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MINUTES OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING HELD APRIL 7, 2009 Present: Lloyd Frink, Chairman, Frank Barresi, Allen Firstenberg, Kristina Costa, Jim Horan, Attorney Absent: Scott Davis Others Present: Al Cappelli Nancy Bostwick Bill Bostwick Mike Berta Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Frink welcomed Ms. Costa to the Zoning Board of Appeals. MARK RENNHACK, 787 OLD ROUTE 9 First on the agenda was the request of Mark and Brian Rennhack, P. O. Box 89, Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 seeking an area variance from the parking requirements - required is 27 spaces and existing is 21 spaces with an additional five needed for pro- Posed office space on the second floor of the building at 787 Old Route 9. Secretary stated that Dutchess County Department of Planning had responded to the zoning referral with a “matter of local concern” comment. Mr. Cappelli representing the applicants handed in his legal notice which was published in the March 24, 2009 edition of the Poughkeepsie Journal and copies of mailings of his legal notice. Mr. Cappelli stated that the building was constructed five years ago - the site plan was brought to the Planning Board simultaneously with an adjacent property owned by the Bostwicks. The building did not have enough parking - when they went to the Planning Board - the Planning Board approved the site plan without sufficient parking because of the cross over easements and parking easement that they are sharing with the adjacent property owner and likewise he has access onto the Rennhacks property for parking. The building is a 2 ½ story building - the owner is looking to put his offices in the attic portion of the building - there is currently a single tenant in the building - it is a business that calibrates surveying and engineering equipment. They currently have 6 employees. They utilize 4-5 parking spaces at most - on a daily basis. The original intent of the building is that the Rennhacks are in the swimming pool business - they were going to take the second floor to sell swimming pool equipment and supplies to facilitate their business - the first floor was going to be rented and then the Engineering company came in and rented the first and second floor. The intent is not to have a retail operation in the attic - just offices for the owner to operate his business which is a swimming pool business. The Rennhacks will only be utilizing 1 to 2 parking spaces. They went to the Planning Board who referred them to the ZBA for the parking variance. Mr. Frink asked if Mr. Cappelli knew the terms of the lease agreement - not financial but how long they intend to be there and Mr. Cappelli stated he did not know but he knew it was not a year to year type of agreement. Mr. Frink then asked the size of the “attic MINUTES FROM THE ZBA -2- 4/7/09