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The Zoning Board of
Appeals is a five-member board, a quasi-judicial body authorized under
New York Town Law to hear Appeals of applications that have been
reviewed and issued a denial by the Building Inspector under Chapter
100 (Zoning) of the Town Code. The ZBA has original jurisdiction to
consider uses specifically permitted by reference under Chapter 100
(Zoning) by Special Exception application, such as Accessory Bed and
Breakfasts, Accessory Apartments in an owner’s residence, certain
commercial uses, motels, inns, and other specifically referenced uses
when all requirements referred to in the Town Code and New York Town
Law have been met.
Typical
submission for processing shall include an original and six copies
(seven complete, collated sets of all documentation with maps) of the
following, after a Notice of Disapproval is received in writing by the
Building Inspector’s Office:
a) Application form
with owner’s address and telephone number, signed by the owner before
a notary public. (If the applicant is not an owner, a written consent
is required from the owner, with the owner’s mailing address and
telephone number, authorizing another person to sign in behalf of the
owner.)
b) Filing fee check
payable to the Town of Southold. Please see Code fee schedule with
application forms, or call before submitting your application (once a
written Notice of Disapproval has been received).
c) Project
Description Form: please explain your project and attach additional
pages as an addendum, if desired.
d) Questionnaires:
SEQRA form, and building permit activity or wetland inquiry form.
e) Diagram showing
the proposed construction area on a site map (or copy of the survey
data labeling the new areas on a separate diagram); include driveway
and sanitary locations, parking area, other buildings on the property
if not shown on the available survey.
f) For B&Bs and
Apartments, please include diagram of floor plan layout, identifying
bedrooms for owner or guests, and describe other rooms, please furnish
size of livable floor areas for each area.
g) Available site
map prepared by a licensed surveyor which shows all existing
buildings, driveway, all distances from building area to closest lot
lines. An original surveyor map is required to full scale (not
reduced in size).
h) Site diagram, to
scale, showing the proposed area of construction or alterations to
existing building. If application is for an "as built" area, please
label the "as built" area with dimensions and setbacks as exist and
provide details with time periods construction took place.
i) Photos of the
"staked" area proposed for construction, and yard areas under
consideration are helpful, especially for areas between the new
construction and boundary lines (such as boundary of road, or edge of
wetlands, high-water mark.
j) Statement as to the
status of other agency applications, or copies of other agency permits
and agency stamped maps.
k) Copies of Building
Inspector’s Notice of Disapproval, building permit application form
(or building permit if obtained).
l) Copy of Property
Assessment Card (or copy of current deed with photograph of current
buildings on the property).
m) Elevation diagram
confirming height to top of roof ridge of new and existing
construction, measured from natural finished ground, with diagram of
new foundation area below finished ground elevation.
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