NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Bellport will hold a public hearing on February 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm at the Bellport Community Center located at 4 Bell St., Bellport, New York to consider the following application:
Ryan & Elizabeth Mayward, 2 Wyandotte Lane, Bellport, is seeking the following variances to construct a single-story rear addition; add a second floor addition on the west side of the dwelling; add a covered front porch, construct a rear deck, and legalize an existing retaining wall:
Sec. 21-220. Front yard.
In the Residence A District, there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than fifty (50) feet except that, if forty (40) percent or more of the frontage on that side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets is improved with buildings a majority of which have an average front yard line greater than fifty (50) feet, the variation between such setbacks establishing the average being not more than six (6) feet, then no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established. However, this regulation shall in no case require a front yard depth of more than seventy-five (75) feet.
Proposed: 33.6 foot setback
Sec. 21-221. Side yards.
In the Residence A District, there shall be two (2) side yards, one on each side of the building, the total width of both to be not less than sixty (60) feet, and no one side shall be less than twenty (20) feet in width.
Proposed:19.5 foot setback
Sec. 21-223. Corner lots.
In the Residence A District, no building or structure shall be erected on a corner lot having a total area of less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet or having frontage of less than one hundred seventy-five (175) feet upon a street. That portion of a corner lot which has frontage upon the street which the main entrance of the building faces, as shown by plans or physical layout, shall be deemed the front thereof; that portion of the corner lot having frontage upon another street shall be deemed a side yard but such side yard shall be measured as, and have a depth equal to, a front yard; that portion of a corner lot on the side of the structure opposite to the last mentioned side shall be deemed a side yard and shall have a minimum width of twenty (20) feet.
Sec. 21-225. Building area.
(a) Main building and accessory buildings: In the Residence A District the maximum total building area for the main building and all accessory buildings shall not exceed fifteen (15) percent of the total lot area.
(b) Accessory structures: In the Residence A District the total maximum area for occupancy of accessory structures shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the total rear yard area. If an accessory structure is located in the front and/or side yards then it must be included with and conform to the total lot area coverage set forth in subsection (a).
Proposed: Rear yard coverage of 27.4%
Sec. 21-226. Accessory buildings and structures.
(b) In the Residence A District, unless addressed specifically elsewhere in this chapter, all structures and accessory structures must be located in the rear yard of a lot and be setback at least fifteen (15) feet from all property lines. No structure and/or accessory structure shall exceed fifteen (15) feet in height.
Existing: Retaining wall extends into side yards
The single-family dwelling is located in the “A” Residence District. The Suffolk County Tax Map Number is 0202-9-2-19.
All persons with an interest may attend and will be heard. The Community Center is handicapped accessible.
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE VILLAGE OF BELLPORT: JAMES WOOD, CHAIRPERSON
