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From YouTube: Beacon Zoning Board 8-16-22
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The City of Beacon Zoning Board Meeting from Tuesday, August 16, 2022
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Well,
let's
go
ahead
and
get
our
meeting
underway,
then
normally
we
have
30
minutes
of
training
at
the
start
of
each
one
of
these
meetings.
We're
not
having
that
today,
so
we're
going
to
take
care
of
a
couple
matters
of
business
and
then
go
on
to
the
matter.
That's
on
the
agenda.
So,
first
of
all,
I
was
not
here
at
the
june
meeting,
which
we
have
minutes
from.
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Hi,
my
name
is
james,
petty,
I'm,
the
architect
and
representing
george
in
67
kent
street.
We
are
seeking
relief
from
a
side
yard
setback
which
is
normally
10
feet
in
this
zoning
district
to
3.4
feet.
There's
an
existing
home
that
was
built
in
the
1870s,
probably
1873.,
and
it
is.
It
is
itself
three
feet
at
its
closest
point
to
the
side
to
the
existing
property
line.
The
owner
would
like
to
expand
the
house
from
a
two-bedroom
house
to
a
three-bedroom
house
and
the
most
logical
place
to
do.
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That
would
be
above
the
existing
kitchen,
which
was
kind
of
a
lean
to
off
of
the
building.
So
basically
taking
that
one
story
section
to
a
two-story
section,
and
this
does
encroach
into
the
side
yard
setback.
One
of
the
reasons
this
encroaches
inside
your
setback
is,
if
you
look
under
the
second
floor
plans,
the
stair
itself
is
within
that
side
yard,
and
so,
in
order
to
get
into
the
new
area,
we
would
really
need
to
pull
the
square
the
house
off.
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The
two
most
logical
expansion
ideas
here
would
probably
be
an
adu
which
obviously
the
city
is
very
in
favor
of,
and
the
mayor
is
trying
to
push
and
the
council's
trying
to
push.
They
have
no
idea
how
much
it
costs
it
would
cost
like
twice
as
much
as
expanding
an
existing
home
new
foundations,
new
plumbing
and
everything
else.
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We
could
expand
on
the
first
floor
only
as
of
right,
but
the
only
way
to
get
there,
because
we
have
a
driveway
we're
pinched
between
a
side
yard
setback
on
one
side,
a
driveway
on
the
other
side,
and
at
the
back
we
have
a
basement
access
stairs
that
go
down.
It's
the
only
access
to
that
basement
and
we
have
a
flu
for
the
boiler.
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That
means
that
there's
one
little
narrow
place
that
we
could
even
expand
outward
on
the
first
floor
and
that
would
require
completely
renovating
a
kitchen
and
demolishing
that
which
we
intend
to
keep
making.
Also,
the
the
cost
so
exorbitant
that
it
wouldn't
be
the
owner
wouldn't
go
through
with
an
expansion,
so
it
really
made
the
most
sense
to
expand
directly
upwards
so
that
the
structure
is
easy.
It
squares
off
the
house.
However,
this
does
go
into
the
side
yard
area,
so
we're
seeking
a
3.4
foot
side,
yard,
variance.
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So,
under
section
81b
of
the
general
city
law,
the
overall
determination
is
whether
the
benefit
to
the
applicant,
if
the
variance
is
granted
outweighs
the
detriment
of
the
health,
safety
and
welfare
of
the
neighborhood
or
community.
By
such
grant,
and
in
making
that
determination,
we
are
appointed
to
five
factors.
First,
whether
an
undesirable
change
will
be
produced
in
the
character
of
the
neighborhood
or
detriment
to
nearby
properties
will
be
created
by
the
granting
of
the
area
variants
yeah.
I
don't
think
this
will
create
any
detriment.
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I
agree,
I
don't
think
there
will
be
an
adverse
effect
or
impact
on
the
physical
or
environmental
conditions.
I'm
not
going
to
ground
that
just
in
the
fact
that
there's
other
non-compliances
in
the
neighborhood,
but
having
looked
at
it,
yeah
yeah
as
to
whether
the
alleged
difficulty
is
self-created.