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ZBA approves Gardner Ridge variance to place bus‑stop gazebo in front yard
Summary
The Town of Newburgh Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 27 approved area variances allowing Gardner Ridge Associates to install a gazebo bus stop in a front yard and reduce the 50‑foot setback to 33.9 feet, following the Planning Board referral and traffic review done earlier in the project.
The Town of Newburgh Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Feb. 27 to grant Gardner Ridge Associates two area variances to build a bus‑stop gazebo on Gardnertown Road. Jacob Amir, representing the applicant, said the gazebo was required by the Planning Board as part of a conditional site plan and would provide a sheltered pick‑up point for school buses serving the planned development.
Chairman Darrin Scalzo told the Board he had reviewed the application and a rendering and that the Planning Board had already included the gazebo in its site‑plan approval. “I think it’s wonderful that you’re going to have a gazebo,” Scalzo said. Board members asked about traffic and sight‑distance reviews; Amir and Town counsel David Donovan said the Planning Board’s approvals had addressed those matters.
Board members ran through the five area‑variance factors required under Town code and SEQRA. After a motion from Darrell Bell, seconded by John Masten, the Board voted in favor of the variances with all members recorded as yes on the roll call. The variances permit a reduced front setback to allow the accessory gazebo structure in the front yard as shown on the submitted plans.
The decision closes the ZBA portion of the review for that element of the site plan. The project will continue to follow any conditions the Planning Board attached to its site‑plan approval.
