Archives for November 2024

TOWN OF ANCRAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 7:05PM or shortly thereafter.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, the public hearing will be a hybrid public hearing accessible both in-person and via Zoom. The public hearing will take place at the aforementioned date and time: (1) at an in-person meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals to be held at the Ancram Town Hall, located at 1416 County Route 7 Ancram, New York 12502; and (2) at the same date and time via Zoom. (Zoom access information below). Verbal comments may be offered to the Zoning Board of Appeals by the public via the Zoom access.

Under consideration is the application for an Area Variance of 12.7’ feet in the front yard; an Area Variance of 3’ for the side yard; and a variance of 118.8’ feet from the 150’ wetland and waterbody setback. The parcel contains an existing, nonconforming building in an existing undersize lot within the Lower Rhoda District. The Applicant plans to remove the existing residence and rebuild a residential structure on parcel ID #197.3-1-36. Owned by Christy Wilson, the parcel is located at 5 Lake Shore Drive, Ancramdale, NY 12503.

Paper copies of the application documents are available for review at the Town Hall by appointment with the Planning and Zoning Clerk (contact information below).

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All persons wishing to comment on the application will have an opportunity to do so; comments may be made at the meeting, via email, or by mail. Any person with questions concerning the application may contact the clerk, J. Hoffman, by phone (329-6512 ext. 205), email (planningboard@ancramny.org), or in person (Monday and Friday 10AM-2PM Ancram Town Hall).

J Hoffman, Zoning Board of Appeals Clerk

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION
Ancram Fire District in the Town of Ancram
Columbia County New York

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 175 of the Town Law, and other applicable statutes, an annual election of the Ancram Fire District will be held on the 10th day of December, 2024, at the firehouse located at 1306 County Route 7, Ancram NY between the hours of 6:00pm and 9:00 pm for the purpose of electing the following:

ONE FIRE COMMISSIONER for the term of five (5) years commencing on January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2029; and

Each registered elector of the Town of Ancram who shall have resided in the Ancram Fire District for a period of thirty days preceding the election shall be qualified to vote at the election.

NOTICE TO CANDIDATES
Candidates must file their names with the Fire District Secretary, Thomas Dias, on or before November 20, 2024. A candidate must be a resident elector of the Ancram Fire District and a registered voter in the Town of Ancram.

Dated November 12, 2024

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ANCRAM FIRE DISTRICT in the Town of Ancram, Columbia County, New York.

Thomas Dias
Fire District Secretary