TOWN OF GRANBY
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Meeting Minutes
August 27, 2013
AGENDA: David and Anne Marie Lepage Public Hearing
Regular
Monthly Meeting
PRESENT: Michael French, Chairman
Peter LeoGrande
Patricia
Simmons
Tom Thompson
Dan Parkhurst
Also Present: David and Anne
Marie Lepage; Contractor Mike Butcavage.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
The Regular Monthly meeting was called to order at 6:32 pm by the newly appointed Chairman
Mike French. He welcomed three new
members and began a brief review and discussion of the ZBA process and what the
duties of the Members are. Past
applications were discussed for examples of area variances most commonly dealt
with and the mitigation that occurs to reach a determination. Chairman French encouraged the Members to
visit the properties that are involved in each variance request, as well as
research the Ordinance and speak to the Codes Officers to gain a better
understanding of the situation to be discussed.
Two new applications were processed through the Town Clerk -
copies to be mailed to Board Members in preparation of the September 24th
meeting. The meeting was tabled by
Chairman French at 6:55 pm
until after the close of tonight’s Public Hearing.
TRAINING – State
required training of four hours per year was discussed briefly, secretary will
send Members information on the State Law as well as any upcoming training
programs scheduled in our area.
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PUBLIC HEARING
David and Anne Marie
Lepage – 71 Aspen Cove Lane,
Fulton
Tax Map # 235.04-01-22.17
Chairman
French opened the Hearing at 6:56 pm. He stated that the application filed by Mr.
Lepage was straightforward and understood by the Members. Notification process to neighboring
properties yielded no response in writing or in attendance of tonight’s
meeting. The contractor for Mr. Lepage
spoke about the ‘flowage easement’ that this property is located within which was
originally determined by the Barge
Canal and now controlled
by the Thruway Authority. Although the
easements have never been utilized, their intention was to restore drained
wetlands by flooding the designated flowage easement as a conservation tool in
wetland restoration. With out further comments
from the public or the Board, the Hearing is closed at 7:02 pm by Chairman French.
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REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
The Regular Monthly meeting was reopened and called to order
at 7:03 pm by Chairman Mike
French.
DAVID AND ANNE MARIE LEPAGE – Without any further
discussion from the Board Members Chairman
French entertained a motion which was moved by Member Parkhurst and seconded by Member LeoGrande to
approve the requested Area Variance of 11 feet for side set back to build attached
garage on property located at 71 Aspen Cove Lane, Fulton; tax map
#253.04-01-22.17
Vote:
Michael French,
Chairman Aye
Peter LeoGrande,
Member Aye
Patricia Simmons,
Member Aye
Tom Thompson, Member Aye
Dan Parkhurst, Member Aye
5 Ayes and 0 Nayes – motion approved – Resolution 2013-01
BUSINESS
The Board Members discussed the information supplied on the
application that had been processed through the Codes Office and questioned why
the ordinance being appealed hadn’t been identified. Chairman French requested that a letter be
drafted to the Codes Office explaining the need to cite the section and
subsection of the Zoning Ordinance on the paperwork.
MINUTES
A motion to
approve the meeting minutes for August
28, 2012 was moved by Member
Peter LeoGrande and seconded by Chairman
Mike French, all were in favor, motion carried.
.
With no other business before the Board a motion to
adjourn at 7:11 pm was moved by Member Tom Thompson and seconded by
Member Patricia Simmons, all were in favor, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by:
Lisa Somers, ZBA secretary
