MINUTES OF THE
BETHANY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SPECIAL MEETING OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019 Page 1 of 2
The special meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals was
called to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Bethany Town
Hall 40 Peck Road Bethany , Connecticut
Roll call was taken.
The following Board Members were present:
Thomas Mabry,
Vice-Chairman, Acting as Chairman
Margaret
Foley, Member
Nick
Poulmas, Member
Mark
Stricker, Member
April Stirling, Alternate Member,
seated as a voting member
Rob Huxley, Alternate Member,
seated as a voting member
The following Board Members were absent:
Thomas
Magda, Chairman
Also present were:
Isabel Kearns, Zoning Enforcement Officer
Kevin McSherry,
Town Attorney
Agenda
·
Continue
discussion on the application submitted by Peter Kaminski and Julianne
Stach for a Zoning Appeal of improper interpretation of the Bethany Zoning
Regulations, Section 4.2 regarding a Cease and Desist Order, dated November 15,
2018, for outside storage. Public
hearing closed on March 11, 2019.
The Board started
their deliberation on the subject Zoning Appeal.
Some Board members stated
that they visited the site again to look at the location of the septic, leaching
fields and reserve area.
Board members
discussed other possible locations on the property for wood to be stacked and
stored.
Board members
discussed with the Town Attorney amending the Cease and Desist Order dated
November 15, 2018.
The Board came to a
consensus on the following:
·
Have big
logs that are unprocessed moved to the southwest corner on the subject property.
·
Have
processed wood screened.
·
Plantings
to take place as soon as possible.
Attorney McSherry
will prepare a draft motion from the comments made by Board Members and email
to Board Members for any other comments or amendments before the next regular
meeting on Monday, April 8, 2019.
Voting for: Mabry, Foley,
Stricker, Stirling, Huxley.
Unanimous
approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Antonia R. Marek, Clerk
for the Zoning Board of Appeals
