Zoning board approves 69 Offaly Street subdivision variance for single‑family house

Nicole Blanda, an attorney with Bizzell, Blanda & Visconti, presented application 25-113 for Budget Estates Inc., seeking variances to construct a new single‑family, owner‑occupied home at 69 Offaly Street in Amityville. Blanda told the board the lot has 50 feet of frontage and a 5,000‑square‑foot lot area and enjoys "single and separate" status under the zoning code; the application requested a reduction in required frontage from 60 feet to 50 feet, a reduction in required lot area from 6,000 to 5,000 square feet and a modest building‑area increase from 20% to 22.83% (about 141 square feet). She said reducing the house to meet building‑area requirements would eliminate an internal garage and reduce the home from four bedrooms to three. Blanda placed older ZBA approvals and a BP application for the record and said the applicant consented to the covenants and restrictions requested by staff, including single‑family, owner‑occupied status and no accessory apartment. After no public speakers, a board member moved to approve "application 25113 with all the subject to the CNRs." A second was recorded and the board approved the motion by voice vote. Why it matters: The approval allows a narrower, smaller lot than the code nominally requires and a minor overage in building area to permit an internal garage and four bedrooms; the applicant accepted conditions that restrict future uses. The board approved the application subject to the covenants and restrictions on the planning memo. Staff will issue the formal decision and conditions in writing.