Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Area Variance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sand Lake ZBA schedules April hearing for pay barn area variance at Chamberlin Hill Road
Summary
The Town of Sand Lake Zoning Board of Appeals set an April 9 public hearing on an application by Salvatore Pezzolla to build a 30-by-30-foot (900 sq ft) pay barn for a Christmas tree farm at 166 Chamberlin Hill Road and voted to serve as SEQR lead and deem the application complete.
The Town of Sand Lake Zoning Board of Appeals on March 12 set a public hearing for April 9, 2026, on an area-variance application from Salvatore Pezzolla to construct a pay barn for a Christmas tree farm at 166 Chamberlin Hill Road.
Zoning Board of Appeals member Melissa Toni moved that the ZBA act as lead agency under SEQR and that the application be found complete; both motions were seconded by Scott A. Blair and recorded in the minutes. The board also directed that notice be sent to every neighbor within 100 feet and scheduled the hearing for 7:00 p.m. on April 9.
Pezzolla’s filing, as recorded in the minutes, describes the proposed structure as a 30-by-30-foot (900-square-foot) pay barn, to be located centrally between the entrance, exit and parking lot and approximately 20 feet from the road at its front. The minutes note the barn would sit across the driveway from a field of about 1,200 Christmas trees and state the applicant is requesting a 55-foot area variance for the front-yard setback.
Because the board only scheduled a hearing and did not act on the variance application at the March 12 meeting, no final decision was recorded. A hearing will give neighbors an opportunity to comment before any vote.
The board’s next step is the April 9 public hearing; interested parties will receive mailed notice if they live within 100 feet of the property.
