Letter from Thomas and Joan Eckler

Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2021 4:57 PM
To: Jennifer Blowers
Subject: Candela proposed building

To the Town of Caroga

We (Thomas and Joan Eckler) have recently been informed of our neighbor Mark Candela’s plans to build a garage 3’ from our property line. We strenuously object for a number of reasons.

His property and ours were originally one parcel with our home being the primary structure on the property. The lot was later subdivided into two parcels, with our home being on one parcel, and a vacant lot being the other parcel. Mark purchased the vacant lot and built a home. Because of this our existing well is close to the property line.

The building that Mark is proposing will end up being quite close to our well. We are concerned about run-off from his roof (snow and rain), which will obviously be sloughed directly onto our property, affecting not only our well, but the integrity of our property.

Also, the ‘garage’ that he is proposing is so large as to be the equivalent of a two story house with an additional carport on the end. The entire length, 39’, of the building would be along our property line. With a 25’ setback from the road, it would put the end of the building 63’ feet into his property (again, along our property line). Our driveway comes in from County Hwy 111, facing his property, so every time we drive in our driveway we will be facing the back of a massive building, less than 3’ from our property. That is not acceptable. We live in the Adirondacks because we value our privacy and our space. A huge building in our faces every time we walk out of our house is not our idea of privacy and space. We are also wondering what he intends to do with all of that space: does he plan to open a business restoring cars? Again, not acceptable.

Mark mentioned that we have a garage on our property. That is true. It meets all setback requirements and is a normal 1 1/2 car garage. It is not 29’ long by 24’ wide by 19’ 8” high (the height of a 2 story building) with a 10’ carport on the end. Also the building has an 8” overhang putting it even closer to our property, not to mention that the 3’ clearance starts at the wall of the building which means that the footer would be much closer. Again, not acceptable. Also, we noticed that the site map that we were provided does not appear to be accurate. Perhaps it should be reviewed.

We would have to assume that in order to build this massive building, trees and vegetation on our side of the property line would have to be removed to make clearance for them to build. Definitely not going to happen.

The most logical thing for Mark to do would be to follow in the footsteps of other people on the lake that have the same space problem as Mark. They purchased vacant land nearby and built their garages there.

In closing, we have lived in the town of Caroga for 30 years and have enjoyed our privacy and space, and the laid back way of life afforded here. We want to stress that this massive building on our property line will be a major encroachment on our privacy and that way of life that we love and will have a negative effect on the integrity of our well and our property.