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Town of Babylon zoning board approves variance for North Babylon home with conditions
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Summary
The Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals approved application 26-53 for a North Babylon house with a small front-porch expansion, subject to conditions including moving a pool to a conforming location, cutting back pavers two feet and capping lot coverage at 50%; the board reserved issuance of the written decision pending a submitted lot-coverage square footage.
The Town of Babylon Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve application 26-53 for a house on Yvonne Fleming’s property in North Babylon, granting an amended set of variances and conditions on the applicant’s work.
Applicant Allen Johnson told the board he sought to confirm existing nonconforming conditions and to add a front porch projecting "only 1 and a half feet approximately" beyond neighboring houses; he said he would reduce lot coverage by removing pavers and move the pool to a conforming location. The planning and environmental divisions had memos on file and the applicant provided surveys and architectural plans.
The board questioned details of lot coverage and site adjustments. Board member Mister Shepherd moved to delete variance number 6 and to amend variance number 7 to allow the total lot coverage to increase to 50 percent; the motion was seconded and carried. The board summarized conditions in its approval that require the applicant to place the pool in a conforming location, cut back paver areas two feet from property lines, and comply with planning-memo recommendations on lot coverage. The board asked the applicant to return with the specific square-foot figure for the lot coverage so staff can prepare the written decision.
Allen Johnson affirmed he would modify the plot plan to conform as requested and provide the requested square-foot calculation. There were no members of the public who wished to be heard on this application.
The board closed the hearing, reserved decision and said the applicant would receive the written decision in the mail once the requested documentation is provided.
