Source: http://publicagenda.northhempsteadny.gov/CoverSheet.aspx?ItemID=4925&MeetingID=212
Timestamp: 2018-11-14 12:58:00
Document Index: 616762030

Matched Legal Cases: ['§70', '§ 239', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 70']

RESOLUTION NO. 367 - 2018
A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF FAMILY REALTY CORP. FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR THE PREMISES LOCATED AT 619, 633 & 635 DICKENS STREET, WESTBURY AND DESIGNATED ON THE NASSAU COUNTY LAND AND TAX MAP AS SECTION 10, BLOCK 61, LOTS 127, 134, 138, 3028-3033, 3054, 3055, 5072-5076.
WHEREAS, Family Realty Corp. (the “Applicant”) has applied (the “Application”) to the Town to construct a 14,748 s.f. addition to a wastepaper recycling facility on a 3.38 acre site at the premises located at 619, 633 and 635 Dickens Street, Westbury and designated on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map as Section 10, Block 61, Lots 127, 134, 138, 3028-3033, 3054, 3055, 5072-5076 (the "Premises"); and
WHEREAS, the Town Clerk, pursuant to and in accordance with Town Code §§70-219(F)(1) and 70-240(A), has published notice of a public hearing scheduled for August 14, 2018 on the Application (the “Public Hearing”), as authorized and directed by the Town Board pursuant to Resolution No. 314-2018, adopted on July 17, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Nassau County Planning Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to General Municipal Law § 239-m, received and reviewed copies of the site plan and recommended local determination via letter dated August 10, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Department of Building Safety, Inspection and Enforcement (the “Building Department”) issued a Notice of Disapproval on September 10, 2015, citing the following items: (1) proposed 114 off-street parking spaces is less than the 161 off-street parking spaces required pursuant to Town Code § 70-103.A; (2) proposed installation of parking spaces in the front yard along both Dickens Street and Grand Boulevard within the required ten foot front yard setback pursuant to Town Code § 70-103.M; (3) maintaining and expanding a building for recycling purposes requires approval pursuant to Town Code § 70-187K; (4) construction of an accessory building to be used as an elevated scale house requires approval pursuant to Town Code § 70-187O; (5) maintaining the construction of a one-story addition at the rear lot line instead of the 20 feet rear yard required by Town Code § 70-129B; (6) proposed installation of eight foot high fence along front lot line exceeds seven feet fence height pursuant to Town Code § 70-194; (7) maintaining existing five vehicle access gates and installation of one new access gate along front property line without minimum 18 feet set back from street line required pursuant to Town Code § 70-203J; and (8) proposed action requires Town Board approval pursuant to Town Code § 70-219(A); and
WHEREAS, on May 11, 2016, pursuant to Appeal No. 20172, the Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals (“BZA”) granted variances to the above-referenced code sections and granted the conditional uses; and
WHEREAS, the Town’s Department of Building Safety, Inspection and Enforcement (the “Building Department”) issued a Notice of Disapproval on February 28, 2017, citing the following items: (1) the proposed construction of an addition with a height of 50 feet exceeds the 40 foot height permitted pursuant to Town Code § 70-109; and (2) the proposed action requires Town Board approval pursuant to Town Code § 70-219(A); and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2017, pursuant to Appeal No. 20359, the Town of North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals (“BZA”) granted variances to the above-referenced code sections, except Town Code § 70-219A; and
WHEREAS, the BZA has established itself as “lead agency” and has issued a Negative Declaration on January 10, 2018 determining that the Action constitutes an “unlisted” action pursuant to Section 617.2 (ak) of the SEQRA Regulations which will not result in any significant adverse impacts on the environment based upon the analysis set forth in the Full Environmental Assessment Form (the “FEAF”) for the reasons that the project will not involve significant increases in water use, traffic, energy use, or the generation of solid waste or sewage, that the project is appropriate for the zoning district and there is no appreciable change in the intensity of the use of the property; and
WHEREAS, the Board wishes to concur in the BZA’s determination that the Action constitutes an “unlisted action” and not an excluded or exempt action as defined in Section 617.2 (p) or (q) of the SEQRA regulations and not included in statewide or individual agency lists of Type I or Type II actions, and which will not result in any significant adverse impacts on the environment; and
WHEREAS, this Board has carefully considered the Application, testimony and other relevant evidence at the Public Hearing held on August 14, 2018, and afforded all interested persons the opportunity to be heard; and
RESOLVED that the Board recognizes that the BZA has designated itself “lead agency” under the SEQRA Regulations for the Action; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Board concurs in the BZA’s conclusion that the Action is an “unlisted action” which will not result in any significant adverse impact on the environment, based upon the analysis set forth in the SEAF, and upon the testimony and reports adduced at the Public Hearing; and be it further