Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing – Re: 85 S. Howells Point Road – February 19, 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 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:

Peter & Kathleen Baer, 85 S. Howells Point Road, Bellport, is seeking the following variances to construct a pool house with covered porch and outdoor shower in the rear yard;

Sec. 21-1. Definitions

POOL HOUSE — An accessory building used as an accessory to a private pool. No pool house shall be any larger than three hundred (300) square feet. The term “pool house” shall include the term “cabana”.

Proposed: 420 square foot pool house

Sec. 21-216. Use.

In a Residence A District, no building, structure or lot shall be used or occupied for any purpose other than one of the following:

  • Accessory uses and accessory buildings, as defined in section 21-1, subject to the restrictions set forth in Division 1 of Article V, such accessory uses to include, among others:
  • A building, structure and/or use, which is subordinate to or customarily incidental to an existing permitted principal dwelling, located on the same lot. Accessory buildings and/ or uses shall include a private garage, shed, pool house, private green house, gazebo, pergola, pavilion, barn and children’s play house. No accessory building shall have a kitchen and/or bathroom facilities or used for sleeping or income producing purposes.

     Proposed: Outdoor Shower on pool house

The single-family dwelling is located in the “A” Residence District. The Suffolk County Tax Map Number is 0202-13-2-14.

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

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