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Amityville homeowner seeks ADU approval; board pauses decision over lot-merge tax question
Summary
Jacqueline Grant asked the Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals for permission to add an accessory dwelling unit and a second-story deck at 15 Garfield Avenue in Amityville. The board reserved decision after Grant said she needed time to check tax and lot-merger implications required as a condition for approval.
Jacqueline Grant asked the Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 21, 2025, for approval to add an accessory dwelling unit and a second-story deck at 15 Garfield Avenue in Amityville. Grant said the ADU would provide a ground-floor bedroom and bathroom she needs because of an autoimmune condition and that her three adult children would occupy the upstairs.
The board read into the record planning and environmental control memos and a survey and then discussed four planning conditions attached to any approval. Planning staff told Grant the town would require the two tax parcels…
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