Zoning Board approves scores of residential variances at regular session
Brookhaven Board of Zoning Appeals approved dozens of residential property variances Wednesday. The board granted setback modifications, lot divisions, pool permissions, and fence heights in a session marked by near-unanimous votes across Brookhaven neighborhoods. Chairman Howard Bergson presided
Board of Zoning Appeals · Meeting of February 22, 2023
NY BROOKHAVEN — Brookhaven Board of Zoning Appeals approved dozens of residential property variances Wednesday. The board granted setback modifications, lot divisions, pool permissions, and fence heights in a session marked by near-unanimous votes across Brookhaven neighborhoods. Chairman Howard Bergson presided over one contested vote: a 4-to-1 approval for James and Jillian Johnis' Mount Sinai inground pool variance, with member Charles Lazarou dissenting.
Extensions were granted including one on Shaun Sessa's pool variance conditioned on a $601.30 penalty fee, while Oscar Garcia's Manorville farm operation seeking 12 horses and 10 chickens was postponed to March.
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Source: the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting of February 22, 2023, compiled from the official minutes.
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