[8:47] heard regarding this
[8:47] application. You MAY
[8:51] step up. Good evening. Uh, my
[8:52] name is Daniel Gorman. I am the
[8:52] Southern southernly
[8:56] neighbor of the property in
[8:56] question, um, just a few points
[8:56] I submitted
[9:00] a pdf complaint via email as per
[9:01] the hearing notice letter that I
[9:01] received,
[9:04] so I don't know if that gets
[9:05] brought up during the discussion
[9:05] as well, um,
[9:09] but there's information on
[9:09] there, um, in regards to the
[9:10] comments made by
[9:13] MR. Bentley, um. He references
[9:14] that the coup was put up in a
[9:14] fifteen-foot.
[9:18] Um, distance from the property
[9:19] line, but the notice hearing
[9:19] that I received,
[9:23] specifically says from my lot,
[9:23] it's 7 ft and 13 ft
[9:24] respectively, um, he
[9:27] mentioned something about a tree
[9:28] removal. Uh, that was done, I'm
[9:28] assuming
[9:31] by us on his property line. I'm
[9:32] not aware of any service that we
[9:32] hired to
[9:36] have go over to his side that
[9:37] would create a uh Cover for the
[9:37] Said uh chicken
[9:41] coop uh chicken uh chicken coop
[9:41] uh chicken, um, and lastly
[9:41] rodents and odor
[9:45] that he mentioned. Um, he
[9:46] specifically said in terms of
[9:46] how it impacts his
[9:50] children. I have children
[9:50] myself. The odor and. Increase
[9:51] in bugs and rodents
[9:54] on our side of the fence because
[9:55] of The chicken coop has become a
[9:55] nuisance
[9:59] which led to the initial
[9:59] complaint in the first place.
[9:59] Um, And
[10:03] that's really all that I have to
[10:03] say about it. We are on the
[10:04] southerly side and
[10:08] I believe. The coupe is actually
[10:08] closer to our residential area
[10:13] than any recreational area on
[10:13] his side of the property.
[10:16] Ok, thank you very much. Is
[10:17] there anyone else who wishes to
[10:17] be
[10:30] heard regarding the application.
[10:30] Go get that.
[10:33] All right, observing you, do you
[10:33] wish to
[10:40] be heard? You might, you want to
[10:41] address those comments.
[10:44] So, this is the first time I'm
[10:44] meeting him. Nice to meet
[10:48] you. Um. I, I, I never received
[10:49] a complaint from anybody
[10:53] about these. Nobody told me
[10:54] anything about rodents. Nobody
[10:54] told me anything
[10:57] about bugs. Nobody told me they
[10:58] were cutting down trees, none of
[10:58] that, um.
[11:02] As far as the coup goes, it's 15
[11:02] or 13 ft. I, I don't remember
[11:02] off the top
[11:06] of my head. The Coopers, that's
[11:07] the coop, that's what the coop
[11:07] distance
[11:11] is. The run is 2x4s and chicken
[11:11] wire that encapsulates that is
[11:11] not the
[11:15] solid structure that I'm
[11:16] referring to. That that run is
[11:16] the sloped, uh,
[11:20] roof in the back there. Again,
[11:20] as far as, um, Reconfiguring
[11:20] that
[11:24] that that is Easy enough to do.
[11:25] I mean, it, but, again, this
[11:25] thing is
[11:29] directly next to my pool. We are
[11:29] 10 ft away from it, downhill.
[11:33] Any smell, any rodent would be
[11:34] in there. Town came
[11:38] Again, said they had never seen,
[11:38] never smelled anything. There
[11:38] was
[11:47] no signs of anything. Um, That's
[11:51] all I really have in response to
[11:52] that. No, no roosters out there,
[11:52] right
[11:56] No roosters. So at the time I
[11:56] had the complaint, I
[12:00] had 2 additional chickens. They
[12:01] were hens. Polish hens. They
[12:01] happen to be.
