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North Salem Board of Appeals Hearing - April 9, 2026

Town Board & Boards — Thursday, April 9, 2026
BodyNorth Salem, New York
SessionTown Board & Boards
DateThursday, April 9, 2026
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Speaker 1

0:00

Please present them to the secretary.

0:02

At this time, we'll set the next meeting date as May 14th, 2026.

0:10

And motion on the minutes for March 12th, 26 meeting.

Unassigned speaker

0:15

So moved.

Unassigned speaker

0:17

So

Speaker 2

0:18

moved.

0:18

Second.

0:19

Second.

Speaker 3

0:20

Rick.

Speaker 1

0:21

Aye.

0:23

And Zinga?

0:24

Aye.

0:24

Emily.

0:25

Aye.

0:26

And chair votes aye.

0:28

So we'll start with BA 26-09.

0:32

Laurie M.

0:32

Carlin, 846 Peach Lake Road, special permit to renew.

0:36

Special permit BA 10-44 for the keeping of up to three horses for personal use in an R4 zoning district, consisting of approximately 3.8 acres per article 13, section 250-72.

0:54

No site improvements proposed.

Unassigned speaker

0:58

Do we

Speaker 4

0:58

have anyone?

0:59

Oh yep.

1:01

Okay.

1:01

Hi Laurie, come on up to the

Speaker 1

1:04

podium and just speak into the microphone so we can get

Speaker 4

1:06

you

Speaker 1

1:07

into the record.

1:08

And so your application is for

Speaker 4

1:12

three horses.

1:13

Right.

1:13

Yeah.

Speaker 1

1:14

Renewing uh current special permit.

Speaker 4

1:16

Correct.

1:17

That began in sip uh September 27th, year 2000.

1:23

Approved the bar

Unassigned speaker

1:26

and was built with pre-approval for the three horses.

Unassigned speaker

1:36

It was removed.

Speaker 1

1:37

Right.

1:39

Okay.

1:39

And do you currently have horses there now?

Speaker 4

1:43

Oh okay.

1:44

Okay, good.

Speaker 1

1:45

All right.

1:46

Uh so no changes on that special permit.

1:49

I'm familiar with that farm.

1:51

It's um it's well taken care of.

1:54

Um Jim is that and one of the inspections.

Unassigned speaker

1:58

Yeah, we're gonna schedule the inspector.

Speaker 1

2:00

Okay.

2:01

All right.

2:01

So we'll put in that in the um resolution that uh permit to be will vote on tonight, but to be issued after um satisfaction and inspection by the building inspector.

2:15

Understood, Mr.

2:16

Chairman.

2:16

Okay.

Speaker 4

2:16

All right, so we'll open the public

Speaker 1

2:19

hearing, members of the public.

2:20

Any questions or comments?

Unassigned speaker

2:23

I do have our drawings and only sure the original 10 line visibility.

Speaker 1

2:29

Uh-huh.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Zoning And Land Use█████████████████████████████████████████████65%
Building Code Compliance████████████████████████35%
Summary of Proceedings

North Salem Board of Appeals Hearing - April 9, 2026

The Town of North Salem Board of Appeals held a hearing at 7:00 PM on April 9, 2026, to consider the renewal of four special permits for equestrian and alpaca operations. The board set the next meeting for May 14, 2026, and unanimously accepted the minutes from the March 12, 2026 meeting. No public comments were made during any of the hearings.

Renewal of Special Permits

BA26-09 – Lorie M. Karlin (846 Peach Lake Road)

  • Applicant Lorie Karlin requested renewal of a special permit to keep up to three horses for personal use on 3.8 acres in an R-4 district. No changes were proposed. The board noted the operation had been continuous since 2000 and currently had one horse. The renewal was conditioned on a successful inspection by the building inspector. The board unanimously approved the 10-year renewal.

BA26-10 – Monomoy Farm, LLC (806 Peach Lake Road)

  • Representative James Lane presented the renewal for a commercial horse boarding operation with up to 30 horses on 84.71 acres. The property had inspections that found violations (e.g., fire extinguishers not recharged). The board conditioned the 10-year renewal on the applicant correcting all violations and passing a reinspection. The motion passed unanimously.

BA26-11 – The Auburn Group II, LLC (364 Hardscrabble Road)

  • This renewal covered the keeping of up to 100 alpacas and a commercial breeding operation on 46.9 acres, including two employee dwelling units. The board confirmed the same owner (Lynn Eden) continued the operation. An inspection was already scheduled for late April. The 10-year renewal was granted unanimously, conditioned on a successful inspection.

BA26-12 – Brian & Brittany Azzara (422 Hardscrabble Road)

  • The renewal for a commercial horse boarding operation with up to 11 horses and a groom’s quarters on 83.3 acres. The property had recently changed hands. The building inspector reported structural issues with the groom’s quarters (rafters, floor, ramp). The board conditioned the 10-year renewal on the building inspector approving reoccupancy of the groom’s quarters after necessary repairs. The motion passed unanimously.

Key Outcomes

  • All four special permit renewals (BA26-09, BA26-10, BA26-11, BA26-12) were granted for 10-year periods with conditions related to inspections and repairs.
  • The next meeting was scheduled for May 14, 2026.
  • The minutes of the March 12, 2026 meeting were accepted.
  • No public hearings drew comments or objections from the community.

Meeting Transcript

Please present them to the secretary. At this time, we'll set the next meeting date as May 14th, 2026. And motion on the minutes for March 12th, 26 meeting. So moved. So moved. Second. Second. Rick. Aye. And Zinga? Aye. Emily. Aye. And chair votes aye. So we'll start with BA 26-09. Laurie M. Carlin, 846 Peach Lake Road, special permit to renew. Special permit BA 10-44 for the keeping of up to three horses for personal use in an R4 zoning district, consisting of approximately 3.8 acres per article 13, section 250-72. No site improvements proposed. Do we have anyone? Oh yep. Okay. Hi Laurie, come on up to the podium and just speak into the microphone so we can get you into the record. And so your application is for three horses. Right. Yeah. Renewing uh current special permit. Correct. That began in sip uh September 27th, year 2000. Approved the bar and was built with pre-approval for the three horses. It was removed. Right. Okay. And do you currently have horses there now? Oh okay. Okay, good. All right. Uh so no changes on that special permit. I'm familiar with that farm. It's um it's well taken care of. Um Jim is that and one of the inspections. Yeah, we're gonna schedule the inspector. Okay.

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