MINUTES OF THE
BETHANY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING OF WED
The special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission
was called to order at 7:03 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Bethany
Town Hall, 40 Peck Road, Bethany, Connecticut.
The following Commission Members
were present:
Kimberly McClure Brinton, Chair
Michael Calhoun, Vice-Chair
Bob Harrison, Member
Brad
Buchta, Alternate Member, seated as a voting member
Carol
Lambiase, Alternate Member, seated as a voting member
Eric McDonald, Alternate Member
The
following Commission Members were absent:
Alex Hutchinson, Member
Donna Shea, Member/Secretary
Also present were:
Hiram
Peck, Planning Consultant
Isabel
Kearns, Zoning Enforcement Officer
Kevin
McSherry, Town Attorney
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It
was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Harrison to approve, as amended, the
minutes of the January 3, 2018, Regular Meeting as follows:
Page 3, fourth paragraph, add this sentence –
Mr. Peck also described for consideration by the board to determine if this is
an intensification of an existing use or the expansion to a different
nonconforming use.
Page 5, last paragraph, Reads – “Mr. Peck will
cleanup his memo dated December 27, 2017, and forward to Chair Brinton for
approval to forward to applicant.” Change to “Mr. Peck will revise his memo dated December 27,
2017, and forward to Chair Brinton to approval to forward to applicant.”
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous approval.
It
was moved by Calhoun and seconded by
Lambiase to approve, as amended, the minutes of the January 17, 2018, Special
Meeting:
First Page, last paragraph, change first bullet
to read “Need a landscaping plan with elevations.”
First page, last paragraph, change second bullet
to read “Need an asbuilt plan.”
Second page, second paragraph, second sentence
reads “Also, Mr. Peck mentioned the original plan had potential parking in the
rear and it is now constructed and that the owners need to submit an asbuilt
that reflects all the revisions: such as, the parking in the rear, walls
constructed, lighting, and landscaping.” Change to “Also, Mr. Peck mentioned
the original plan had potential parking in the rear and it is now constructed
and that the owners need to submit an asbuilt plan that reflects all the revisions: such as, the parking in the
rear, walls constructed, lighting, and landscaping.”
Buchta abstained.
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Lambiase.
Unanimous approval.
BILLS
It was moved by Buchta and seconded by Harrison to
approve the payment of $1,200.00 (monthly pro rata basis), for services
rendered for January 2018, by Hiram W. Peck III, AICP, Planning Consultant.
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous approval.
It
was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Lambiase to approve the payment of a bill
for $125.00, dated for February 15, 2018, from Donna Cahill for recording
services for the public hearing (68 Hopp Brook Road).
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous approval.
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Letter from Attorney John A. Parese, representing Green
Haven, Inc., dated January 16, 2018, Re:
Request for extension for five years of zoning approvals – Applications
#2014-006, #2014-007 and #2014-008 for 4 and 21 Meyers Road.
Letter from Attorney John A. Parese, representing Green
Haven, Inc., dated January 17, 2018, Re:
Supplement Request for extension for five years of zoning approvals –
Applications #2014-006, #2014-007 and #2014-008 for 4 and 21 Meyers Road also known as 58, 58A
and 58B Old Amity Road.
Letter from Bill and Wendy Grieger of 63 Sargent Drive,
submitted January 18, 2018, Re: 63
Sargent Drive.
Submitted by email from Matt Micros, on January 19,
2018, one handwritten sheet of lighting information with attached specifications
from NorthEast Electrical Distributors of Hartford, CT, dated October 4, 2017,
for CFC Park, 667 Amity Road.
PUBLICATIONS
AND WORKSHOPS
Connecticut
Federation of Planning and Zoning Agencies, Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2018.
Letter
from Steven Byrne, Executive Director of the Connecticut Federation of Planning
and Zoning Agencies, submitted January 22, 2018, Re: CFPZA Annual Conference – March 22, 2018.
PUBLIC
HEARING CONTINUATION
At 7:15 p.m., Chair Brinton called the public hearing
continuation to order. Roll call was
taken. Chair Brinton read the notice for
the public hearing continuation.
During the course of the public
hearing, Chair Brinton noted that the Commission has received the following
items relative to the subject application.
Exhibit identification was assigned as noted:
Exhibit 3A – Memo from Isabel
Kearns, ZEO, dated January 11, 2018, Re:
68 Hopp Brook Road, Comments from conversation with Craig Molsick, owner
of 68 Hopp Brook Road.
