Town of
North Stonington, CT
PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011 – 7:00 P.M.
New Town Hall
Conference Room
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
MINUTES APPROVED ~ JANUARY 13, 2011
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Vice-Chair Boissevain called the Regular Meeting of the North Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission to order on Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the New Town Hall, Conference Room.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Louis Steinbrecher, Chairman (arrived at 7:30 p.m.), Elaine Boissevain, Vice-Chair, Joseph Siner, Secretary, Wayne Wilkinson and Alternate Member Ann Brown
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Alternate Members Susan Grufstedt and Andrew Gaskins
STAFF PRESENT: Sr. Planner & Zoning Official Juliet Leeming and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Konsavitch
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
MOTION by W. Wilkinson, SECOND by A. Brown to amend the agenda to move New Business after Public Comment and A. Brown would like to discuss the Dew Drop liquor permit under Planning Issues and Discussion. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
4. NEW BUSINESS:
John Ryan spoke to the Commission and submitted a letter asking the Commission to consider him for the vacant position on Planning and Zoning.
5. WORKSHOP:
Michael Abbott’s discussed possible location for business
Michael and Shannon Abbotts came before the Commission to discuss a possible location for his heating business. Mr. Abbotts has a Special Permit for a Home Occupation that he received in 2002 for an office for a small heating business, but the Special Permit does not allow Mr. Abbotts to park the one truck he uses in conjunction with the business at his residence. The regulations did not allow of a vehicle of that size to be parked at his home.
The Commission discussed a possible solution of an alternative site in Town, but there are no uses in the Regulations at this time that would allow this use. The Commission will discuss further at a later time.
6. NEW APPLICATIONS: None
7. PLANNING ISSUES & DISCUSSION:
Zoning Issues to include proposed draft signage regulations
ZEO Leeming went over the changes to the proposed draft signage regulations with the Commission. The Commission discussed and will review the changes at the 1/13/11 meeting.
ZEO Leeming stated to the Commission the Dew Drop site does not match the site plan that was approved by the Commission. The number of parking spaces does not match the approved plan. The Commission gave the ZEO permission to do a change order for the reduced spaces. ZEO Leeming stated the number of parking spaces on the site will still meet the parking requirements.
ZEO Leeming also discussed with the Commission the need for a few more general categories to classify land uses and a new definition of a lot to deal with submerged land.
8. SENIOR PLANNER & ZONING OFFICIAL’S REPORT/ISSUES:
ZEO Activity Report/December
ZEO Leeming went over her activity report and also discussed the on going issues at Tinaco.
9. NEW BUSINESS:
The Commission discussed John Ryan filling the vacancy of an alternate position and Ann Brown vacating her alternate position and filling the regular position vacated by P. McMorris.
A. Brown discussed with the Commission an earlier Zoning Board of Appeals decision to uphold the ZEO’s decision that serving liquor at the Dew Drop would be an expansion of a non-conforming use.
The consensus of the Commission was to have the current ZEO support the sale of liquor at the new restaurant.
10. OLD BUSINESS: None
11. CORRESPONDENCE:
The Commission went over the correspondence in their packets.
12. REVIEW MINUTES:
Review minutes of Regular Meeting of 12/02/10
MOTION by W. Wilkinson, SECOND by E. Boissevain to approve the regular meeting minutes of 12/02/10 with the necessary corrections. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
13. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION by J. Siner, SECOND by E. Boissevain to adjourn the meeting at 11:00 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cheryl Konsavitch
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant
Planning & Zoning Office
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