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public streets and protect against undue density of population. This small house on this teeny tiny loi would create undue density.”
She said now Gay and Wheeled streets end at the corner, but thejj are stub streets which might one day be extended making the comer dan-! gerous. '
“I’d like to see the shed de-l stroyed or cleaned up,” she said' “My tennants tell me copperheads come in and out.”
She said the lot is appraised at $11,000 and that other lots in town too small to build houses on are alsq appraised at $10,000 to $15,000j “There are uses for the property, other than a residence. To say that a house is the best use; that’s the most profitable use, not the best use,” she said.
Town attorney Frank Reynolds advised the board members that they could grant or deny the varif ance or grant a partial variance. The only things Mrs. Eagle could do with the lot without a variance would be to rebuild the shed or tear it down I “The structure is non-conforming, and the structure to be built is nonconforming,” he said. “The use is a permitted use, but it is a more initense use. There is no question that a house is more intense than a snake shed.” He considered that for a while and then added, “I guess a snake shed could be pretty intense.’"
Four members supported Mr} Eldred’s motion to deny the variance because a hardship had not been shown. Mrs. Young abstained. |
The next day Mrs. Eagle asked County Administrator John McCarthy, who acts as the town’s agent in zoning matters, if she could build an artists’ studio on the lot. He advised her she would have to go back to thfc town’s BZA. So it appears it will not be another six years before the BZA considers its next application.
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