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ZBA approves maintenance of extended curb cut at 1115 West Park Avenue
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Summary
The zoning board granted a variance to maintain an inadvertently extended curb cut at the bayfront property 1115 West Park Avenue after the owner and his attorney said the difference was an oversight during construction and correcting it would be costly.
The Long Beach Zoning Board of Appeals voted to allow the owner of 1115 West Park Avenue to maintain an extended curb cut that exceeded the permitted width.
Attorney Kenneth Apple, representing applicant Michael Huey, told the board the curb cut was extended about 4.6 feet during construction and that restoring it would be expensive. Apple said the property is a bayfront site where access in and out of the driveway is already difficult, and he told the board the enlarged curb cut does not create an additional usable off-street parking space given the proximity of neighboring driveways.
Michael Huey, the property owner, said the as-built curb cut did not appear on the blueprints and that the overrun was an oversight by construction crews. On the record the counsel and owner described the curb cut as built and said the work was discovered during the building department’s final inspection as the property pursued a certificate of occupancy.
Chairman Morelli introduced the motion to grant the application; Commissioner Markowitz seconded it. Commissioners Markowitz, Brooks, DePasquale and Chairman Morelli voted to grant the variance (case 3459). The property was recorded as 1115 West Park Avenue (Section 58, Block 133, Lot 374 on the Nassau County land tax map).
The board’s approval leaves the curb cut as-built. The applicant’s attorney said correcting the curb cut now would cost five figures and that the change was inadvertent during a complete rebuild of the home.
