Goshen ZBA adjourns rehearing on variances for 6 and 8 Elmore Drive to Feb. 17
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The zoning board kept the rehearing open and asked counsel and the applicant to refine variance language before deliberating whether to grant relief tied to floodplain, aquifer and lot-area rules for two Arcadia Hills lots.
The Town of Goshen Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 3 adjourned a rehearing on Arness Estates LLC’s amended request for area variances affecting properties at 6 and 8 Elmore Drive, scheduling deliberation for Feb. 17.
Attorney Charlie Buchanan, representing applicant Mark Stacy, summarized the amended filing and said two variance requests identified by the town engineer (§97-15 sub b1 and sub b5) were newly formalized and now before the board. The application seeks relief tied to a floodplain overlay, a stream-corridor setback, an aquifer-overlay minimum-lot-size rule and rules about constrained lands and open-space percentage under the town code.
Buchanan told the board the properties are largely within the floodplain; the proposal would raise the lots above flood elevation and return to the planning board for required site-plan approvals. Board members requested clearer variance language to ensure the relief is limited and precise; the board voted to adjourn the matter for two weeks to allow counsel and the applicant to prepare specific findings and statutory-factor analysis.
No members of the public spoke on this rehearing tonight. The ZBA reiterated that its role is limited to considering the listed area variances; site-plan, environmental or special-permit approvals remain the purview of other boards.
The board closed the public hearing on the rehearing matter and set deliberation and a likely vote for its Feb. 17 regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.