[12:05] They squawk loud. I, I didn't
[12:05] know. The Polish end were any
[12:06] different than any
[12:09] other ends, but uh. When the
[12:10] complaints came in, all I could
[12:10] think of is
[12:14] that the neighbor might not have
[12:14] liked the sound. I got rid of
[12:15] those two
[12:18] chickens. I thought this was
[12:19] gonna go away after that. I've
[12:19] since lost.
[12:23] 3 days' pay coming here to go to
[12:23] court numerous times, spent
[12:24] thousands of
[12:27] dollars reserving my resurveying
[12:28] my, my plot of land, sending
[12:28] letters. In
[12:32] addition to the tree stumps, I'm
[12:32] I'm in quite a big hole here.
[12:33] Thank you.
[12:38] Ok, thank you, MR. Bentley. I'm
[12:39] gonna close the hearing and
[12:39] we'll reserve
[12:45] decision on this matter. The
[12:46] applicant or the representative
[12:46] of the applicant
[12:55] for? 23735, that'd be 18 Landing
[12:55] Road, Huntington, please address
[12:56] the board.
[12:59] Good evening. Uh, my name is
[13:00] John Stecker. I've been a
[13:03] resident of my property, 18
[13:03] Landing Road for
[13:08] 38 years now. When I first got
[13:08] my deed for the property, one
[13:12] of the specifics on this was
[13:13] that there was no hog rendering
[13:13] involved. I'm
[13:17] not asking for that. All I'm
[13:17] asking for is the fact I, I
[13:17] built a retaining
[13:21] wall on my property, and we have
[13:22] a fence that my
[13:26] neighbor requested he billed to
[13:26] contain his dogs on his property
[13:30] and it's within. It's, um,
[13:30] Within 8
[13:33] inches of what the required
[13:33] setback of should be.
[13:37] So, um, I'm requesting a
[13:37] variance for the setback for the
[13:38] fence to
[13:41] be allowed. And also I have a
[13:42] shed which is 4 inches from
[13:46] the property line, I included
[13:47] that in my request. So basically
[13:47] the
[13:50] two requests that you're
[13:51] bringing before the board have
[13:51] to do with
[13:55] um, the shed, which is required
[13:56] to be 2 ft off the property
[13:56] linen
[13:59] and you're 1.2 ft off the
[14:00] property line. That's why you
[14:00] mentioned the the
[14:04] inches and the other one is, uh,
[14:04] 1.8
[14:07] ft we're 2 ft are required as
[14:08] well. That's, that's your
[14:08] application, correct? Yes
[14:12] correct. All right, is there
[14:12] anyone in the audience that
[14:13] wishes to be heard regarding
[14:17] this matter on 18 Landing Road
[14:18] in Huntington. Observing that no
[14:18] one
[14:22] wishes to be heard, I don't
[14:23] intend your motion to grant this
[14:23] application.
[14:27] Thank you. MR. Basso, on the
[14:27] motion. MR. Campadano on the
[14:31] 2nd. All in favor. Any opposed?
[14:32] Your application is
[14:35] granted. Well, the applicant or
[14:38] the representative of the
[14:38] applicant 423722.
[14:42] Three Graystone Drive in
[14:45] East Northport, please address
[14:45] the board. Good evening
[14:49] CHAIRMAN, Judge Asher, members
[14:49] of the board for the appellants,
[14:50] Tom Abadi,
[14:54] a b b a t e. I'm an attorney
[14:54] with offices at 88 Sunnyside
[14:55] Boulevard in Plainview,
[14:58] and this is a residential
[14:59] application, which solely seeks
[14:59] side yard setback relief
[15:03] to erect additions to my
[15:03] client's home in East Northport.
[15:03] The
[15:07] subject premises is 3 gray stone
[15:08] Drive, and this is located just
[15:08] east of
[15:12] the intersection of Larkfield
[15:12] Road and Clay Pitts Road. So if
[15:12] you know where
[15:16] the iga is. Are now the former
[15:16] iga. This is just east. It's the
[15:17] second right
[15:21] off Clay Pitts, and the subject
[15:21] premises is the first rate on
[15:21] Greystone.
