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Planning and Zoning Commission Page 10 Meeting of May 18, 2011 Public Ms. Krista and Sophie Mariner of 58 Farms Village Road asked if the apartments would be market rate or affordable housing. She asked if there would be state of the art soundproofing because of the proximity to Burris. She asked that the Police Department sign off on the project. Ms. Mariner suggested that to solve the mixed use issue the applicant take out the medical office building and plant apple trees along the sidewalks so they would legally have an apple orchard, which would be acceptable as a mixed use. Mr. Gorman said he is keeping the same limits of disturbance that he proposed with the previous application. Mr. John Bedlack of 7 Murphy Drive said 144 units is a lot of units to put on only 9.8 acres of property. Because of the lack of elevators these apartments are not going to be geared for seniors. He said this might not be the time to take the restrictions off multifamily housing since there is so much of it in the immediate area. He asked if there was any possibility that the developer would give some open space to the Town. Mr. Gorman said they are not claiming that this housing is for seniors. There is a high demand for workforce housing. He said they would definitely consider transferring some land to conservation easements and open space for the Town. D. Site Plan Application, TABSHEY DEVELOPMENT, LLC, proposing to construct a 500 square foot building addition to be used as an office on the front of the building located at 1218 Cromwell Avenue, in a BP- Business Park Zoning District, ID # 20-016; Mr. Roger Tabshey of 80 Hunter’s Ridge addressed the Commission. He is proposing a 500 sq. ft. addition to his building. Mr. Tabshey submitted a rendering of the additional office. Mr. Minakan said Mr. Tabshey received a variance for the setback from the Zoning Board of Appeals last night. Vice Chairman Goldberg asked if there were any zoning violations currently on this site. Mr. Minakan said not that he knows of. Commissioner Kochanek asked if this is a year round building. Mr. Tabshey said it is. A MOTION was made by Commissioner Vasel to approve the Site Plan Application, TABSHEY DEVELOPMENT, LLC, proposing to construct a 500 square foot building addition to be used as an office on the front of the building located at 1218 Cromwell Avenue, in a BP- Business Park Zoning District including all staff comments. Seconded by Commissioner Angelo. All were in favor, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. E. Wal-Mart Clothes Bins
Planning and Zoning Commission Page 11 Meeting of May 18, 2011 Mr. John Enkel of 17 Arapaho Drive in East Hartford addressed the Commission. He works for a company that recycles clothes and shoes. They try to raise money for the Children’s Medical Network for cancer. They already have approval from the Wal-Mart Manager to place these 2 bins on their site in the garden area. He submitted a photo to the Commission showing where the bins would be going. Mr. Enkel said they are a charitable organization and usually give back about $50,000 a year to the Children’s Medical Network. Bins will be serviced 2-3 times a week or as needed. A MOTION was made by Commissioner Vasel to approve 2 clothing bins to be placed on the Wal-Mart Property, including all staff comments. Seconded by Commissioner Angelo. All were in favor, MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Commissioner Vasel asked if staff found out if the clothing bins at Krauser’s and Wethersfield Glass had permits. Mr. Minakan said the bin at Wethersfield Glass does have a permit. He will have to check on the one at Krauser’s. Commissioner Vasel said he doesn’t recall allowing the bins at Wethersfield Glass to be placed right in front of the property. F. Route 3 Discussion as brought up by the Mariners of 58 Farms Village Road Ms. Krista Mariner said she didn’t intend this to be an agenda item. She just wanted to make the Commission aware that Sue Moses who is doing the land use analysis for the Route 3 study identified 2 parcels east of Route 99, which would have an impact on Route 3. Because of these two parcels’ proximity to the proposed Waterfront Commercial District she thought the Commissioner’s could amplify the discussion. Chairman DiLorenzo said they would need more information about that for the Commission to discuss it. 6. ANY OTHER BUSINESS Commissioner Arico said he felt 7-12 regarding materials used for filling was still not clear enough. Chairman DiLorenzo said this would be discussed at the public hearing. But they would have to ask staff if the wording could be changed after it has been scheduled for a public hearing. Vice Chairman Goldberg said they would be allowed to make minor changes at the time of the public hearing. 7. COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Angelo wanted to make sure the two letters from Mr. Zagroba were put into the record. Chairman DiLorenzo said anything in the packet is part of the record. Commissioner Angelo said there was also a letter received from Mr. Joe Mascaro. Chairman DiLorenzo asked that they don’t get correspondence using the script font because it is too hard to read.
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