Zoning Board of Appeals

Zoning Board of Appeals Voting Record and Minutes The Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Chicopee public hearing for Wednesday October 11, 2017, 6:30 PM in City Hall Annex, Fourth Floor, City Council Chambers, 274 Front Street, Chicopee, MA 01013. Meeting was brought to order by Anthony Gallant at 6:30 PM. Board of Appeals attendance: Member Name Present Absent Excused Regular Roland Archambault Chair X Regular Anthony Gallant, Clerk X Regular Gary Stamborski X Regular Derek Dobosz X Regular Carissa Lisee X Assoc. Christina Loy X Assoc. Katherine Baldiga X Planning Staff attendance: Title Name Present Excused Planning Director Lee Pouliot X Asst. Planner Jack Benjamin X Development Manager Jim Dawson X Item 1: VARIANCE (Tabled from September 13, 2017) from Chapter 275-40 C (7)(a) to allow two-way traffic aisle width from 24’ to 22’. Location: South of and to the rear of 235 Meadow St. Assessor Map 473, Parcel 4A. Applicant: Chico’s Towing Service, Inc. 25 Bancroft St., Springfield, MA Notes: The Applicant requested that this item be tabled until the Board’s next meeting. The Board voted to Table to November 8, 2017, the date of the next regularly scheduled meeting. Motion to table was made by Gary Stamborski and seconded by Derek Dobosz. Vote was 5-0 to table to November 8, 2017. Member Voting members Approve Deny Table Abstain Regular Anthony Gallant, Clerk X Regular Gary Stamborski X Regular Derek Dobosz X Regular Carissa Lisee X Assoc. Katherine Baldiga X Item 2: VARIANCE from Chapter 275-52 to create a new single-family building lot from property at 40 Pickering St. Existing legally non-conforming three-family house lot frontage from 100’ to 85.09’ +/-; new single-family lot frontage from 100’ to 75’ and area from 10,000 SF to 7,500 SF. Applicant: Paul J. Abert, 40 Pickering St., Chicopee, MA 01013 Notes: The Applicant explained their request stating it was their desire to create a new building lot to sell for a single-family house. The property currently contains a three-family house and is zoned Residential A therefore the three-family house is legally non-conforming. Staff explained some of the criteria required for a legal three-family dwelling as well as the issue of a hardship. The Board’s opinion is that the three-family already exceeds the density requirement allowed on the site and to allow an additional single-family on the 1 property would detrimentally affect traffic as well as set a precedent to anyone else who may have what they perceive to be an adequately sized property to subdivide. The Board voted to deny the variance. Motion to approve for the sake of discussion was made by Derek Dobosz and seconded by Anthony Gallant. Vote was 0 in favor to 5 opposed. Member Voting members Approve Deny Table Abstain Regular Anthony Gallant, Clerk X Regular Gary Stamborski X Regular Derek Dobosz X Regular Carissa Lisee X Assoc. Katherine Baldiga X Item 3: Minutes from September 13, 2017 Motion to approve was made by Carissa Lisee and seconded by Anthony Gallant. Vote was 5-0 to approve the minutes. Member Voting members Approve Deny Table Abstain Regular Anthony Gallant, Clerk X Regular Gary Stamborski X Regular Derek Dobosz X Regular Carissa Lisee X Assoc. Katherine Baldiga X Item 4: Discussion Old/New Business Notes: Staff noted that there were several inquiries about variances into the office that the Board may be seeing in the future. Anthony Gallant requested information with regard to fees and e-permitting. Staff explained the proposed fee schedule for paper vs. electronic applications stating electronically submitted applications would be less expensive since staff would not have to enter the Applicant’s information into the system. Item 5: Adjournment – Next Meeting November 8, 2017 Motion to adjourn was made by Gary Stamborski and seconded by Derek Dobosz. Vote was 5-0 to adjourn. Member Voting members Approve Deny Table Abstain Regular Anthony Gallant, Clerk X Regular Gary Stamborski X Regular Derek Dobosz X Regular Carissa Lisee X Assoc. Katherine Baldiga X Meeting adjourned at 6:53 PM. 2