Exhibit 3B – Memo from Isabel
Kearns, ZEO, dated January 11, 2018, Re:
68 Hopp Brook Road, Comments from conversation with Garry Ginnow of 67
Hopp Brook Road.
Exhibit 3C – Submitted by Walter
Iwaniv of 29 Hopp Brook Road, two pages of comments from his presentation at
hearing tonight.
Exhibit 3D – Submitted by Hiram
Peck , Planning Consultant, copy of Map A-171 from Land Records showing road width
of Hopp Brook Road.
Present to speak on behalf of this application was Adam
Lieder, owner of Out on the Limb Tree Service, of 75 Silvermine Road, Seymour,
Connecticut, who is the applicant.
Chair Brinton asked if anyone from
the public would like to speak in favor of the application or against the
application. The following public
members spoke:
Walter Iwaniw of 29 Hopp Brook Road – Submitted
Exhibit 3C.
Christopher Murphy of 201 Bear Hill Road.
Mr. Garry Ginnow of 67 Hopp Brook Road.
Nancy Jansen of 60 Hopp Brook Road.
Hiram Peck, Planning Consultant, asked
Mr. Ginnow if he agreed with what Isabel Kearns, ZEO, mentioned in her memo
Exhibit 3B. Mr. Ginnow agreed.
Commission members discussed some
issues with the Town Attorney and Planning Consultant regarding nonconforming
use, road width, and petition submitted by residents.
At 7:45 p.m., it was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Harrison
to close the public hearing on the subject application.
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous
approval.
NEW BUSINESS
Letter from
John Parese, representing Green Haven, dated January 16, 2018, requesting an
extension of five years on any approvals, Applications #2014-006, #2014-007 and
#2014-008 that is scheduled to expire by lapse of time for property located at
4 and 21 Meyers Road also known as 58, 58A 58B Old Amity Road –
Present for this request were Brenda Caldwell and Dick
Margulis. Ms. Caldwell stated this extension
is required for the bank so that if the construction goes longer than the 60-week
construction period we would be pushing against the deadline of June 11, 2019.
It was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Harrison to approve
the extension of five years on the approvals for Green Haven, Inc., for
Applications #2014-006, #2014-007, and #2014-008 for property located at 4 and
21 Meyers Road also known as 58, 58A and 58B Old Amity Road. The new expiration date shall be June 11,
2024.
Vote 5 to 0.
Voting were: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous
approval.
19 AMADEO
DRIVE, Application #2018-001 submitted by Robert Jones for a Special Exception
Permit for an Accessory Apartment –
It was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Buchta to schedule a
public hearing date at the next regular Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at 7:15 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the
Bethany Town Hall, 40 Peck Road.
Vote 5 to 0.
Voting were: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous
approval.
Discussion
with James Bruni of 26 Pleasant Dr., regarding 12 PLEASANT DRIVE – GRIEGER –
Present for this discussion were James Bruni of 26 Pleasant
Drive and Bill and Wendy Grieger, owners of 12 Pleasant Drive.
Mr. Bruni stated his concerns with the hours of operation of
businesses operating out of storage facility owned by the Griegers. Mr. Bruni stated there are people going in
and out and noise coming from building all during the night. Mr. Bruni has audio recordings and videos of
the activity at the subject property. The
Griegers’ are having security cameras installed on building.
Town Attorney Kevin McSherry listed the three components
discussed:
Cameras being installed by Griegers’ and they
will notify Mr. Bruni and PZC when completed.
Mr. Bruni to send email to Griegers’ when
activity is taking place so they can check the cameras at the time notified.
Mr. Bruni to speak to State Police regarding
issue of ATV activity.
OLD BUSINESS
68 HOPP BROOK
ROAD, Application #2017-017 submitted by Adam Lieder for a Home Occupation for
tree service and to park 3 vehicles on property – Hearing closed. Commission briefly discussed and will
deliberate at next meeting. Tabled.
Continue
discussion regarding Accessory Apartments and other Zoning Regulations including
Attainable Housing Regulation -
Hiram
Peck, Planning Consultant, will prepare a refined final regulation and email to
Commission members. Tabled.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S REPORT –
Isabel Kearns, ZEO, distributed copies of two reports she prepared as
follows:
Building
Permits for January.
Site
Inspections from January 22, 2018 to February 6, 2018. .
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to
come before the Commission, it was moved by Calhoun and seconded by Buchta to adjourn the special
meeting at 9:43 p.m.
Voting for: Brinton, Calhoun, Harrison, Buchta, Lambiase.
Unanimous
approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Antonia R. Marek, Clerk
for the Planning and Zoning Commission
NESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,
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