Christine Hadsell submitted an application to the Town of Brunswick Planning Board two months ago, to build a horse barn on her land at 377 Tamarac Road. The issue that she has been dealing with however, comes down to line of site when leaving her driveway. Since she is not constructing a new home on the property before the horse barn, the Board has to consider the driveway as commercial and not residential. The clear line of site distance to the left is now the holdup. It is, according to her survey map, about 75 feet short of the required length. Several Board members expressed their angst over this, for a building that will house one horse, but Planning Board Attorney Andrew Gilchrist advised the Board not to just ignore the requirement, because of possible legal concerns. The discussion then turned toward mitigating the problem, with such possible solutions as moving the driveway, moving a speed control sign and asking Hadsell to have her surveyor take a closer look at his findings. The matter was placed back on the November 2 agenda.
Requesting a Sub Division Waiver
Jennifer Adams is asking the Board to consider waiving all the requirements for a subdivision at her 4269 Route 2 home. She recently bought the property, believing according to sales signage, to be multifamily. She is looking to divide the property into two tax parcels, one which would have her occupied residence with an apartment, the other with two apartments in a converted garage. One of the problems that Adams has to deal with however, is that the two septic systems intertwine on both parcels of land. She was advised she would need Renssealer County Health Department approval before her application could go forward. It too was placed on the agenda for the next meeting.
The Board did approve Jeff Stanard’s request to split his property at 303-307 Town Office Road into two separate parcels, each with a homestead on it. He previously received the necessary approvals from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Still Waiting On DOT
The request by Stewart’s Shops to build a new store at the corner of Route 7 and Sweetmilk Creek Road was removed from the agenda of the Thursday, October 19 meeting, because the company has not yet heard back from the New York State Department of Transportation on their request to create a two way left turn lane on Route 7. Stewart’s did grant the Board an extension of the required time to act on the proposal, otherwise it would have been approved by default or the Board would have been forced to act, most likely having to reject the application.
Borrego Solar’s application to construct a 21 acre commercial solar facility on Brick Church Road, (NYS Route 278) is in a similar holding pattern. They are waiting for the Army Corp of Engineers to approve the plan to cross wetlands on the proposed site. In the meantime, the Planning Board indicated they were satisfied with the company’s answers to questions raised at a recent public hearing.