[15:25] It's a very well maintained
[15:26] property and house. It belongs
[15:26] to my clients
[15:29] Jacqueline and David Birnbaum,
[15:30] and the idea here is to erect
[15:30] additions to
[15:34] the side and to the rear to
[15:35] accommodate their growing
[15:35] family. They've lived
[15:38] here for over 10 years now and
[15:39] they have 3 children ages 7, 10
[15:43] and 12, but it's not solely to
[15:44] accommodate. The growing family.
[15:44] It's also
[15:48] to accommodate Jacqueline's mom.
[15:48] So a significant portion of
[15:52] this undertaking is to, um,
[15:52] include an accessory
[15:55] apartment as part of the
[15:56] additional construction. You
[15:56] have
[15:59] our plans for the accessory
[16:00] apartment. They're drawn by our
[16:03] project architect Louise Agnes,
[16:04] and as you can see from those
[16:04] plans, the
[16:08] proposed accessory apartment
[16:08] meets all the dimensional and
[16:08] design
[16:12] requirements to establish such a
[16:13] use. What we do not conform to
[16:13] is side
[16:17] yard setback, and that's the
[16:17] only form of relief we need
[16:18] tonight. With
[16:21] the r20 zone in which this
[16:22] property lies, you have to hold
[16:22] 20 ft side
[16:26] yard setback on each side with
[16:26] an aggregate of 40. If this
[16:26] proposal is
[16:30] granted this evening, we will be
[16:31] holding 15 ft on the south side,
[16:31] so it's only
[16:35] a 25% reduction from that
[16:35] otherwise required
[16:38] by code, notably, however, even
[16:42] after construction. We will
[16:42] still have
[16:45] the minimum aggregate side yard
[16:45] setback of 40 ft required
[16:48] under 19855 of the code
[16:51] Yes, we're going to the rear,
[16:51] but if you look at
[16:55] a lot, you can see how deep it
[16:56] is even after construction,
[16:56] we'll
[17:00] have more than double the
[17:00] minimum rear yard setback
[17:01] required of the r20, which
[17:04] is 50 ft, and we are not going
[17:05] any closer to grays Greystone
[17:05] Drive than
[17:08] the house already does. From a
[17:09] practical perspective, that the
[17:09] house
[17:13] is presently enclosed on three
[17:14] sides by a 6 ft high white pvc
[17:17] fence that will remain,
[17:18] especially on the south side
[17:18] where we are closest
[17:22] to our most affected neighbor,
[17:23] and with respect to that
[17:23] neighbor, David
[17:27] Birnbaum, um, Consulted with him
[17:27] and talked to him about the
[17:27] project and
[17:32] he said he has no problems with
[17:33] the proposal whatsoever. That's
[17:33] our case.
[17:36] Thank you, MR. Abadi. Um, that
[17:37] was going to be my question
[17:37] whether
[17:40] or not the the neighbor directly
[17:41] to the south was in favor of
[17:45] the project or not, and you've
[17:45] answered that question that he
[17:45] is
[17:49] uh, it appears in the in the
[17:49] publication of the
[17:52] legal notice there, there is an
[17:53] indication that the
[17:56] combined with of side yard is 37
[17:59] ft, we're 40 ft is required. Is
[17:59] that, is
[18:03] that, are you still requesting
[18:03] that variance? No, we don't need
[18:04] that. We
[18:08] don't need that. No, because we
[18:08] have excess um on the north side
[18:08] of 26 ft.
[18:12] So, so if you add the two that
[18:12] was my question I wanted to make
[18:16] sure that since the, the legal
[18:17] notice on the documents that
[18:17] were presented
[18:21] to me indicates that that was
[18:21] part of the, part of the
[18:21] request, but basically
[18:25] you're just asking for a side
[18:26] yard variance now, not the
[18:26] aggregate, MR.
