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MINUTES OF ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING HELD 7/7/98 Present: Floyd Hood, Sue Hodge, Lloyd Frink, Harry Greco, Bob Lewis and Mary Ann Bolander, Secretary. Others Present: dud2/Morris Tom Burns Trustee DiDomizio Mary Burns Trustee ,Juliano Elizabeth Stephant Meeting was called to order at 7:31 p.m. Motion by Mrs. Hodge to amend the minutes of the previous meeting as follows: Third paragraph, First sentence shouM read, "Mrs. Hodge stated this is not a unique issue." Motion by Mrs. Hodge, seconded by Mr. Frink to accept the minutes of the dune meeting as amended Unanimously carried. MARY BURNS, 79 MARKET STREET, WAPPINGERS FALLS First on the agenda was the continuation ofa public hearing on the request of Mary Burns seeking a variance to be able to have parking in the.front yard at the above address. Ms. Burns presented her case. She stated she has a real concern about tenants parking in the rear of the property because there is a hill back there and over time there has been an increase in erosior~ Mrs. Hodge stated that applicant may be able to deal with the problem of increase run off`by graveling area or installing drainage ditches. Mr. Burns stated there is no place to pond the water and if the applicant had to install piping it would be quite an expense to run it all the way from the rear of the property to the front. He stated the piping wouM have to go underground, as you cannot let the run off drain into the sanitary sewer. He also stated that the back yard is not very moist. Mrs. Hodge asked applicant if she was living in the house now and she stated she is not living there now but has plans to move back someday. Mrs. Hodge went on to state she is not comfortable with putting parking so close to a sidewalk Applicant stated she would go back with the parking as far as she could and not have cars hanging over on the sidewalk She also stated she would plan the area so that it would be aesthically pleasing to the neighbors by either planting a row of evergreens or having some nice planters around area. Mr. Burns stated there are oM dry wells in the rear of the yard and it is very unstable back there. Applicant also stated that there have been three units there since 1956 but 40 years ago some people did not drive and most families were one ear families. Mrs. Hodge stated that in order to grant a use variance the applicant must show practical difficulty and economic injury. Mrs. Hodge would like evidence of the dry wells