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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, March 25th, 2024 at 7:05 p.m or shortly thereafter.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that 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 Planning Board 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 Planning Board by the public via the Zoom access.

Under consideration is the application for an Area Variance of 4 feet for an existing single family residence as part of a proposed 2 lot subdivision of parcel ID # 213.-1-63, owned by Christopher Hoilund, the parcel is located at 84 Cottontail Road, Ancram, NY 12502.

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

TOWN OF ANCRAM PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Proposed Griffel Special Use Permit for Short Term Rental

129 Doodletown Road, Ancram, NY 12502

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, the Town of Ancram Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 07, 2024 at 7:00 p.m or shortly thereafter.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that 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 Planning Board 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 by the Planning Board is an application for a Special Use Permit to operate a Short Term Rental in the Town of Ancram bearing the Tax Parcel ID: 196.-1-47.111. The parcel is owned by Leigh Ware and Mattan Grffel. The parcel is located at 129 Doodletown Road, Ancram, NY, 12502.

The Applicant seeks a Special Use Permit for Short Term Rental in accordance with Article Vof the Town of Ancram Zoning Law.

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
Planning and Zoning Clerk

TOWN OF ANCRAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED Ancram Opera House Theatre Inc AREA VARIANCE

1326 County Route 7, Ancram, NY, 12502

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that 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 by the Zoning Board of Appeals are two Area Variance applications in the Town of Ancram bearing the Tax Parcel ID: 205.3-1-67. The parcel is owned by Ancram Opera House Theatre Inc .. The parcel is located at 1326 County Route 7 Ancram, NY, 12502.

The Applicant seeks an area variance of 21 feet 5 inches from the 25 foot Front Yard Setback and 6 feet 8 inches from the 8 foot Side Yard Setback in Article VIII (F) (1) (a) in the Town of Ancram Zoning Law. The Applicant seeks to construct an ADA compliant ramp and deck within the setbacks.

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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J. Hoffman

Planning and Zoning Clerk

TOWN OF ANCRAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED Space 1330 LLC AREA VARIANCE

1330 County Route 7, Ancram, NY, 12502

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that 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 by the Zoning Board of Appeals are two Area Variance applications in the Town of Ancram bearing the Tax Parcel ID: 205.3-1-22. The parcel is owned by Space 1330 LLC. The parcel is located at 1330 County Route 7 Ancram, NY, 12502.

The Applicant seeks an area variance of 24 feet 6 inches from the 25 foot Front Yard Setback and 4 feet 2 inches from the 8 foot Side Yard Setback in Article VIII (F) (1) (a) in the Town of Ancram Zoning Law. The Applicant seeks to construct an ADA compliant ramp within the setbacks.

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

Planning and Zoning Clerk

This law rescinded all prior versions of the Town of Ancram zoning law and replaced it with an updated version. This updated version incorporates a variety of amendments designed to clarify the Town’s regulations regarding hospitality uses in Town.  The Town Board had previously adopted a moratorium on hospitality uses to allow Ancram to update its regulations to ensure that new such uses are consistent with the values and goals of the Town as expressed in the 2019 Comprehensive Plan.  This law accomplishes that. New sections of this local law define a variety of hospitality uses, amends the Use Table to remove certain hospitality uses that were previously allowed (lodge, motel, retreat center and resorts for example), and to add others allowed in specific locations.  For example, lodging facilities are now under the ‘country inn’ definition allowed in the Hamlets and in the Ag district. A new section entitled ‘Hospitality Uses’ was added to consolidate all hospitality-related uses together for efficiency. This new section includes general development standards for all allowed hospitality uses, and adds a dimensions table detailing lot sizes, setbacks, building footprints, and other required dimensions designed to allow for these uses at a scale and intensity consistent with the rural nature of Ancram. Standards for parking, signage, lighting, design standards, screening, noise, adaptive reuse of structures, hours of operation, water and septic including authorizing water pump tests, and  protection of plants, animals, agriculture and prime farmland soils were included. Most allowed hospitality uses are limited in physical building size or acreages to promote small scale hospitality uses – thus the number of units, sleeping rooms, camp sites, or guests are restricted in the new table added. The zoning had previously established development standards specific to certain uses and those were brought into the new Hospitality Section.  The updated version also clarifies wording in certain sections such as removing, where applicable the term “to the maximum extent practical” so that the Planning Board has clear direction on performance expectations for new land uses, fixing numbering, clarifying that the Planning Board can require periodic re-evaluation of water and sewage disposal as a condition of site plan approval, clarifying maintenance of 25’ of undisturbed vegetation along a watercourse, clarifying abbreviated site plan review required for use of solar on farm operations, adding a requirement that digital copies of applications be submitted, updating definitions, and other minor wording changes.