[18:30] Wheeder likes to make fun of me
[18:31] because I can't do math, but 26
[18:31] and 1541,
[18:34] right? So we're in excess of 40,
[18:35] ok. I had to use a calculator
[18:35] for that,
[18:39] Frank. Is there anyone in the
[18:39] audience that wishes to be heard
[18:39] regarding
[18:43] this application. Observing that
[18:44] no one wishes to be heard and
[18:44] they and
[18:48] then in effect the application
[18:48] is amended to just be the side
[18:48] yard variant
[18:52] on the southerly side. I will
[18:53] entertain a motion to grant. MR.
[18:53] Castagno,
[18:57] on the motion, MR. White on the
[18:57] 2nd, all in favor? Any opposed?
[18:58] Application
[19:02] is granted. Good luck with the
[19:02] construction for your clients
[19:02] you all so
[19:06] much. Good night. The applicant
[19:06] or the representative of the
[19:07] applicant for 23736
[19:15] That's 14 Wincott Drive, please
[19:15] address the board.
[19:19] Good evening, Diana Lespisa with
[19:20] Moreno Expediting Services
[19:23] po Box 39, Bethpage, New York,
[19:23] 11714 here
[19:26] on behalf of the property owner.
[19:26] ok.
[19:29] Good evening Good, tell us your
[19:29] application. So good
[19:33] evening, CHAIRMAN, members of
[19:33] the board. The applicant
[19:37] is proposing to construct a
[19:38] 2-story addition, a one-story
[19:42] attached garage addition and a
[19:42] rear covered patio. The property
[19:42] is
[19:46] located in the r40 zoning
[19:47] district, which requires a
[19:47] minimum side
[19:51] yard setback of 25 ft, a minimum
[19:51] aggregate side yard setback
[19:55] of 50 ft and permits a maximum
[19:56] of 3 garage spaces
[19:59] The application requests relief
[19:59] to permit. Minimum side yard
[19:59] setback
[20:03] of 14 ft, an aggregate side yard
[20:03] of
[20:07] 39.8 and additional garage space
[20:07] that is technically
[20:11] capable of accommodating 4
[20:11] vehicles. Although the existing
[20:14] garage is classified as a
[20:15] two-car attached garage. It it
[20:15] is
[20:18] really undersized and does not
[20:19] function as a practical
[20:22] two-car garage. The available
[20:23] space is too narrow to
[20:27] comfortably park two vehicles
[20:28] while allowing them to enter and
[20:28] exit their
[20:31] cars and maneuver. Maneuver
[20:32] within the garage. In addition,
[20:32] the interior stairs
[20:36] leading into the home further
[20:36] reduce the usable floor area
[20:40] As a result, the garage has
[20:41] functioned really primarily as a
[20:41] one car
[20:45] garage with the remaining space
[20:45] being used for bicycles,
[20:46] children's outdoor toys
[20:49] seasonal items, and general
[20:50] household storage. The
[20:53] proposed garage addition is
[20:53] intended to provide functional
[20:56] garage space. The Levine family
[20:56] owns 3
[21:00] only owns 3 vehicles and MR.
[21:01] It's MR. Levine's car
[21:04] his truck, and MRS. Levine's
[21:04] car. Their goal is simply to
[21:07] park 2 vehicles indoor
[21:10] while maintaining adequate space
[21:10] for lawn equipment
[21:14] a snowblower, tools, and other
[21:14] household storage
[21:17] In practice, this addition would
[21:18] sort of create a his and hers
[21:18] type
[21:21] garage with the new person, so.
