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Rye Brook ZBA grants 0.5% lot-coverage variance for Magnolia Drive deck expansion

3031465 · February 4, 2025
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Summary

The Rye Brook Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a provisional variance (3-0) allowing Bradley and June Scharf to expand an existing rear deck at 8 Magnolia Drive, increasing deck coverage from 4% to 4.5% (about 70 square feet).

The Rye Brook Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-0 Feb. 4 to provisionally grant Bradley and June Scharf a variance to expand a rear deck at 8 Magnolia Drive.

The board approved a 0.5 percentage-point increase in permitted deck coverage — from 4% to 4.5% of the lot — after a public hearing in which the applicants’ architect and a nearby neighbor spoke in favor. The board recorded three affirmative votes and two members excused.

Architect John G. Scarlato Jr., representing the Scharfs, told the board the proposal would extend the…

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