Document: Town of Ancram Local Law No. 6 of 2023, Adopted 12 21 23

TOWN OF ANCRAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

In the Matter of the Application of O&G Industries, Inc., Appealing from the determination of the Town Zoning Enforcement Officer that O&G Industries, Inc. Has Not Engaged in Mining Activities on Its Properties (Tax Parcel Nos. 208.-1-14.100 & 207.-1-24) for a Period Exceeding Two Years, and That Its Right to Conduct Mining on Its Properties as a Valid Nonconforming Use Has Expired

Zoning Board of Appeals Case No. 03 OF 2023

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals will reopen the Public Hearing on the O & G Industries, Inc appeal on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 7:05 p.m. or shortly thereafter for the purpose of hearing any comments pertaining to the new materials provided by O&G Industries, Inc., which were provided in response to requests made by the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding any past reports of mining activities conducted on the Properties.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, the Public Hearing will be a hybrid meeting accessible both in-person and via Zoom. The meeting 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).

Under consideration is an application and appeal by O&G Industries, Inc., referred to hereafter as the “Applicant” or “O&G”, from a determination of the Town of Ancram Zoning Enforcement Officer (ZEO), initially dated May 31, 2023, and later confirmed on July 29, 2023, finding that the Applicant had not conducted mining activities on its Properties for a period of more than two years, and because of that, it has lost its nonconforming status to continue to mine on its Properties.

The Applicant is the owner of certain adjacent real properties in the Town of Ancram, located on the east side of County Route 22 south of Boston Corners Road, identified by Columbia County Tax Map Parcel Nos. 208.-1-14.100 and 207.-1-24, which the Applicant refers to as the “Boston Corners Mine.”

The Applicant submitted a Notice of Appeals on July 26, 2023, in response to the May 31, 2023 ZEO Determination, and on September 18, 2023, in response to the June 29, 2023 ZEO Determination. In its appeal, the Applicant is requesting that the Zoning Board of Appeals make a determination “that O & G’s Special Use Permit, Town of Ancram Permit Number ‘Renewal 17-13’ was duly approved by the Town of Ancram Planning Board on December 7, 2017, and remained in full force and effect during the 2017-2022 SUP Permit term” and “Finding Appellant’s Boston Corners Mine was an approved special permit use and ‘deemed conforming’ to the extent of its NYSDEC MLRL [New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Mined Land Reclamation Law] approved mining plans during the 2-17-2023 SUP permit term pursuant to the provisions of Town of Ancram Zoning Law Article VI.”

 

On November 27, 2023, the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals held a Public Hearing on the Appeal. Following the Public Hearing, the Applicant provided additional documentation in support of their Appeal to the Zoning Board of Appeals, at the request of the Zoning Board of Appeals. This re-opened public hearing is being conducted to hear only comments pertaining to these new documents that were received. Comments that have already been made during the previous public hearing session are part of the record, and should not be repeated during this public hearing session.

 

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

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PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that all persons wishing to comment on the supplemental submissions will have an opportunity to do so. Comments may be made in-person at the meeting, via Zoom, via email, or by regular mail. Any person with questions concerning the application may contact the Zoning Board of Appeals Clerk, J. Hoffman, by phone (518 329-6512 ext. 205), email (zoningboard@ancramny.org), or in person (Monday, Friday, and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Ancram Town Hall).

1. Hoffman,

Zoning Board of Appeals Clerk