Southtowns Record

Zoning Board of Appeals minutes — September 30, 2026

Government
City of Lackawanna
Board
Zoning Board of Appeals
Meeting
Sep 30, 2026
Kind
Minutes
Topics
Zoning and land use, Housing

Original document

Same meeting

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3. Land Use Variance/Area Variance – 332 Ridgewood Circle – Charles Clark, City of
  Lackawanna – Director of Development / Alexander Andrzejewski, Lackawanna
  Housing Development Corporation. Request is for approval of multiple area variances
  related to front, side, and rear yards as they pertain to the NYS Homes & Community
  Renewal’s MOVE-IN NY Housing Program at multiple addresses in the Single Family
  Residential (SFR) and Mixed Residential (MR) Zones.

Public comment: No in-person or written comments were presented on the matter.

Motion by Sobaszek; seconded by Geercken to approve variances for 332 Ridgewood Circle
as presented.
Yeas: Geercken, Kogut, Sobaszek, Stampone, Turner  Carried 5-0

4. Land Use Variance/Area Variance – 330 Ridgewood Circle – Charles Clark, City of
  Lackawanna – Director of Development / Alexander Andrzejewski, Lackawanna
  Housing Development Corporation. Request is for approval of multiple area variances
  related to front, side, and rear yards as they pertain to the NYS Homes & Community
  Renewal’s MOVE-IN NY Housing Program at multiple addresses in the Single Family
  Residential (SFR) and Mixed Residential (MR) Zones.

Public comment: No in-person or written comments were presented on the matter.

Motion by Sobaszek; seconded by Kogut to approve variances for 330 Ridgewood Circle as
presented.
Yeas: Geercken, Kogut, Sobaszek, Stampone, Turner  Carried 5-0

5. Land Use Variance/Area Variance – 80 North Drive & 86 North Drive – Douglas Held.
  Requesting a fence variance for a 5-foot high fence on a corner lot front yard within the
  Mixed Residential (MR) Zone.

Public comment: No in-person or written comments were presented on the matter.

Motion by Kogut; seconded by Stampone to approve variance as presented.
Yeas: Geercken, Kogut, Sobaszek, Stampone, Turner  Carried 5-0

6. Land Use Variance/Area Variance – 21 Wiesner Road – Abdulraham Umar. Requesting
  a side yard variance from 10-feet to 5-feet to permit installation of a front porch roof
  addition in the Single Family Residential (SFR) Zone.

Public comment: No in-person or written comments were presented on the matter.

Motion by Stampone; seconded by Geercken to approve variance as presented.
Yeas: Geercken, Kogut, Sobaszek, Stampone, Turner  Carried 5-0

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