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Home My WebLink About1960-02-01Eonday, Febx-,~y 1, 1960 Regular Meeting & Public Hear~-~ The regular monthly meeting of the Planning Board and' five Pablic Hearings were held on Monday, Febru~ 1, 1960 at the Town Office B~41.ding. Members present and voting were: James I~. B~e~, Chair~, Nicholas F. Nicetta and ~ohn B. 0sgood. The meeting was called' to order at 7:40 PM. Mr. Barman designated Mr. 0sgood to act as Secretary as Mr. Burke was absent. 1st heariz~. Lynch and Willis petitioned to have land rezoned frc~ V~ll~ge Residential to General Business. The land is located at Ohickertp~ Road at the corner of Pleasant Street. Attorney ~ohn Willis appeared for the petitioners and pointed out the petitioners would like to have the land rezoned for the sole purpose of rezo-_~. No other use is contemplated for the land other tBan the location of law offices. ~ohn N~ asked if other b~ildings would be put on the land and was t~ld no other buila~s would be erected. The buil~ wo~ld remain the Mr. Osgond moved to' take the m-tter under advisement. Mr. Nicetta seconded the motion. UB~n~mous vote. 2nd heariug. Oc~anick Mangano petitioned to have land located on the Easterly side of Chickering Road 500 feet North from the intersection of Pleasant Street rezoned to General Business. Attgrne7 ~ohn W~]~ is appeared for the petitioner and pointed out the land is a swa~ section to the North of the buildings. Mr. Mangano plans to erect a ~,,~-~ ~n the land to store h~s plumbing supp~Lies that are presently outdoors. Mr. Willis also stated the reason for the petition is so t~r. F~?~ will not have a large piece ef land in which there are two separate zones. Mrs. John Hayes asked if the building would be seem from the Highway and ~as told no. Mrs. Horatio Rogers asked what was on the adJot~ property and ~as told two barns and a house on ~kerbA~l Street ~mich Mr. Mangano o~ns. Mrs. Rogers stated sba'objected to the rezce-ing as they will become a "creeping b~siness? area on Chickering P~ad. said he did not feel the same as Mrs. Rogers b~t that is progress. Buchanan Ob~les stated he felt if the Town adopted a set of Zo-~-g By Laws changes should not be made. Mr. B~n~an explained that m~ny changes have been m~de since the To~ux adopted the By Laws. Mr. 0sgoed moved to'take the matter under advisement. Mr. Nicetta seconded the motioa. Una~ous vote. Mr. Nicetta moved the meeting adjourn tc the Fire House. Mr. Osgood seconded the motion. Unanimous vote. 3rd hearing. Antoine Roberge petitioned to have la~d ~ong ~reen ~ll Avenue rezoned from Country Residential to Village Residential. Attorney Joha ~FAllis appeared for the petitioner amd explained Mr. P~berge was nr~ble te be present due to illness. Mr. Willis explaiaed the land had been zoned Country Residential as there was no sewerage i~ this area at the time of the Zon~-g By Laws but now the ~est side sewer has.been installed im the area. Mr. Wi~_lis stated he felt the To~m Planner had made these large lots wit~ the thought that when sewerage became available these areas wo~uld have the lets broken into smaller lots. It was POinted ~ut when Mr. Roberge 'purchased the property the plan had 39 let~ ~ it but now 14 lots are contemp~ed. Philip DeCarlo, Philip G,,~*frlda and Salvatore Rapisarda, all abbutter,, opposed the chauge as they' do not want smaller lots in the area as they feel it weald devaluate their property. ~' Mr. 0sgood moved to take the matter ~nder advisement. Mr. Nicetta se~eaded t~e motioa. Unanimous veto. 4th hearing. O~rles Mccarth~ petitioned to amend the Zoning By Law by Section 4.55 regardi~gMotels to include "coffee shop" er "resta~raut". Attorney John Willis appeared for'the petitioner and pointed out it is necessary to have a restaurant or coffee shop in order to have a successful motel. Mrs. Horatio Rogers asked what the difference was between a coffee shop and a restaurant ar~ Mr. Willis explained there was no ~Terence although ha felt a coffee shop would probably have a bar