NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE the Village of Bellport Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 7 pm in the Bellport Community Center, 4 Bell Street, Bellport, NY to consider the following application:
Melissa Avino, 17 S. Country Road, Bellport, NY is seeking the following variances to construct a pool in the rear yard and place pool equipment in the front/side yard:
Sec. 21-1. Definitions.
Swimming pool, family. Any body of water in an artificial or semi-artificial receptacle or other container, whether located indoors or outdoors, used or designed, arranged or intended to be used for swimming and/or wading by adults and/or children, including, but not limited to, all buildings, structures, appurtenances, equipment, appliances and other facilities appurtenant thereto designed for operational and/or maintenance purposes. For purposes of this chapter, any outdoor swimming pool shall be considered an accessory structure.
Sec. 21-269. Corner lots.
In the Residence B District, no building or structure shall be erected on a corner lot having a total area of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or having frontage of less than one hundred fifty (150) 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 fifteen (15) feet.
Proposed: Pool equipment located in front/side yard
Sec. 21-501. – Location.
- Lot location: All pools shall be located in the rear yard of interior lots or the designated rear yard of corner lots.
Proposed: Pool equipment located in front/side yard
(b) Setbacks: All outdoor swimming pools, including above ground pools shall be subject to:
(1) Minimum side and rear yard setbacks of fifteen (15) feet as measured from the edge of the water
Proposed: Pool located 12 feet from the side yard lot line.
The Suffolk County Tax Map number is 0202-7-2-12. The property is in the “B” residence district. All persons with an interest may attend and will be heard. The Community Center is handicapped accessible.
BY ORDER OF VILLAGE OF BELLPORT ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS; JAMES WOOD, CHAIRPERSON