The Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals approved multiple variances, zoning-district amendments and special-use renewals during a meeting recorded in the transcript. Key approvals included relief for residential setbacks and lot coverage, a four-year sign/canopy permit, and renewals for vehicle service facilities with conditions on operations.
One of the most substantive items was application 24199 for 1565 Herschel Boulevard in West Babylon, where the applicant requested variances to add a full second floor. Attorney/presenter Dean Kotsubis summarized the requests: a front portico setback of 24.8 feet (where 34.30 feet is required), a side-yard setback of 10.2 feet (12 feet required), a rear-yard setback of 29.7 feet (40 feet required) and a building coverage of 44.5 percent where the maximum permitted is 20 percent. "We're asking for 44.5%, where the maximum is 20%," Kotsubis said. The applicants agreed to cut back an existing paver patio two feet to reduce encroachment; the board deleted variances numbered 5 and 6, directed that lot coverage be recalculated, and approved the application as amended with the conditions that the front portico not be enclosed and all pavers/patios maintain a two-foot setback.
The board also approved application 24193 (Robert Nalowiak and Monica Bermudez, Deer Park) with the condition that pavers and patios maintain a two-foot setback from property lines. A neighbor present told the board the survey showed the pavers were already at least two feet from the lot line and had no objection.
Application 24198 (Shannon Smith, 520 Sunrise Highway, West Babylon) sought permission for additional signage and a canopy to identify the building and include a phone number. The board amended the zoning-district entry to EB (business) and approved the application for a four-year period as amended.
Application 24197 (Artiform Architects) was a renewal of a special exception for an existing building used as a public garage/repair facility (noted in the record as a dealership, New Babylon Honda). Board members discussed a history of car-alarm complaints attributed to prior ownership; current ownership said they have a locked fence at night and have not had complaints. Andrew Pace identified himself as representing JS Development (doing business as New Babylon Honda). The board approved the renewal for one year with standard public-garage covenants and a specific condition that the car wash be used only for vehicles being serviced or repaired, not open to the public.
WMK LLC, doing business as Mobility Works (application 24195), received a three-year renewal of its special-use permit for a Deer Park property subject to previously imposed covenants and restrictions. Presenter William Jenkins apologized for a late filing and said operations had not changed; the board reiterated that overnight vehicle storage should be indoors and that outdoor storage is limited to vehicles being worked on during business hours.
Several motions in the transcript were recorded as "All in favor — Aye," but the transcript does not list individual roll-call votes or tallies. One motion (application 24-196) was approved with previously imposed conditions for a three-year period; the transcript records the motion but does not provide details of application 24196 in the available segments. The board read into the record the standard supporting documents for each file (planning-division memos, environmental control memos, fire marshal reports, surveys and photographs). The clerk noted applicants would receive the board's decision in writing after hearings conclude.