Ocean View public meetings in 2022
4 substantive meetings from 2022, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Board of Adjustment
The Board of Adjustment approved all four variance applications on the agenda, each by a 5-0 vote. The variances covered lot coverage and setback relief for residential improvements in Silverwoods and a sign variance for Atracare on Atlantic Avenue. No applications were denied or tabled.
- Approved variance V-436 for 1.6% impervious cover overage at 14 Old Forge Drive (5-0)
- Approved variance V-437 for secondary wall sign larger than 10 sq ft at 90 Atlantic Avenue (5-0)
- Approved variance V-438 for 1.09% lot coverage overage for paver patio at 7 Sussex Avenue (5-0)
- Approved variance V-439 for 7% lot coverage overage for porch, patio, and trash enclosure at 50 Luzerne Drive (5-0)
Board of Adjustment
The Board of Adjustment unanimously approved two variance applications: one to allow a swimming pool on a non-conforming residential lot in a business district, and another to exceed the maximum lot coverage for a pool in a residential district. Both decisions were made without public comment.
- Approved variance V-435 for pool at 5 Longview Drive, exceeding lot coverage limit by 2.36% (5-0)
- Approved variance V-434 for pool at 62 West Avenue, allowing extension of non-conforming residential use in GB-1 district (5-0)
Planning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend an ordinance amendment that sets modified dimensional standards for the townhouse portion of the Silverwoods Mixed-Use Planned Community on Beaver Dam Road. The amendment increases maximum lot coverage from 55% to 75%, adds a seller disclosure requirement about building footprints and expansion limits, removes a reference to Ryan Homes, and replaces a 20-foot alley with a cross-access easement. The recommendation also includes a condition that the walking trail in the single-family section be finished before villa foundations are poured, and the villas portion by the 54th certificate of occupancy.
- Recommended ordinance amendment for Silverwoods townhouse dimensional standards (5-0)
- Approved condition requiring walking trail completion before villa foundations and by 54th CO (5-0)
- Approved agenda as presented (5-0)
- Approved minutes of September 15, 2022 (5-0)
Town Meetings
The council unanimously approved additional funding of $227,964 for the Hudson Avenue Pipe Culvert Replacement project, which was delayed by COVID. They also approved a $641,529.60 paving and patching contract, extended a municipal maintenance contract for two years, and accepted the Fairway Village streets. All votes were 5-0.
- Approved $227,964 additional funding for Hudson Ave culvert project (5-0)
- Approved $641,529.60 FY23 paving and patching contract (5-0)
- Approved two-year extension of municipal maintenance services contract (5-0)
- Approved acceptance of Fairway Village streets (5-0)