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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HELD AT MESIER HOMESTEAD, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEW YORK - MARCH 7, 1989 Present: Mr. Frank Savelli, Chairman, Robert Smith, George Casey, George Kolb, Sterling Van Wagenen, Village Attorney Viglotti and Mary Ann Wood, Secretary. Others Present: Harold Reilly, Esquire, 107 East Main Street, Wappingers Falls Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson, 19 Franklindale Avenue, Wappingers Falls Eileen Masterson, 60 Mesier Avenue South, Wappingers Falls Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Motion was made by George Casey and seconded by Sterling Van Wagenen that minutes of meeting held February 7, 1989 and received by all members by mail be approved as written. Unanimously carried. MR. FELIX LOPEZ, 3 ELM STREET, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NEWYORK Chairman Savelli stated that the first order of business would be holding of public hearing on the application of Mr. Felix Lopez, 3 Elm Street, Wappingers Falls, New York 12590 seeking a variance to permit the erection of an addition to a legal non-conforming structure in a R7.5 district. Secretary read legal notice as in- serted in the February 22, 1989 edition of the Southern Dutchess News and Notice of Appeal #2-89. Secretary.advised that all property owners within a radius of 200 feet from subject property were furnished a copy of the legal notice and Dutchess County Department of Planning responded that they did not have enough information to respond to the zoning referral. Secretary read a letter from Mr. and Mrs. Newton Erickson who own property at 21-23 Franklindale Avenue that connects with that of the applicant stating that they can see no way that the proposed addition would affect their pro- perty and that they understand that this addition would be added non-confor- ming space to a structure that is under a non-conforming variance. Mr. Harold Reilly, attorney for Mr. Lopez stated that the applicant has been renting the premises to a corporation known as E.G. Snyder Co., Inc. This corporation uses the premises for storage and office space. The numbers of its staff is fixed and it is the type of business that generates little or no traffic. Recently, the tenant advised the applicant that they are in need of additional space and unless the applicant is able to provide them with this space they in- tend to vacate the premises. Secretary passed around a copy of the proposed plan. Mrs. Mary Johnson stated that she owns property that abuts with Mr. Lopez's property. She is planning to put a house on that property for her daughter and she is against Mr. Lopez's proposed addition. An informal discussion followed and Mr. Reilly stated thathe thought the hearing should be adjourned until Mr. Lopez could come up with an engineer's plot plan showing the exact dimensions of the structure and proposed addition.