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Thank you. Thank you. Our guest tonight from Farmingdale State College, welcome. And good luck with this subject. And civil service is not a place to go. It's a very good place to go. So let's start with a pledge of allegiance. Will we all rise, please? Pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God. Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Heather? Okay, so we received some correspondence from a prior applicant, 55 Jacobs Place in Aquebog. They are requesting to reopen and amend their appeal, number 2024-026. So if the board is so inclined, we can set a March 27, 2025 hearing. So moved. Second. Second. Okay, Mr. Portia? Second. Take a vote. Mr. Portia? Aye. Mr. Barnes? Aye. Mr. Zawieski? Aye. Mr. Gazzillo? Aye. And I vote aye. So that's been moved. Go ahead. And next, appeal number 2025-003, Barbara Capone, 36, Kirby Lane and Jamesport. The applicant's representative was unable to be available to post a motion. So we're going to vote aye. So that's been moved. And the motion is approved. So that's been voted. And the motion is approved. So that's been voted. And the motion is approved. So that's been voted. And the motion is approved. [transcription gap] Second. [transcription gap] Okay, so our first appeal of the night is appeal number 2025-005, MGRG of NY1 LLC, 16 Doris Avenue, Riverhead, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-105-2-45, Residence A40 zoning for a proposed single family dwelling. Applicant requests variances and or relief from Chapter 301-11 where proposed side yard setback is 7 feet 10 inches. The minimum required is 25 feet. And proposed combined side yard setback is 17 feet 10 inches. The minimum required is 55 feet. And just confirming, we did receive the proof of mailing, affidavit of posting and mailing, and photos of the poster on the property. Please raise your right hand. I'm going to tell two questions and a bunch of truth to help you out. I do. Please state your name and address. Okay. Ryan Griffin of Captain Permit. It's 245 Route 109, Suite D in West Babylon, New York, 11704. Go ahead. So I'm here on behalf of Captain Permit representing the owners of 16 Doris Avenue. I'm here tonight proposing a new two-story single family home. The single family home would be approximately 2,220 square feet and would be replacing a home that was demolished previously. That's sat on that plot of land. We need relief of a side yard setback and total aggregate side yard in our A40 zone. The proposed side yard is 7 foot 10 where 25 is required, needing a total relief of 17.17 feet. And proposed aggregate side yard total of 17 foot 10 where 55 is required, asking a total relief of 37.7. The same head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head room head coverage the house will cover around 11% of the lot where 15 is required the prior house that sat there it's set at 10 feet from the south side property which is where we proposed our house to be and it was 30 feet wide with a 12 foot wide enclosed carport totaling around 42 feet wide and that's kind of the footprint that we took we've tried to match exactly what was there currently this is a typical high-range style home and it has an attached garage with a second story rear deck and we believe that it will be a good addition back to the neighborhood okay anyone else in the audience that would like to speak on this variance we don't have any zoom with it I'm members right no so if I may just for the record you stated that the house will cover 11% of the lot where 15 is required 15 is not required the 15% refers to maximum lot coverage yeah the maximum lot cover okay

I have no questions already yeah mr. chairman and the rest of the board with respect to appeal numbers number 2025 dash 0 0 5 I moved at the appeal of mg-rg of ny1 LLC 16 Doris Avenue Riverhead SCTM number 600 dash 105 dash 2 dash 4 5 residents a dash 4 0 RA 40 zoning variances and or relief from Town Code chapter 301 dash 1 1 where proposed side yard setback is 7 foot 10 inches where minimum required is 25 feet and where the proposed combined side yard setback is 17 feet 10 inches or a minimum where minimum required is 55 feet be granted in accordance with the applications and sketches with amendments there too if any as filed with the building inspector second second I mr. Barnes I the whiskey all right it's good so all right and I vote aye so your variance has been granted good luck thank you I appreciate it thank you guys thank you so um next up is appeal number 2025 dash 0 0 6 George Elia 71 Pine Avenue and the City of

