RESOLUTION TO SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING ON A LOCAL LAW AMENDING SECTIONS 8-800, 8-802 AND 8-804 OF THE ZONING LAW TO REVISE THE AUTHORITY REFERNCES, APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICE PROCEDURES OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS.
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dering Harbor hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. prevailing time, at the Dering Harbor Village Hall, Locust Point Road, Dering Harbor, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against the following local law entitled: “A Local Law amending sections 8-800, 8-802 and 8-804 of the Zoning Law to revise the authority references, application requirements and notice procedures of the Board of Appeals.”
LOCAL LAW NO. ___ OF 2020
A LOCAL LAW amending A Local Law amending sections 8-800, 8-802 and 8-804 of the Zoning Law to revise the authority references, application requirements and notice procedures of the Board of Appeals.”
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dering Harbor as follows:
Section 1. Amendment. Section 8-800, 8-802 and 8-804 of the Zoning Law are amended by deleting strikethrough words and adding underlined words as follows:
Section 8-800 The vVillage bBoard of tTrustees hereby creates and authorizes the appointment of members to a board of appeals consisting of five members pursuant to the provisions of section one-hundred seventy-none 7-712 of the New York State vVillage lLaw.
Section 8-802 Power: Appeals
Persons aggrieved by the any ruling or action of the building inspector may appeal such ruling or action to the board of appeals which shall hear and determine such appeals, affirming, modifying or reversing the ruling or action complained of. A. Such Board of Appeals shall have all the powers, functions and authority pertaining to zoning boards of appeals as now or hereafter provided by the Village Board of Trustees and the laws of the State of New York.
B. Powers and duties. The Zoning Board of Appeals is governed by and shall act in strict accordance with the procedures specified in sections 7-712 and 7-712-a of the New York State Village Law, this chapter and its own duly adopted rules, bylaws and forms. Upon request properly made, the Board shall perform the following functions:
(1) Hear and decide any question properly brought before it involving the interpretation of any provision of this chapter.
(2) Hear and decide appeals from any decision, determination, act or failure to act of the Building Inspector, and hear and decide all matters properly referred to it upon which it is required to pass under the provisions of §7-712-b of the New York State Village Law, this chapter and its own duly adopted rules, bylaws and forms. The concurring vote of a majority of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the Building Inspector or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter.
(3) Grant variances in accordance with applicable provisions of §7-712-b of the New York State Village Law, this chapter and its own duly adopted rules, bylaws and forms this chapter.
(4) Issue special exception in accordance with applicable provisions §7-725-b of the New York State Village Law, this chapter and its own duly adopted rules, bylaws and forms.
(5) Hear and decide appeals under any other provision of the Village laws and regulations that duly designate the Board of Appeals to hear same.
C. Appeals/Variance procedure. An appeal from a determination of the Building Inspector may be taken by an aggrieved person having standing within the Village of Dering Harbor. Such appeal shall be taken within sixty (60) days of the date of the Building Inspector’s decision by filing with the Building Inspector and the Board of Appeals a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. All appeals or variance requests shall be made, in writing, on forms provided by the Board. The Building Inspector shall then transmit to the Board of Appeals all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
D. All decisions of the Board of Appeals shall be by resolution approved by no fewer than three members and shall contain a full record of the findings of the Board in the particular case. Any vote not obtaining a majority of the members shall be considered to be a denial.
Section 8-804 Powers; Variances
A. In a specific case, after public notice and hearing, and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, the Board of Appeals may determine and vary or modify the application of the regulations herein established, in harmony with their general purpose and intent and so that the spirit of this chapter shall be observed, public safety and welfare secured, and substantial justice done. In deciding such variance application, the Board of Appeals shall consider and apply the factors and standards set forth in §7-712-b of the New York State Village Law.
B. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in the official paper of the Village of Dering Harbor one time not less than nine nor more than twenty-five not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing, and by mailing a copy of the public notice of the hearing to the owner or owners of properties any part of which is within 200 feet of the parcel which is the subject of the hearing. requiring the applicant to mail written notice of the date, time and place of the hearing, and a summary of the purpose of the application submitted to the Board, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to every property owner, as shown on the current Village of Dering Harbor assessment rolls, of parcels within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the property which is the subject of the application, proof of which shall be submitted to the Board on or before the commencement of the public hearing in the form of an affidavit with postal receipts annexed thereto confirming mailing of said notices at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing date. The failure of the notice to be published in the newspaper or the applicant to provide the required proof of mailing shall require the Board to adjourn the public hearing and cause the public hearing to be re-noticed.
C. Applications for any action by the Board of Appeals shall be submitted in the form required by the Board and filed in the Village office. A digital copy of said application shall be submitted in a format determined, and changed as needed, by the Village Clerk.
D. Applications to the Zoning Board of Appeals must be accompanied by plans which are prepared and certified by and stamped with the seal of a licensed architect, engineer, and/or surveyor and shall be accompanied by a fully dimensioned site plan and plot plan and a survey by a licensed surveyor showing all elevations of new structures and all affected elevations in the case of additions or alterations.
E. Where landscaping is pertinent to the proposed variance requested, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall may also request a landscaping plan. In such case, the application must be accompanied by a site plan showing both existing trees with a trunk diameter of 12 inches or more at a point three feet above the ground level and shall indicate whether such trees shall remain or be removed and/or other topographical features existing or planned, including, but not limited to, all changes in grades and berms.
F. For all applications submitted by or appeared to by anyone other than the owner of record according to the title of the property, an owner’s endorsement or a letter of agency must be submitted, and no application will be accepted or reviewed by the Village of Dering Harbor or its representatives if the owner’s representative submitting the application does not also submit or have a letter of agency signed by the owner of record on file with the Village Clerk. All parties to the application must also submit the required disclosure affidavit as required under §809 of the New York State General Municipal Law.
Section 2. Authority. The proposed local law is enacted pursuant to Village Law §7-712, et.seq. as well as Municipal Home Rule Law §§10(1)(i) and 10(2).
Section 3. Severability. If any section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase, or provision of this law shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, any judgment made thereby shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part or provision so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4. Effective Date. This local law shall take effect upon filing with the Secretary of State pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to refer this local law to the Suffolk County Planning Commission; and
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the following Notice of Public Hearing:
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Dering Harbor hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. prevailing time, at the Dering Harbor Village Hall, Locust Point Road, Dering Harbor, New York, to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled: “A Local Law amending sections 8-800, 8-802 and 8-804 of the Zoning Law to revise the authority references, application requirements and notice procedures of the Board of Appeals.”
Copies of the proposed law, sponsored by the entire Board of Trustees, are on file in the Village Hall, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, or by appointment, and on the Village’s website.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF DERING HARBOR, NEW YORK