Town of North Stonington,
CT PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
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REGULAR MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 7:00 P.M.
New Town Hall
Conference Room
40 Main Street
North Stonington, CT 06359
DRAFT MINUTES
1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER: Vice-Chair Elaine Boissevain called the Regular Meeting of the North Stonington Planning & Zoning Commission to order on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 7:02 p.m. at the New Town Hall, Conference Room.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Lou Steinbrecher, Chairman (arrived at 7:05 p.m.), Elaine Boissevain, Vice-Chair, Joseph Siner, Secretary, Wayne Wilkinson, Ann Brown, and Alternate Member Julie Lanier
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Alternate Members Pat Lewis and Ed McGowan
STAFF PRESENT: Sr. Planner & Zoning Official Juliet Leeming and Administrative Assistant Cheryl Konsavitch
2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
3. PUBLIC COMMENT:
1st. Selectman, Nicholas Mullane updated the Commission on the school project and the 8-24g that he will be submitting in the future pertaining to it.
4. PUBLIC HEARING:
SUB #14-005 (Subdivision) Application of Gayle Chappell, 100D Jeremy Hill Rd., N. Stonington, CT
06359 for a 4-lot subdivision of land on property located at 75 Rocky Hollow Rd., N. Stonington,
CT 06359 in an R-40 Zone. Tax Map #116, Parcel #2595
(PH opened on 2/6/14 & continued to 2/13/14 & 3/06/14; Commission received on 1/09/14 & PHmust close on or by 3/12/14)
Secretary Siner read the application into the record.
Seated: L. Steinbrecher, E. Boissevain, J. Siner, W. Wilkinson, A. Brown
Mr. Scot Deledda, Engineer, and Mr. John Comeau, Surveyor was present representing the applicant.
Mr. Deledda briefly went over the revisions to the site plan and any missing information that was needed. Mr. Deledda stated that completed Form #2’s (Investigation for Sewerage Disposal) have been submitted, the final approved plans will have all the required signatures and seals of the surveyor, engineer, and soil scientist, the discrepancy in scale on Sheet #2 has been fixed, the boundary map is T2 accuracy and has been noted on the plan, comments have been provided from the fire chief and possible modifications to turnouts will be addressed during individual site plan review.
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there were any question or comments from the public regarding this application. There were none.
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there was anyone from the public in favor of this application. The following person spoke:
Darryl Chappell
Chairman Steinbrecher asked if there was anyone from the public against this application. There were none.
MOTION by J. Siner, SECOND by W. Wilkinson to close the public hearing on SUB #14-005. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5. PENDING APPLICATIONS:
SUB #14-005 (Subdivision) Application of Gayle Chappell, 100D Jeremy Hill Rd., N. Stonington, CT
06359 for a 4-lot subdivision of land on property located at 75 Rocky Hollow Rd., N. Stonington,
CT 06359 in an R-40 Zone. Tax Map #116, Parcel #2595
Secretary Siner read the application into the record.
Seated: L. Steinbrecher, E. Boissevain, J. Siner, W. Wilkinson, A. Brown
WAIVERS
MOTION by A. Brown, SECOND by E. Boissevain to approve the waiver request to Section 5.7,
Stormwater Management and Section 6.3, Sidewalks and Trails for the following reasons:
- The Stormwater has been accommodated in the design of the plan and there are no public
improvements and very little disturbance and activity on this parcel
- Sidewalks in this area would be undesirable and unnecessary and would not be used properly
by the Town of North Stonington.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
COMMISSION ACTION
MOTION by E. Boissevain, SECOND by J. Siner to approve application SUB #14-005 of Gayle
Chappell, 100D Jeremy Hill Rd., N. Stonington, CT 06359 for a 4-lot subdivision of land on property
located at 75 Rocky Hollow Rd., N. Stonington, CT 06359 in an R-40 Zone. Tax Map #116, Parcel
#2595 and this application is for a family subdivision and no open space is required. MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6. PLANNING ISSUES & DISCUSSION:
ZEO Leeming and the Commission went over their worksheet of possible new uses in various zones and the pros and cons.
ZEO Leeming stated that Don Poland would be coming before the Commission on April 3rd with zoning regulation revisions update.
ZEO Leeming updated the Commission on the budget pertaining to her salary.
7. SENIOR PLANNER & ZONING OFFICIAL’S REPORT/ISSUES:
ZEO Activity Report/February
ZEO Leeming went over her activity report for the month of February with the Commission.
8. NEW 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.
The Commission set the public hearing on RC #14-015 for April 3, 2014.
9. OLD BUSINESS: None
10. NEW BUSINESS: None
11. REVIEW MINUTES:
Regular Meeting of 2/06/14
The Commission accepted the minutes of 2/06/14 as submitted.
12. ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION by J. Siner, SECOND by E. Boissevain to adjourn the meeting at 9:48 p.m. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
Respectfully Submitted,
Cheryl Konsavitch
Cheryl Konsavitch, Administrative Assistant
Planning & Zoning Office
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