and would be maaller. Dr. Horatio Rogers asked if there would be a liquor licenae involved and Mr. WLllis said there were no liquor licenses available. Mrs. Rogers asked if there would be any way to l~t the patronage te the restaurmat. John Shea explained the restaurant would be specifically for the motel and i~ or,er to have a successful motel it must have a restaurant. Mr. Shea said the restaur~_nt would be o~ly large enough to acemmm~date the people who use the m~tel. There would probably be "function ro~ms" to accommodate businessmen's l~chee~s. Westar~ Electric has expressed their interest ia this type of roc~ where their 'mca oeald meet and have ~ers and meetings. Mr. Shea stated this would be a "high class" type of esta~lish,~ut sia~Llar te "Howard Johnson's". Buchanan Charles objected because Mr. Shea wanted to develop a motel I~a~ to Howard Johnsoa's. Mrs. Rogers questioned the parking of cars as this w~uld create a traffic problem on the Highway and Mr. Nieet~a said there should be'~e par~ area for each nn~t as stated .in the By Laws. 'e mua.-v 1, 196o (cont) l~rs. P~gers objected to having the motel enlarged. Mr. Nicetta moved to take the ~atter under advisement. motic=. Unanimous vote. l~r. Osgood seconded the 5th hearing. William MCAlec~ appeared before the Board to have a parcel of land partially bound by Franklin, Pleasant and Avons S$~eets rezoned from ¥~llage Residential to General Business . Mr. McAloon appeared for ~m~elf and explained he would like to add to hiS existing building. He would like to have a 20 f~ot addition built for a storehouse. MrS, Joh~ Hay~s asked wh~ the addition c~ldn't be b~lt without rezom~-~ the entire pAece of property. Mc. McAleon explained he couldn,t do this because under the present zoning By Law there must he 35 feet in the rear. Attorney i Edwar~ Na~teski a~red for Anthony KOryeki, an abbutter -nd stated this would devaluate Mr. Kerycki's property. ~ signed petition was also presented to the Board. The abbutters present did not object to the addition b=t that the entire piece of property was being rezoned. Mr. Ntcetta moved to take the matter under advisement. motion. Unanimous vote. Mr. Osgood seconded the Mr, Nicetta moved the meeting adjour= b~mk to the Town Office Building. Mr. Osgoo¢l seconded the motion. Unanimous vote. The ~eeting resumed at 9:20 P~. AttOrney HatCh appeared before the Board tn the interest ~f R. Ashten Smith who is interested in F~u'chas~,~g the property ~ by the Lantern Corporation, He stated the Lantern Corporation' did not ~to develop the land any further and would be w~]~-8 to sell the property but want their Bond released. Mr. Nicetta asked'what Mr. Smith planned to do with the property and Hr. Batch stated he had ne plans te develop the land. A discUSSion was held on what should be done with the property before the BOnd is released. Mr. Nicetta stated he felt abbUtters should be satisfied ~-f the property were put ba~k into its orig~_-~l condition. Attorney Ralph Finck stated he felt i~ the work to be done meets with the approval ef the ~ Board and the Board of Selec~=*.~ they could release the Bond. Mr. Nicetta felt a meeting should be set up with ~ those concerned to discuss this. Mr. Ba~na- said he would consult To~n Counsel on advice on the procedure to be taken and would let Mr. Hatch know. Attorney Finck Of the Board ef Selectmen and Edward Phelan of the Industz'ial DevelOpment C_~=m~ttse aPplied before the Boar~ and asked to have a hear~w~ on the article on multiple housing. this article c~ March 7. Mr. Nicetta moved to have a hearing en this article en Mr. 0sgood seconded the motion. U~A~mous vote. Mr. Finck stated he had had requests to have Lyman Road and Wilson Road aocepted. Mr. 0sgood moved to'have Public Hear~_~s on these applications cn March 7. seconded the motion. Unanimous vote. Mr. Nicetta Bills were signed for l~ary Doherty N~ E. Tel & Tel John Hosking, I~c. $ 40~25 15. 50 Mr. Osgood moved the meeting adjourn at 10:30 1~ Mr. ~icetta seconded the motion. U-m-~mous vote. 0ha~rman