américans tax map number 600-113-2-71 residents b40 zoning to legalize additions to residents and sheds applicant requests variances and or relief from chapter 301 17 where front yard setback is 22.2 feet and the minimum required is 50 feet where a rear yard setback is 5.9 feet and the minimum required is 60 feet where impervious surface coverage is 26.5 percent and the maximum allowed is 15 percent and chapter 301-15 where accessory structure rear yard setback is 0.3 feet minimum required is 20 feet accessory structure side yard setback is 8 feet minimum required is 20 feet accessory structure front yard setback is 7.3 feet where accessory structures are not permitted in a front yard and where accessory structures are required to be 10 feet from any other building and before we begin do you have the affidavit of mailing and posting in your receipts

please raise your right hand tell the truth the whole truth I do please state your name and your address George Elia 71 Pine Avenue Acklebog New York 11931 right ahead applying for a variance over some things I had done over the past few past 20 20 something years growing family sheds some overhangs to protect from the rain things like that when did you buy this property 2002 so you're looking for variances for the sheds that are on the property correct? yes okay thank you and I guess an enclosed porch it's not enclosed it's got an overhang like a screen screen around it it's not really like enclosed enclosed did you install these sheds yes can I ask why they weren't installed according to the code like five foot off the lines uh just didn't I didn't it was growing family it's a summer home I wasn't out much and I kind of just did it unfortunately I was growing family it's a summer home I wasn't out much and I kind of just did it unfortunately Mr. Chairman may I ask a few questions so you submitted an application to the Zoning Board of Appeals for this relief correct correct in your application on page five area variance consideration number one the variance you circled would not produce an impact on adjacent properties of the neighborhood because of the ! the neighborhood because you wrote property has remained the same for roughly 20 years correct under number two criteria the variance sought you said circle is not substantial because has not changed in years no new construction is planned is that correct yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure I'm forgetting what that was an understanding so no new construction recently is what you're saying you said no new construction is planned correct as to number four the variance you circle would not cause an adverse impact on the environment environment because the property has remained the same for roughly 20 years correct five the difficulty you circle was there was no new construction was planned and the variance sought you said circle was not self-created because I was not aware of any issues when property was purchased correct so did you add the structures well let me just do this it mr. chairman members of the board may I place photographs actually please this will go up on the screen can you zoom out just a little you cut off a portion great perfect perfect perfect [transcription gap] that's a photograph from 2001 is that essentially the way the property look hundred percent yes on the date that you purchased correct you [transcription gap] you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you This is a photograph in 2007. Did you make the improvements marked in red? Yes, that's the overhang that I was talking about that's not enclosed.

This is a photograph from 2016. Did you make the improvements that are identified in red? If I could walk a little closer, I can't really see. Okay. Okay. Yes, correct. But that was done way before 2016, I think, that portion. But that is it shares and that's the way the property looked in 2016. Correct. And that the improvements reflected on this 2016, on the 2016 tutorial, you made those improvements? Yes. Last question. Last question. This is a picture of 2024. In addition to the other improvements that were shown on the photographs, two additional sheds were located. Is that correct? If I could look a little closer. Sure. You can look right down on the table. There's a microphone right there. Okay. Thank you. [transcription gap] The shed in blue, the lower one next to the boat, that wasn't in the other picture. That was there for a long time. Very long time.

