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 280 (Zoning) of the Town Code. The ZBA has original jurisdiction to consider uses specifically permitted by reference under Chapter 280 (Zoning) by Special Exception application, such as Accessory Bed and Breakfasts, Accessory Apartments in an accessory structure, 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 seven (EIGHT sets total) or NINE sets for waterfront or freshwater wetland or commercial parcels. 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 survey prepared by a licensed surveyor which shows all existing buildings, driveway, all distances from building area to closest lot lines. An original surveyor’s map is required to be full scale (not reduced in size). h) Survey 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). Copies of all CO’s or Pre-CO covering all structures on the property. 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. | 