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Goshen ZBA grants two variances and partial interpretation for Healy Ford expansion
Summary
The Goshen Zoning Board of Appeals granted two area variances — a reduction of the 100-foot stream setback to roughly 47.8 feet and an impervious-surface variance raising coverage to about 78.5% — and a limited code interpretation for long-term vehicle storage, subject to planning-board site-plan review and conditions.
Goshen — At a regular meeting, the Goshen Zoning Board of Appeals granted two area variances and a partial interpretation for a proposed expansion of the Healy Ford truck repair facility, concluding the additions would not increase impervious coverage and preserving the planning board’s authority to require site-plan screening.
The board approved a reduction of the town’s 100-foot stream-corridor setback to approximately 47.8 feet for the proposed building addition, granted an impervious-surface variance raising allowed coverage from 70% to roughly 78.5% on the existing, largely paved site, and issued an interpretation finding the inventory vehicle storage area is not subject to the strict landscape-island spacing requirements of section 97-48a(4)(c) while leaving planning-board buffering and site-plan review authority intact. The decisions were entered on the record and counsel will prepare a written decision for adoption at the next meeting.
Why it matters: The parcel’s watercourse bisects the site and the board concluded that site constraints and existing development make reconfiguration impractical; the board balanced statutory factors including…
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