[21:22] Surveying more of MR. Levine's
[21:22] vehicles and
[21:26] related storage needs workbench,
[21:26] tool area. The proposed
[21:30] addition will increase the total
[21:30] garage area to approximately 900
[21:34] Actually, it's not
[21:35] approximately, it's 933 square
[21:35] feet
[21:39] um, while it's technically
[21:39] exceeds the code's limitation on
[21:43] garage capacity, the layout
[21:44] dimensions and placement of the
[21:44] garage doors
[21:48] make it impractical to
[21:48] accommodate 4 vehicles, and the
[21:49] additional space
[21:52] is intended to improve the
[21:53] functionality rather than
[21:53] increase the
[21:57] vehicle storage. The garage
[21:57] addition will remain one. Story
[21:58] in height and it
[22:01] is strategically located to, uh,
[22:02] incorporate the
[22:06] pool area and create a covered
[22:06] outdoor seating area. And
[22:07] furthermore, the
[22:10] addition will be substantially
[22:11] screened from the neighboring
[22:11] property to
[22:15] the east with existing mature
[22:15] veg, uh, vegetation and it'll
[22:16] minimize any visual
[22:20] impact on any of the surrounding
[22:20] properties. We did have, um, one
[22:20] of the
[22:24] neighbors to the east, which
[22:24] would be the neighbor most
[22:25] affected, um, an
[22:28] architect had reached out to me
[22:29] that they work with. Inquiring
[22:29] about the
[22:33] project and they asked for some
[22:33] more information. I forwarded
[22:34] them the plans,
[22:37] and I had asked them if there
[22:38] was any concerns from the
[22:38] neighbor to make
[22:42] sure that they speak with MR.
[22:42] Levine or contact my offer
[22:43] again, uh, or my
[22:46] office again. And, um, they
[22:47] didn't reach out to my office.
[22:47] MR. Levine did
[22:51] confront him and they had no
[22:51] objections. They said they just
[22:52] didn't, you
[22:55] know, I guess they didn't go on
[22:56] the portal and look at the plan.
[22:56] Ok, thank
[23:00] you very much for your
[23:00] presentation. Is there anyone in
[23:00] the audience that
[23:04] wishes to be heard regarding
[23:05] 23736. Observing that no one
[23:05] wishes to be heard.
[23:09] Essentially your request is 14
[23:09] ft 14.1 ft actually on the side
[23:10] yard with 25
[23:13] is required to combined with the
[23:14] setback is normally 50 ft.
[23:14] You're You're, it's
[23:18] gonna show 39.8 ft and finally,
[23:18] you're asking for one
[23:22] extra space, which, um, you
[23:22] have. Three
[23:25] bays we use is usually permitted
[23:26] in our 40 and
[23:29] you're looking for a 4th bay and
[23:30] you've explained that one of the
[23:33] bays is essentially not able to
[23:34] be used for
[23:36] car use, but for storage anyway.
[23:37] That's
[23:40] essentially the application,
[23:41] correct? Yeah, just one thing to
[23:41] correct, it's
[23:45] actually only 2 bays. It's like
[23:45] a 1 1/2 bay and 1/2. So that's
[23:45] why
[23:49] it's hard to park the 4 vehicles
[23:50] because you'd have to pull in,
[23:50] maneuver
[23:54] and just trying to make sure
[23:54] that we get at least I just
[23:55] wanted to make
[23:58] sure that because I know Bay is
[23:59] a big, a big thing here I
[23:59] understand your
[24:03] application. You just want to be
[24:03] certain that we, we grant the
[24:04] app, we grant
[24:07] what the relief that you need.
[24:08] So having said all that, I'll
[24:08] entertain a
[24:12] motion to grant the application.
[24:12] MR. Camppadano, on the motion,
[24:13] MR. Castagna
[24:16] on the 2nd. All in favor. Any
[24:17] opposed? Your application is
[24:17] granted. Good
[24:21] luck with all the construction.
[24:21] Thank you. Have a good night. Mr
[24:26] Bennett, do we have any other,
[24:26] other business tonight
[24:30] CHAIRMAN. We do not. Ok, thank
[24:30] you very much, everyone
[24:34] for your participation, uh, we
[24:35] will be adjourned in our next,
[24:35] the next meeting of
[24:39] the zoning Board of Appeals will
[24:39] be on SEPTEMBER
[24:42] 3rd, uh, 2026, 2 weeks from