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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING Of THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HELD AT MESIER HOMESTEAD~ WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK - JANUARY 3~ 1989 Present: Mr. Bob Smith, Acting Chairman, Sterling Van Wagenen, George Kolb, George Casey, Village Attorney Lou Viglotti and Mary Ann Wood, Secretary. Others Present: Tony Pacio, Zoning Enforcement Officer Tom Visentin, Chairman Planning Board Vincent S. Francese, ll Reservoir Terrace, Wappingers Falls Mr. and Mrs. William Utter, RD8, Box 75, Hopewell Junction, NY Steven Tinkelman, llO Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, NY Hank DiMarco, Pleasant Lane, Wappingers Falls, NY Meeting was called to order at 7:32 p.m. by Acting Chairman Smith. Motion was made by George Kolb and seconded by Mr. Van Wagenen that minutes of meeting held December 6, 1988 and received by all members by mail be approved as written. Unanimously carried. MR. VINCENT FRANCESE, ll RESERVOIR TERRACE, WAPPINGERS FALLS Acting Chairman Smith stated that the first order of business would be holding' of public hearing on application of Mr. Vincent Francese, ll Reservoir Terrace, Wappingers Falls seeking a variance from the minimum yard requirements of the Schedule of Regulations for residential district of the Village of Wappingers Falls. Secretary read legal notice as inserted in the December 21, 1988'edition of Southern Dutchess News and Notice of Appeal #22-88. Secretary advised that all property owners within a radius of 200 feet from subject property were fur- nished a copy of the legal notice and Dutchess County Department of Planning responded to the zoning referral and indicated they had no problems with it. Secretary read a lelter from Mrs~ Fred Williams, 9 Reservoir Terrace, Wappingers Falls indicating she wholeheartedly endorsed granting the variance soug~t by Mr. Francese to build proper livingquarters for his disabled daughter. Mr. Francese stated he has a 26 year old daughter who is suffering from MS. she needs quite a bit of care but she still wants to maintain some of her own inde- pendence. For this reason Mr. Francese wants to build an addition on to his present premises which would be a separate apartment for his daughter. He stated that he has been working with Dutchess County Department of Planning for t~is addition and indicated that Dutchess County Department of Planning paid to have the plans for this addition drawnup. Mr. Francese passed around a. copy of the plans for the Board to see. The apartment is set up for a. handicapped person to use with bars around the rooms and ramps for wheelchairs. An informal discussion followed with no one objecting to Mr. Francese's appli- cation. Mr. Kolb made a motion to grant Mr. Francese a variance from the 25 feet rear yard setback. Mr. Van Wagenen seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously approved by roll call vote - Mr. Smith, Y~s, Mr. Kolb, Yes- Mr. Casey, Yes and Mr. Van Wagenen Yes. Mr. Viglotti informed Mr. Francese that he had 90 days to obtain a permit. If he needed more time, he was to ask for an extension.