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Owners offer covenant to remove court and generators on sale; planning calls variances substantial
Summary
SB MFG LLC sought variances to legalize a basketball court and two generators and to exceed lot coverage; applicant offered a covenant to remove facilities upon sale; planning staff said variances are self‑created and substantial but noted screening and neighbor support.
At the second public hearing, the East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals considered variances for SB MFG LLC at the Tyson Lane property seeking to legalize an existing basketball court (19.3 feet from a side‑yard lot line where 50 feet is required), two generators (approximately 5 and 5.4 feet from the side‑yard where 15 feet is required), and roughly 700 square feet of excess total lot coverage.
Member Maring reported site photos and explained the property’s private‑lane configuration. Joan McGvern, representing the applicant, told the board the owners take responsibility for building without permits and offered to covenant that the basketball court and generators would be removed or relocated on sale or change of ownership. McGvern added that much of the additional coverage is permeable gravel paths and small sculpture pedestals.
Planning staff described the variances as self‑created and numerically substantial, noting the court first appears in 2017 aerial imagery and is not on the certificate of occupancy. Staff also observed that the lot is heavily screened by hedges and privacy fencing and that the immediate affected neighbor on Fort Tyson submitted a letter of support indicating shared compound use.
Board members closed the public hearing and the record. No callers addressed this application during the hearing.
The board will take the record under advisement before issuing a written determination.
