SISCA & SISCA

Applicant seeks to develop an existing lot in Pioneer Village (lot 15) and requires variances from the Town of Bolton Sanitary Code for a property on Cottage Lane (156.20-1-26).  The property is located in the RCM1.3 Zoning District and is designated as Moderate Intensity on the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Map. A variance is requested for:  1) separation distance from well - 100' required, 56.7' proposed; 2) Grade for absorption bed - 8 maximum, 28% existing; 3) Grade under absorption trenches  - 15% maximum, 20% existing; 4) Side yard setback - 10' required, 1' proposed; and 5) Lot area required for septic system - 20,000 sf required, 9,583 existing.  The applicant proposes to construct a 3 bedroom dwelling on a lot that was approved as part f the Pioneer Village subdivision in the 1970s.  The applicant is proposing a peat filter system with two separate disposal fields - absorption bed under the peat filters and an eljen system trench.  The lot has steep grades present (>20%).