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Goshen Zoning Board Grants Limited Variances for Rehearing on Two Lots
Summary
On Feb. 17 the Goshen Zoning Board of Appeals granted five limited area variances in a rehearing for an application by Harnes Estates LLC affecting two preexisting lots (recorded as 6 and 8 Gumbel Drive; the transcript also once refers to Cutler Drive). The board preserved floodplain and planning-board review and instructed counsel to draft findings.
Goshen — The Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 17 granted five limited area variances following a rehearing of an application by Harnes Estates LLC concerning two preexisting lots identified in the record as 6 and 8 Gumbel Drive (the address is once referred to as Cutler Drive in the hearing record).
Board counsel opened deliberations by reading the five variance requests and the statutory five‑factor balancing test the board must apply under town law. The requests included: a reduced stream setback (about 70 feet instead of the 100 feet otherwise required); recognition of preexisting lot sizes of approximately 15,500 square feet under the aquifer-overlay rules; limited relief to allow constrained lands (including some floodplain…
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