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ZBA approves Guiongarage and shed variances, conditions move of lean-to before CO
Summary
The Zoning Board approved variances allowing a new garage and to keep an existing shed, but required the applicant to relocate a lean-to now about 1.5 feet from the property line before receiving a certificate of occupancy.
The Town of Newburgh ZBA granted variances for accessory structures at 490 Lakeside Road and attached a condition that the applicant relocate a lean-to that encroached near the property line before the building receives a final certificate of occupancy.
Jeffrey Guion told the board the existing storage shed (built about 30 years ago) and a later-added lean-to were installed before he understood permitting rules. The board's review focused on: the proposed new 24-by-30 garage sited near the driveway; a small greenhouse; and the existing shed with a lean-to that reduces the distance to the property line to roughly 1.5 feet. Guion said the planned garage would sit about 70 feet from Lakeside Road and that a 5-foot separation between the new garage and the existing shed was planned.
Board members raised practical concerns about maintenance access to a lean-to situated so close to the property line. After discussion, applicant offered to make the lean-to relocation part of the overall project. The board voted to approve the variances subject to a condition that the lean-to be moved (or otherwise made compliant) before Code Compliance issues the certificate of occupancy for the new garage.
The board recorded the approval with conditions; on the record, members described the accommodation as a way to preserve the applicant's storage capacity while addressing the setback safety and maintenance concern.