So essentially everything that was highlighted is what was added. Obviously the enclosed porch was part of the dwelling when you purchased the property. Right. Okay. The answer is yes. I just thought the other picture had that shed in blue in it. Okay. It's been there for many, many years. But it wasn't there when you purchased the property? No, no, no. So all of the items that are highlighted, be it orange or yellow, you added that? 100%, yes. Okay. Yet in the application you stated, I was not aware of any issues. When property was purchased. Issues meaning I didn't know. I just thought putting a shed wasn't something you had to file for. I didn't know. I honestly didn't know. Well, how do you reconcile that with on the same page you said the property has remained the same for roughly 20 years? Well, it's hard to bracket time sometimes, but half of it, I guess, was done 20 years ago. Maybe the other half was done 10 years ago. It feels like a very long time. I'm not out here much. It's a summer home and that's the best I can say. If you hadn't made these improvements, you wouldn't require zoning board of relief, correct? Correct. So, but yet you listed on your application that it was not self-created. Okay. Okay. Okay. [transcription gap] Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So are you aware that under our Riverhead Town Code, you're permitted one accessory shed less than 144 square feet, subject to and provided that it's five feet from the property lines? And in the rear yard, not in the front yard. Say that again? In the rear yard. In the rear yard. Correct. And you have one shed in the front yard. He's an electrician. And you have a total of four sheds. One is in the front yard. A shed in the front yard is not permitted under Riverhead Town Code. And you have one shed that is, Heather, you better point. Point three feet. Feet from the. Property line. Understood. And if I could add, in 2014, I actually applied for all this stuff through a contractor. And I don't know what happened. He came back to me a few months later and said it was a building fire and your paperwork was all lost. And this is like eight months later when I said, I heard back from nobody. And yet when I got the paperwork back on this instance, that paperwork that I submitted was actually in there. So I was so confused. But again, unfortunately. And I apologize. It's a summer home. I'm not, you know, here all the time. I'm not thinking about it all the time, unfortunately. So to the point you just made, you stated in 2014, you were aware you were required to make application for and or legalize the structures and improvements that you made to the property. Yes. And between 2014 and 2024, you made additional improvements without the property. And I think that's a benefit of a permit and or relief from the zoning board. I guess so. Yes. It doesn't feel like I did, but I guess it was in that time period. Feels like a long time ago. I guess. I don't know. Time flies.

If. If the zoning. Yeah. I'm going to give the other guy. No. Are you going to talk, Sean? No. Okay. [transcription gap] any questions for me, I have no problem answering. If we're inclined to limit you to one of the forced sheds, is that acceptable to you? Sure. Some of those small ones, if you combine them to that one, which is pretty good size, and you put it legally, you'll eliminate those three. Because they're really small sheds and they're sitting right on the line. Correct. For my kids, it was a bicycle shed, pretty much, to keep their bikes in and keep it easy. I didn't realize it was in the front yard, because it's sort of on the side of the house. It's like a weird way the house is situated. And just easy access for the bicycles. That's why I did it. Limited time out here and just try to do the right thing for the family. Anybody else? I don't think, is there anybody else out there? Mr. Barnes, Mr. Lueske, are you hearing all this? Yes. Okay, do you guys have any comments on this? It seems that there are a lot of sheds. And there could be some consolidation and removal. But that's something I think we need to think about. Okay. Would you be acceptable that consolidation, like that one shed and getting rid of all those small ones? I would. I would. And the purpose, if I could just say, it's like a mobile home, trailer home type thing. And there's like no basement. There's no storage for anything. And with kids and everything, it's just I need as much as I can. But whatever you feel I should do, I'll do. Thank you. I'm going to read into the record what we incline to approve. Listen closely because if there's something you can't go along with, you better let us know now. Understood. Alright, regarding appeal number 2025006. Mr. Chairman, respectfully moved that the appeal of George Elliott, 71 Pine Avenue, Opel Park, SC. TM number 600-113-2-71 resident B40 RB40 zoning for variance and or relief from chapter 301 where front yard setback is 22.2 feet where minimum required is 50 feet where rear yard setback is 5.9 feet where minimum required is 60 feet where impervious surface coverage is 26.5 percent where maximum allowed is 15 percent and under under under under under under under under under under under under Accessory structure front yard setback is 7.3 feet where accessory structures are not permitted in the front yard and where accessory structures are required to 10 feet from any other building be granted subject to the following and limited to Front yard setback relief for enclosed porch 22 feet where 50 feet is required and subject to removal of three of the four accessory structures which shall include accessory structure in the front yard. And the one accessory structure to remain shall be relocated to meet code requirements less than 140 square feet and located five feet from property lawns. And the one accessory structure to remain shall be relocated to meet code requirements less than 140 square feet and located five feet from property lawns. Second. Second.

We appreciate your cooperation. Thank you very much.

All right. Meeting. We got anything else? We have minutes. Let's go. We have February 13, 2025, and February 27, 2025. Second, someone? Second. So moved. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Next meeting date is March 27, 2025. Good. I'd like to make a motion to adjourn the meeting. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Thank you. Thank you for joining us, and I hope it was entertaining somewhat.

Thank you.