The December 9 Zoning Board Meeting had a short agenda - Adjourned Public Hearing - The applicant on Dana Place - is requesting a variance 16' 9" where 20 feet is required (so they can only provide a 3'1") of to build a 25'x26' garage . The Board Chair indicated that this is a very large variance and weren't comfortable with such a large variance. Another Board member indicated that a 50% variance, unless there is an unique site condition. The Board has looked at the pr

With only two items on the November 12 ZBA agenda, the ZBA opened the Public Hearing for two items related to the building at 33 Middlebush Road. If you recall, the owners had obtained site plan approval for "contractor storage" but wanted to enable, for a potential buyer, the ability of that buyer to store personal vehicles that were not related to the contractor business. Several meetings, months have passed and wrangling about whether the code would allow such use hav

The October 28 Agenda of the Zoning Board included re-opening the Adjourned Public Hearing for Hudson Valley Volkswagen's request for a variance increase the size of the parking area beyond the code's limitations... thus reducing the code's requirement to have 25% open space. So while the 2% variance seem minimal -- it will allow for 33 additional cars to be parked (valet parking). These variances are required as a pre-req for the site plan ammendment requests which are bef

The October 14th Zoning Board meeting consisted of two public hearings and the discussions for three new applicants. Public Hearings: Approved a request for an area variance on Relyea Terrace to allow the legalization of an exisitng 10'x15' shed Hudson Valley Volkswagen -- this is very confusing. The ZBA in the last meeting went back to the planning board to ask what the planning board thought about the requested area variances to allow 2% less landsacaping and 2% more park

The September 9, 2025 Zoning Board Meeting began with a public hearing for a property on Gold Road. The applicants want to add a front...

The Public Hearings scheduled for the August 26 Zoning Board Meeting were Routine -- no public came to comment and the Board approved the...

The June 24 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting agenda had 1 adjourned public hearing and a discussion of three projects that will require...

The June 10 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting had three public hearings scheduled. The First - concerned a property on Spook Hill Road ...

The May 27th Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, held the same night as a Town Board Meeting because of the Memorial Day Holiday, was held...

The May 13th ZBA meeting opened as usual... a request for a correction to the minutes from a previous meeting... and the applicant for...

There were 2 Public Hearings and 1 Discussion (aka new application) on the agenda of the February 25th Zoning Board of Appeals meeting. ...

The February 11 Zoning board meeting - with 4 members present - could be a case study in when is "being careful and cautious" being "too...

The January 28 Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting there was one public hearing and 2 discussions - with only four members (meaning that all...

The January 14th Zoning Board of Appeals meeting had three items on the agenda... and then a bit of confusion at the end as the board...

The December 10 Zoning Board had a brief agenda: Public Hearing on the reuqest for variances for setback requirements to legalize a shed...

The November 26 Zoning Board Meeting welcomed a new member of the board - Chris Hernandez and had three items on their agenda. A request...

With only three members of the Zoning Board of Appeals in attendance, the ZBA held a meeting on October 22. There were two public...

The October 8 ZBA meeting opened with the Four Remaining Board Members. For those who are steeped in ZBA processes -- this creates a...

The September 24 ZBA meeting was a puff of smoke.....2 applicants didn't arrive, 1 hadn't published the requested information -- so was...

Often the most interesting and meaningful discussions happen at the end of meetings. It was the case at the September 10 Zoning Board of...