Added: October 22, 2019
Ms. Williams made a motion to open the meeting at 7:01 pm, 2nd by Ms. Miles and carried unanimously.
Agenda Item 1- ROLL CALL
Chair: Kathleen Williams
Members: Charles Kutcher, Karen White, Carol Miles and Sandra West
Alternate: Maya Carl, Secretary
Public Present:
Agenda Item 2- Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the June 5, 2019 meeting were accepted on a motion by Ms. White,
2nd by Ms. Miles and carried.
Agenda Item 3- Other Business
The board reviewed and discussed Supervisor Pellitteri’s recommendations. The board believes there is a possible clerical error with the definition of the word building and that the way the town board is interpreting the definition was not the original intent of the committee who put the laws into place approximately 20 years ago. The board decided to take the month to think about this and meet back next month to continue discussions.
Ms. White took the floor and brought up a house on 296 which she believes is operating as an illegal junk yard. Ms. White would like an e-mail that she sent to both the supervisor and building inspector to be read at the next town board meeting. She would also like the building inspector to look into this.
The board then agreed to meet again next month. There being no other business,
Mr. Kutcher made a motion to close the meeting, seconded by Ms. West; the vote was unanimous and the meeting was closed at
7:54 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Maya Carl _____________________________
Secretary Accepted
Ms. Williams made a motion to open the meeting at 6:56 pm, 2nd by Ms. Miles and carried unanimously.
Agenda Item 1- ROLL CALL
Chair: Kathleen Williams
Members: Charles Kutcher, Karen White, Carol Miles and Sandra West
Alternate: Maya Carl, Secretary
Public Present: James Pellitteri, Supervisor
Agenda Item 2- Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the May 1, 2019 meeting were accepted on a motion by Mr. Kutcher,
2nd by Ms. White and carried.
Agenda Item 3- Other Business
The board discussed zoning definitions with the supervisor and presented their recommendations. Supervisor Pellitteri will review their recommendations and follow up with the board by the next zoning of appeals meeting.
Ms Williams, Chair of the zoning board asked the secretary if addresses and tax map numbers can be added onto their log of zoning cases. She also requested that all the minutes be placed into a binder. The secretary agreed to work on those two requests.
The board then agreed to meet again next month. There being no other business,
Ms. West made a motion to close the meeting, seconded by Ms. Miles; the vote was unanimous and the meeting was closed at
7:59 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Maya Carl _____________________________
Secretary Accepted
Added: June 06, 2019
Ms. Williams made a motion to open the meeting at 7:05 pm, 2nd by Ms. Miles and carried unanimously.
Agenda Item 1- ROLL CALL
Chair: Kathleen Williams
Members: Charles Kutcher, Karen White, Carol Miles and Sandra West
Alternate: Maya Carl
Public Present:
Agenda Item 2- Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the January 2, 2019 meeting were accepted on a motion by Ms. West,
2nd by Ms. White and carried.
Agenda Item 3- Discussion of Zoning Codes and Laws
The board continued to review town zoning codes and laws. The board also reviewed the ZEO’s monthly report.
Agenda Item 4- Other Business
None discussed
The board then agreed to meet again next month. There being no other business,
Ms. White made a motion to close the meeting, seconded by Ms. Miles; the vote was unanimous and the meeting was closed at
8:27 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Maya Carl _____________________________
Secretary Accepted
Added: May 03, 2019
Ms. Williams made a motion to open the meeting at 7:00 pm, 2nd by Ms. Miles and carried unanimously.
Agenda Item 1- ROLL CALL
Chair: Kathleen Williams
Members: Charles Kutcher, Karen White, Carol Miles and Sandra West
Alternate: Maya Carl
Public Present: Carl Giangrande, CEO, ZEO
Agenda Item 2- Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the December 5, 2018 meeting were accepted on a motion by Mr. Kutcher, 2nd by Ms. White and carried.
