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.MINUTES OF 7A)NING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING HELD 12/9/03 Preserlt: Crawford. Lloyd Frink, Chair, Susan Ruder, Mike Kocan, Newell Russell, Dave Others Present: Chris Whitten Dennis Suraci James Lyons Keith Mead Arian Defizio Michael Strauch Betsey Bergmann Maureen Fitzgibbons Michele Mead Judy Morris Steve DeFizio Susan Stmach Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Frink stated he was in receipt of two notices - one from Wenliss Terrace and one from Planet Wings regarding if the ZBA had any objection to the Planning Board being Lead Agency on these projects - Mr. Frink made a motion agreeing that the Planning Board should be Lead Agency and the ZBA had no objection - motion seconded by Ms. Ruder. On roll call vote - Mr. Frink - Aye, Mr. Russell - Aye, Ms. Ruder - Aye, Mr. Crawford - Aye and Mr. Kocan - Absent. CHRISTOPHER WHITTEN~ D/B/A L1BERTY AUTO SALES~ 6 MARSHALL ROAD Firs! on the agenda was the continuation of a public hearing on the request of Mr. Christopher Whitten, d/b/a/Liberty Auto Sales, 6 Marshall Road, seeking a variance to be able to have 35 vehicles on premises - allowed is 15 which was established by the Planning Board in 1987. This is also a CB zone and auto sales is not allowed in a CB zone but use was grandfathered. For the record it was stated that the Dutchess County DepL of Planning has responded to the zoning referral with a "matter of local concern" comment. Applicant stated in the auto sales business inventory is everything. Ifa customer comes in looking for something particular and you don't have it - he will just move on to the next person. Applicant stated his expenses have increased, he wants to make improvements to the property and his rent has increased. As of this date he is still waiting for the paperwork for the least but he intends on signing a five year lease with the owner of the property. He went on to state that essentially his inventory is depleted because he is left with a stock waiting for delivery, When questioned further by Mr. Frink applicant stated that his average hold time for a vehicle is 5-7 days and at the present time he has six vehicles waiting to be delivered - factors involved in delivery hold times are waiting for customers to secure a loan, waiting for customers to get their vehicles registered and insured and some vehicles are sent out for minor repairs. There is no mechanical work done on site. Currently applicant has only a port-a-potty on site and he would like to build a bathroom onto the building. Previously Mr. Kolb had allowed applicant to exceed his current Certificate of Occupancy requirements and let him put the 35 vehicles on site to be able to take pictures for the ZBA to give them a better view of what the site would look like with 35 vehicles on site. At the present time there are close