Town of
North Stonington, CT
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.
New Town Hall
Conference Room
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
Draft Minutes
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Vice-Chairman Boissevain called the Regular Meeting of the North Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission to order on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 7:02 p.m. at the New Town Hall, Conference Room.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Elaine Boissevain, Vice-Chairman, Vilma Gregoropoulos, Secretary, Louis E. Steinbrecher (arrived at 7:28 p.m.), Joseph Siner and Alternate Members Duncan Schweitzer, Ann Brown and Susan Grufstedt (arrived at 7:05 p.m.)
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: G. Russell Stewart, III, Chairman
STAFF PRESENT: Administrative Assistant Cheryl Konsavitch, Sr. Planner & ZEO Juliet Leeming and Contracted SCCOG Planner, Jamie Rabbitt
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA:
MOTION by V. Gregoropoulos, SECOND by A. Brown to amend the agenda to add discussion with Conservation Commission as item 4A. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
A. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING PROPOSED REVISIONS TO ZONING REGULATIONS:
The following people spoke:
Bob Fleury read and submitted a letter for the record on Membership Clubs
John Moran-Groton Sportsman Club comments on Membership Clubs being deleted from the uses
Warren Speh spoke on Membership Clubs being deleted
Randy Burke spoke on Membership Clubs being deleted from the table of uses
Nita Kincaid commented on the significant changes made in the use chart
4. PLANNING ISSUES & DISCUSSION:
A. Conservation Commission
The Conservation Commission discussed with the Commission how parcels that were dedicated for Open Space can be followed up on in the future to see that they are deeded to the proper owners. The Conservation Commission stated there are 17 parcels that are in question and they need to look at them to see where they got hung up in the system and need to find a way to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
B. Zoning Regulation Discussion to include definitions, temporary towers and all outstanding revisions from Sections 1400 to 1900.
Staff went over definitions, temporary towers, standards for driveways and dimensional requirements with the Commission for discussion and input.
The Commission has scheduled a Special Meeting on September 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. at a place yet to be determined.
5. SENIOR PLANNER & ZONING OFFICIAL’S REPORT/ISSUES:
ZEO Leeming discussed with the Commission the issue of the approved site-plan gate system at Tinaco Plaza and the issues they are having with it not working as they had planned. ZEO Leeming discussed an alternative plan they had discussed with her to have a guard monitor the site.
6. NEW BUSINESS: None
7. OLD BUSINESS: None
8. CORRESPONDENCE:
The Commission went over the correspondence in their packets.
9. REVIEW MINUTES:
Review minutes of Regular Meeting of 9/04/08.
MOTION by V. Gregoropoulos, SECOND by S. Grufstedt to approve the regular meeting minutes of 9/4/08 with the necessary corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION by V. Gregoropoulos, SECOND by L. Steinbrecher to adjourn the meeting at 11:10 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cheryl Konsavitch
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant
Planning & Zoning Office
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