TOWN OF GRANBY
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Meeting Minutes
November 25, 2014
AGENDA: Marathon
L.L.C. Public Hearing
Regular Monthly Meeting
MEMBERS: Michael French, Chairman
Peter LeoGrande
Patricia Simmons
Tom
Thompson
Dan Parkhurst - absent
ALSO PRESENT: Dennis Hawthorne – attorney for property owner
Marathon, Robert Seymour.
The
regular meeting was opened and called to order at 7:04 pm by Chairman French. A
brief introduction of Members and audience ensued.
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PUBLIC HEARING
Use Variance Request by Marathon L.L.C.
1024
State Route 48, Fulton
Tax Map # 270.02-01-04.12
Chairman French opened the Hearing at 7:05 pm and asked the
applicant to explain the reason for the Use Variance request. The applicants are not present but are
represented by their attorney, Dennis Hawthorne, who explained that the
property is for sale and has received an offer that is conditional to receiving
a Use Variance from the ZBA. The
property was used in the past for commercial businesses such as landscaping,
auction barn and storage facility but was closed for more than a year’s time
which changed the zoning classification.
The CEO informed them that the property had received a non-conforming
status when the zoning districts were re-configured by the Town of Granby in 2006, the
property existed as a commercial entity in an R-1 district and would remain as
such unless any business closed for more than one years time. Mr. Hawthorne provided a survey map for the
Board to review, which detailed the existing buildings on the property. Mr. Robert Seymour was also present and
stated that he is the intended buyer of the property and explained his intended
uses as community enhancing and small scale – ice cream stand, fish stand or a
small store or storage facility. Mr.
Seymour currently owns a paving - landscaping and construction firm on property
he owns at 2590 Lamson Road which he assured the Board he was not moving to
this location, but may store stockpiled building materials for jobs in this
area or even park a few construction vehicles overnight when working on jobs
north of Granby. The materials stockpiled would be similar to what the property
was previously used for – topsoil, mulch and block pavers. Mr. Seymour stated that he was currently
investigating the timeframes and capital investments to open a fish stand, ice
cream store, or small country/hardware store and it would probably be a year
before he was established. The Board
members asked him to define the types of businesses because any approval
couldn’t be left open-ended but rather supplemented with a listing of
acceptable sized uses. The Board also
stated that the eventual business couldn’t involve large trucks hauling
materials in and out daily through an R-1 district. They also briefly discussed the process of
Site Plan Review through the Planning Board which would address items such as
ingress/egress, hours of operation and other details of a new business which
Mr. Seymour will need to pursue once he decides on his business plan. Without further discussion , the Public
Hearing was closed at 7:25 pm by Chairman French.
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REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
.
The Regular meeting which was previously opened resumed
session.
MARATHON L.L.C. - Without any further discussion from the
Board Members a motion was moved by Member
Thompson and seconded by Member Simmons to accept the requested Use Variance request to
permit premises located at 1024 State Route 48, Fulton, tax map#
270.02-01-04.12 to be used for any of the following commercial entities: ice
cream stand, fish stand, country store, hardware store and/or storage is hereby
GRANTED with the following express conditions: NONE.
A roll call vote
was taken:
Michael French,
Chairman Aye
Peter LeoGrande,
Member Aye
Patricia Simmons,
Member Aye
Tom Thompson,
Member Aye
4 AYES,0 NAYS – Resolution
2014-03 ADOPTED
MINUTES
A motion to
approve the meeting minutes for September 15, 2014 was moved by Member Pete leoGrande
and seconded by Member Tom Thompson,
all were in favor, motion carried.
With no other business before the Board a motion to
adjourn at 7:27 pm was moved by Chairman
Mike French and seconded by Member Patricia Simmons, all were in favor, motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by:
Lisa Somers,
ZBA secretary
