Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing – Re: 24 General McLean Drive – April 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Bellport will hold a public hearing on April 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm at the Bellport Community Center located at 4 Bell St., Bellport, New York to consider the following application:

Keith and Katrina Dawson, 24 General McLean Drive, Bellport seek the following variances to construct a second story addition, a rear addition, a covered front porch and add an attached garage to a single-family dwelling:

Sec. 21-218. Height (Pyramid Law).

In the Residence A District no building hereinafter constructed, erected or altered shall exceed thirty-two (32) feet in height, and must be set back from all property lines so that the height of any point of the building is not greater than the horizontal distance of the point from the nearest property line to the building or structure at that location or protrude through a diagonal line formed by a forty-five-degree pyramid angle from all property lines. Chimneys are exempt from said restrictions. Accessory buildings and structures shall not be subject to the pyramid law.

Sec. 21-264. Height.

The height requirements in a Residence B District shall be the same as in the Residence A District, as set forth in section 21-218 of this chapter.

Pyramid encroachment 299 cubic feet (existing: 71.2 cubic feet)

Sec. 21-266. Front yard.

In the Residence B District, there shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than forty (40) 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 forty (40) 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 front yard depth of more than sixty

(60) feet.

Proposed: 24 feet 1 inch

Sec. 21-267. Side yards.

In the Residence B 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 forty (40) feet and no one side yard being less than fifteen

(15) feet in width.

Proposed: 9 feet 8 inch and 6-foot side yard setbacks, 15 feet 8inches total width

Sec. 21-268. Rear yard.

In the Residence B District, there shall be a rear yard having a minimum depth of fifty (50) feet.

Proposed: 43 feet

Sec. 21-271. Building area.

  • Main building and accessory buildings: In the Residence B District the maximum total building area for the main building and all accessory buildings shall not exceed twenty (20) percent of the total lot area.

Proposed: 23.4%

The single-family dwelling is located in the “B” Residence District. The Suffolk County Tax Map Number is 0202-8-1-39. The Community Center is handicapped accessible.

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, VILLAGE OF BELLPORT: JAMES WOOD, CHAIRPERSON

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