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Accessory Apartment Applications in Sag Harbor Move Forward

author on Jan 28, 2016

By Kathryn G. Menu

The Sag Harbor Village Planning Board is poised to approve two accessory apartments on Brandywine Drive next month — apartments that meet standards the village created in 2009 in an effort to turn what officials believe are dozens of illegal apartments into legal housing stock.

Under the 2009 code, apartments that are created or legalized must be attached to a primary residence — and that home must be owner-occupied. The apartments cannot be less than 300 square feet or more than 650 square feet, and can only have two bedrooms or less. One off-street parking space is also requested under the code, and apartments must also meet state building and fire codes, as well as the Suffolk County Sanitary Code.

During its Tuesday night meeting, the planning board scheduled public hearings for February 23 on the separate applications of Bob and Mary Bori, and Kevin and Michele Duchemin. Both couples are asking the board for approval for an accessory apartment above the garages on their house on Brandywine Drive.

According to reports drafted by village environmental planning consultant Richard Warren, both applications met the requirements for approval. That prompted the planning board to request village attorney Denise Schoen to draft approvals for the Bori and Duchemin families, which the board can adopt after the public hearing next month.

According to Mr. Warren’s report, the existing accessory apartment attached to the Bori residence is 633 square feet and contains just one bedroom. Parking will be provided for the apartment in the driveway.

The Duchemin application also meets village standards, according to Mr. Warren’s report, coming in at 600 square feet, and with one bedroom. Parking will also be in the driveway of that property, according to the report, and a county-approved survey shows the septic system can handle four bedrooms — three bedrooms and a den in the Duchemin residence and one bedroom in the apartment.

If the planning board approves the applications next month following public hearings, both properties will be inspected by the building inspector prior to the issuance of certificates of occupancy.

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