INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS – NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 61 STEAMBOAT ROAD (Section 1/Block 199 /Lot 48) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Great Neck shall hold a virtual public hearing via Zoom on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:30PM https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88356725404 or by calling 1 929 436 2866, Meeting ID 883 5672 5404. The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Great Neck shall hear the application of Torah Ohr Hebrew Academy, owner, represented by Paul Bloom, attorney, for the premises at 61 Steamboat Road in Great Neck. The applicants are seeking the following variance(s) from the Village Zoning Codes in connection with their application to use the property as a school: 1. §575-82 Lot Coverage Lot coverage on a residential lot in the Residence C District shall not exceed the following thresholds:B. Rear yard coverage: 40% The maximum rear yard coverage is 40%, whereby the proposed rear yard coverage is 61%. A variance for the additional 21% is required. 2. §575-85 Side Yards On an interior lot, a building other than a single-family dwelling shall have two side yards, neither of which shall be less than 20 feet. The minimum side yard required is 20 feet, whereby 14 feet are proposed at the new addition. A variance of 6 feet is required. 3. §575-169 Driveways C. Where a section of a driveway is set back five feet or less from the side or rear lot line, the setback area abutting that section of the driveway shall be known as a “minimal setback area,” and it shall be landscaped as indicated in Subsection C(1) below and by one of the methods indicated in Subsections C(2) or C(3) below, and said landscaping shall be maintained in good condition:(1) A hedge, at least three feet in height, planted along at least 75% of the minimal setback area; and (2) Deciduous trees having a diameter at breast height of at least three inches, planted at intervals of not more than 30 feet on center in the minimal setback area; or (3) Conifer trees, at least five feet in height, planted at intervals of not more than 30 feet on center in the minimal setback area.A landscaped buffer between the driveway and the adjacent residential property is required, but is not provided. 4. §575-169 Driveways A. very driveway shall have an unobstructed minimum width of nine feet and be set back at least two feet from all side or rear lot lines. At least a two-foot setback of the driveway from the side property line is required, whereby none is provided. 5. §575-79 Population Density and Street Frontage C. No building used for one of the purposes referred to in §575-77C may be constructed on or occupy a lot having an area of less than one acre or having street frontage of less than 200 feet. No building used for one of the purposes referred to in §575-77E may be constructed on or occupy a lot having an area of less than five acres or having street frontage of less than 200 feet. A building used as a Parochial school needs to have at least 5 acres, whereby .48 acres are provided. A variance of 4.52 acres is required. 6. §575-79 Population Density and Street Frontage C. No building used for one of the purposes referred to in §575-77C may be constructed on or occupy a lot having an area of less than one acre or having street frontage of less than 200 feet. No building used for one of the purposes referred to in §575-77E may be constructed on or occupy a lot having an area of less than five acres or having street frontage of less than 200 feet. A building used as a Parochial school needs to have a lot frontage of at least 200 feet, whereby 75 feet is provided. A variance of 125 feet is required. 7. §575-170.1 Screening for Non-Single Family Detached Dwellings A. Definitions. For the purposes of this section alone, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings indicated: NON-RESIDENTIAL USE Any use that is not a single-family detached dwelling, a two-family detached dwelling or a use by the Village of Great Neck. RESIDENTIAL USE A single-family detached dwelling or a two-family detached dwelling. B. All nonresidential uses that abut one or more residential uses shall install, repair, maintain and replace, to the extent required by the Building Department, for so long as such nonresidential uses continue, the following, along their common boundary line with such residential uses: (1) A six-foot-high fence. (2) A fifteen-foot landscaped buffer. Other than said six-foot-high fence and an irrigation system, there shall be no lighting fixtures or other aboveground structures within said buffer. (3) Landscaping with trees, shrubs and ground cover within said fifteen-foot buffer of sufficient height and density to minimize, to the extent practicable, the light and noise from the nonresidential use to the adjacent residential area. C. The fencing, buffer and landscaping requirements herein shall be subject to the approval of such board or committee of the Village that is required to provide the site plan approval for the proposed use or, if none is so required, by the Village Architectural Review Committee. A 15 foot landscaping buffer adjacent to residential properties is required, whereby no landscape buffer is provided. The premises also known as Section 1, Block 199, Lot 48 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map, and are located in the Residence C Zoning District. A copy of the application material is available for review in the Village of Great Neck Building Department, Village Hall, during regular business hours. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE VILLAGE OF GREAT NECK DENNIS GROSSMAN, CHAIRMAN May 20, 2022
