Zoning Board of Appeals - Regular Meeting
The Zoning Board of Appeals heard a request for an area variance to allow for a 15-foot-high garage addition, exceeding the 10-foot code limit. The board discussed the potential impact on the neighborhood and the feasibility of alternative solutions before voting to approve the variance.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Zoning Board of Appeals
- Meeting Type
- Zoning Board Of Appeals
- Location
- Cortland, NY
- Meeting Date
- June 1, 2026
Transcript
38 sections
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HAB-Masyn Moyer- That is what. Oh, all right.
Just give us a brief explanation of it. Put it on the record. What you're asking for?
Just three other things. Okay. All right. Your feedback. We like positive feedback. I just want to put a small addition on the back of my garage. I've been in the kitchen business for a lot of years. I've got samples that are thrown all over my garage. I've got to have some organization going. It's a mess. I don't have enough room to do it on. I'm hoping to put that on to just take care of the Well, I've overflowed. So you have an existing concrete pad there now. What was there before? It was just the ground. That was the end of the pool where there was a cement deck there where the pool flooded up against. So I came out and I found this old pool and they put a big pool. Well, I wanted that Stat Creek brand, and I had Mr. Griffin do it, and he didn't do such a good job. My bad. It's just the exception.
So the garage is going to be 15 feet high at the peak. Our code only allows 10 foot for access construction. And so that's not pre-existing. That is an actual area of variance. It's going to have to be ground together to a pre-existing.
Okay. As the neighbor, if we're just, you know, not the neighbor's neighbor. I got one neighbor who's, I had a public peace sign last year, but he gets intoxicated and messed up on drugs and then starts swearing at my family. So, well, So it's safe to say that you haven't discussed this with them? We don't have to talk. But my back door neighbor, I've talked to. My side neighbor, they're over the house tonight, I've talked to them. They come to the back corner, the dipolitos, I've talked to them. So I've talked to everybody. Nobody objects.
They didn't choose to come speak to you? They were given notices like everybody else is doing. Of bars.
I just drove by, I don't know where he lives, just to verify that it's going fine. yeah yeah you're buying to death and that always does great work so so it won't be an I say that I know I'm familiar with his work yeah I'm very comfortable um it makes sense Good. Good. We're good. Okay. Thank you, Ed. That's it. I appreciate it. Thank you to all here. Make my grandson's baseball game now.
Yeah, we'll go through some questions real quick for you. Okay. Motion to close quickly.
I'll make it. Second. Also.
Follow the paper. Say bye. Bye-bye.
All right.
Let's go through some questions here that we typically don't answer ourselves, discuss, and then we'll have a vote. Okay. Let's just get the... So the following tests will be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals to determine whether the bearings in the lane or the range near the Nile of the area of variance are placed. Whether an undesirable change will be produced in the character of the neighborhood or in terms of the nearby properties will be created by gratings on the area of variance. Yes.
No. No. No. That's what he said. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. You guys. Yeah, I was little.
Yeah.
So what's the answer to this one?
Yeah.
What benefits solved by the applicant can be achieved by some method feasible for the applicant's pursuit other than in the ending minutes? Make that shorter, but probably one note. As feasible for construction. That's it. So no. No. No. No. whether the requested area of violence is substantial. I'd say no, it's about something that's an existing structure that's all in the country, won't work, like it's out of place or anything. Yeah, I agree. Whether the proposed variance will have an adverse effect or impact on the invisible environment, depending on the district. Yeah, I don't know. City Council Chambers, will last long by the alleged it will be self creating which situation should have the element to decision of the board, which are not necessarily included the granting of the events would say yes. City Council Chambers, Okay, yes.
City Council Chambers, Any. City Council Chambers, Thoughts that you have. City Council Chambers, To work. The driver excited. It's concrete. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you guys. What's the driver with the concrete? Concrete. Here. Oh, yeah. Well, no. Perfect. Can I get a motion to make a motion to accept it as written?
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye. True. Thank you. She has a vote. You're sorry.
Okay. No, I sit down.
Yes, the first one to be done again.
I don't have a chance that we're mission is so bad right there.
I don't think there's no set up. Okay. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, most of the minutes.
We both Second. All those in favor, say aye.
Aye. All right.
Thank you. Thanks, everybody. But that's OK. Oh, you're adjourned. Adjourned. Adjourned. Thank you.
Thank you.
No problem. When Andy's not here, we're done. Well, next month, you're going to have it.
The law changer was the zoning map amendment that was put out here tonight. Yeah. That's a substantial zoning map amendment. Let's take a few minutes. I mean, I don't think so, but we should. Good to see you. Thanks. They were all on charge. I would stay on.
Then the second one I did, it would come up, it got a load to get it, it would be up for a second and then clicked off.
So let's make sure, I mean, I don't know what one of those is.
Sorry.
Thank you. Is that recording?
I did, but I didn't turn it off.
Maybe these will go away.
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