Town of North Stonington,
CT PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2014 7:00 P.M.
New Town Hall
Conference Room
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
DRAFT MINUTES
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Chairman Lou Steinbrecher called the Regular Meeting of the North Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission to order on Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 7:06 p.m. at the New Town Hall, Conference Room.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Lou Steinbrecher, Chairman, Elaine Boissevain, Vice-Chair, Joseph Siner, Secretary, Ann Brown, Wayne Wilkinson and Alternate Members Pat Lewis and Julie Lanier
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Alternate Member Ed McGowan
STAFF PRESENT: Sr. Planner & Zoning Official Juliet Leeming and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Konsavitch
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
3. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
4. PUBLIC HEARING:
RC #14-015 (Regulation Change) Application of HSB Partners, LLC, 5 Tyler Dr., P.O. Box 98, N.
Franklin, CT 06254 to amend Section 803.17 of the Zoning Regulations (Warehousing/Distribution) to
increase the maximum sq. ft. from 20,000 to 30,000.
Secretary Siner read the application into the record.
Seated: L. Steinbrecher, E. Boissevain, J. Siner, W. Wilkinson, A. Brown
Atty. William Sweeney was present representing the applicant HSB Partners, LLC. Ms. Danielle Johnson, Plant Manager, and Mike Bartolucci, Site Manager was also in attendance.
Atty. Sweeney stated the company’s present headquarters Euro Trading USA is located in N. Franklin, CT and is an organic food distributor of the brand Bionaturae which was created in 1994 by Carla Bartolucci and Rodolfo Viola. The products are imported from Tuscany, Italy and can be found in leading natural food stores across the United States and on-line.
Atty. Sweeney stated that HSB has recently entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to purchase property located at 41 Norwich-Westerly Road.
Atty. Sweeney stated the company has outgrown their current 15,000 sq. ft. building in N. Franklin and the current site would meet their needs and give them room to grow in the future. The new warehouse distribution facility would be constructed on the front portion of the site. This new facility would be between 20,000 and 30,000 square feet in size.
Atty. Sweeney stated the second phase of the development of this site would be to rehabilitate and reopen the historic restaurant and inn located at the rear of the property, formerly known as Randall’s Ordinary. The restaurant/inn use would be integrated with the HSBs existing import business and would showcase its organic food offerings.
The Commission asked questions pertaining to truck traffic and Atty. Sweeney stated they would average 5.7 trucks over a week.
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there were any questions or comments for the public pertaining to this application. The following people spoke:
Brett Mastroianni
Mike Ergo
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there was anyone from the public wishing to speak in favor of this application. The following person spoke:
1st. Selectman, Nicholas Mullane
Letter from Brett Mastroianni, Chairman on behalf of the Economic Development Commission
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there was anyone from the public wishing to speak against this application. There was none.
MOTION by E. Boissevain, SECOND by J. Siner to close the hearing on application RC #14-015. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. PENDING APPLICATIONS:
RC #14-015 (Regulation Change) Application of HSB Partners, LLC, 5 Tyler Dr., P.O. Box 98, N.
Franklin, CT 06254 to amend Section 803.17 of the Zoning Regulations (Warehousing/Distribution) to
increase the maximum sq. ft. from 20,000 to 30,000.
Seated: L. Steinbrecher, E. Boissevain, J. Siner, W. Wilkinson, A. Brown
MOTION by A. Brown, SECOND by E. Boissevain to approve application RC #14-015 of HSB
Partners, LLC, 5 Tyler Dr., P.O. Box 98, N. Franklin, CT 06254 to amend Section 803.17 of the
Zoning Regulations (Warehousing/Distribution) to increase the maximum sq. ft. from 20,000 to
30,000 effective April 10, 2014. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
6. COMMISSION REVIEW:
CGS 8-24 #14-024 (CT General Statue 8-24), On behalf of the Board of Selectmen, First Selectman Nicholas H. Mullane, II requesting Planning & Zoning Commission review, in accordance with CGS 8-24, on the following item: Commission response of a request to review the proposed North Stonington Public Schools Building & Renovation project located at 298 & 311 Norwich-Westerly Rd., N. Stonington, CT. Tax Map #108/109, Parcel #3463/7195
Peter Nero, School Superintendent and Rusty Malik of Quisenberry Arcari Architects was present for this
application.
Mr. Malik went over the plans for the proposal.
The Commission asked questions and postponed their response until their April 10th meeting.
7. PLANNING ISSUES & DISCUSSION:
Zoning Regulation Update
ZEO Leeming stated she had a productive meeting with Don Poland pertaining to the zoning regulation revisions and briefly discussed changing the regulations to add rock crushers.
8. SENIOR PLANNER & ZONING OFFICIAL’S REPORT/ISSUES:
ZEO Activity Report/March
ZEO Leeming went over her activity report for the month of March.
9. NEW APPLICATIONS: None
10. OLD BUSINESS: None
11. NEW BUSINESS: None
12. REVIEW MINUTES:
Regular Meeting of 3/13/14
The Commission accepted the minutes of 3/13/14 as submitted.
13. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION by J. Siner, SECOND by A. Brown to adjourn the meeting at 10:05 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cheryl Konsavitch
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant
Planning & Zoning Office
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