Agenda Item 3- Discussion of Zoning Codes and Laws regarding permitted obstructions, zoning declaration and camping regulations
ZEO, Carl Giangrande took the floor to discuss and answer questions regarding the above items.
Mr. Giangrande volunteered to have a monthly zoning report available to the board.
Agenda Item 4- Other Business
The board continued to review town zoning codes and laws. Upcoming zoning trainings were announced.
The board then agreed to meet again next month if there were applications submitted, weather permitting. There being no other business, Ms. West made a motion to close the meeting, seconded by Ms. White; the vote was unanimous and the meeting was closed at
8:53 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Maya Carl _____________________________
Secretary Accepted
Added: January 07, 2019
Ms. Williams made a motion to open the meeting at 6:58 pm, 2nd by Ms. White and carried unanimously.
Agenda Item 1- ROLL CALL
Chair: Kathleen Williams
Members: Charles Kutcher, Karen White, Carol Miles and Sandra West
Alternate: Maya Carl
Public Present: None
Agenda Item 2- Approval of Minutes
The Minutes of the November 7, 2018 meeting were accepted on a motion by Ms. White, 2nd by Ms. Miles and carried. Mr. Kutcher abstained.
Agenda Item 3- Discussion of Certificate of Zoning Declaration and Template for Recommendations
The board received templates from ZEO Carl Giangrande regarding the certificate of zoning declaration and recommendations of permitted obstructions for the zoning board to review.
At last month’s meeting, Mr. Giangrande stated that two congruous properties can be recognized as one zoning lot as long as it is maintained by the same owner. Since Mr. Kutcher was absent at the last meeting and did not hear Mr. Giangrande‘s explanation of this, he would like the ZEO to show the actual NYS law that states this. The secretary will reach out to Mr. Giangrande to produce this. There were then many questions that arose relating to the zoning declaration. For example, Ms White asked if there are two undersized lots bordering each other owned by the same person, being looked at as one zoning lot and they built a house on one lot and then sell the other at a later point down the road, does it leave that lot as non-conforming, or non-compliant? The board would like the secretary to call the NYS Association of Towns and seek their advice regarding a zoning declaration certificate.
The next template the board discussed was permitted obstructions. They spoke about how a structure is not considered permanent unless it is on a foundation of cement or cement blocks. The board reviewed Mr. Giangrande’s recommendations and needed some more clarification. They will bring the recommendations home to read thru more thoroughly and
e-mail all questions to the secretary who will in turn present the questions to Mr. Giangrande during the month to have answers ready by the next zoning board meeting. The board would also like to seek clarification from NYS Assoc. of Towns as to what the definition of permitted obstructions is with the state. The board then reviewed our current zoning definitions regarding permitted uses. As the board begins to make recommendations to the Town Board, they will consider putting together glamping regulations along with yurts and air b-n-b rentals.
Agenda Item 4- Camper/ RV Regulations
The board discussed a property on Colgate Lake that currently has a camper sitting for more than 120 days without being moved. When the town ZEO was asked about this, he responded that since the area was a construction site and that the owner is intending to build there that permission by the code enforcement officer was granted to keep the construction trailer there. The board does not agree with this decision as no building permit has been issued. The board would like the ZEO to explain how this follows the codes and laws for the Town of Jewett as there is no mention of the wording construction site or construction trailer in the zoning codes.
Agenda Item 5- Other Business
Mr. Giangrande wanted the board to be aware that there will be an application for a variance coming before them at their January meeting. The board reviewed the file and decided that since the criteria for hearing a variance request is one being first denied a building permit and that a building permit was indeed issued, the board felt procedures were not being met in order to constitute a hearing.
The applicant does have another route to follow and that can be done thru the planning board since one does not need to be denied a building permit first in order to come before the planning board.
The board then agreed to meet again next month, weather permitting. There being no other business, Ms. Williams made a motion to close the meeting, seconded by Ms. West; the vote was unanimous and the meeting was closed at 8:22 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Maya Carl _____________________________
Secretary Accepted
