(Working notes) TOWN OF ROCKY HILL PLANNING AND ZONING ...

Planning and Zoning Commission Page 6
Meeting of May 18, 2011
would not tolerate personal attacks. Mr. Chiulli said he isn’t trying to change the
riverfront zone down by the ferry because that is a residential area. He is in an industrial
park. He was involved in the creation of the Waterfront District but since then,
circumstances have changed in his area and he can no longer build houses on his
property.
Chairman DiLorenzo said the Town is beginning work on a new Plan of Conservation
and Development, which will include a study of the entire town to plan for future use and
development. If Mr. Chiulli’s property is mis-zoned, that is something that the Town will
look at.
Vice Chairman Goldberg said that he made a commitment to review the Waterfront
District for comments. If Mr. Chiulli is proposing a change, then he has to submit the
proper language for the Planning and Zoning Commission to administer that language for
how the Commission should make the change if it is approved.
Mr. Chiulli said the property was not mis-zoned. What happened was that Planning and
Zoning allowed all his surrounding property owners to have commercial uses on their
properties, which now makes it impossible for him to have a waterfront district use on his
site. As far as the wording of Mr. Chiulli’s proposed change, Mr. Chiulli said the
wording came verbatim from the Town’s Planning & Zoning Regulations. He also said
he went over this with Mrs. Ricci, the Director of Planning and Building. He said he
doesn’t think it is feasible to ask him to wait 1-2 years until the Town gets around to
updating their Plan of Conservation and Development.
Vice Chairman Goldberg asked if Mr. Chiulli was trying to change the uses under a
Waterfront District. He also pointed out that one of Mr. Chiulli’s proposed uses is a “fuel
terminal” and the Town doesn’t have a definition for a fuel terminal in the Regulations.
He said Mr. Chiulli’s submittal was incomplete. Mr. Chiulli disagreed. He said this
property became a fuel terminal in 1932 before there were any Zoning Regulations and if
the Town wanted a definition of a fuel terminal then they should have done it themselves
because it was a preexisting condition before the Regulations were drafted.
Chairman DiLorenzo said he didn’t feel that Mr. Chiulli’s presentation was fully ready
for adoption as a regulation. He suggested Mr. Chiulli wait for the Town to do a study
and come up with a new Plan of Conservation and Development. If that weren’t
satisfactory then Mr. Chiulli should meet with staff and “flesh out” the details in order to
submit to the Planning and Zoning Commission for their approval. Mr. Chiulli said he
already met with the staff and made adjustments and they sent him back to Planning and
Zoning. Now Planning and Zoning said it isn’t finalized and he should go back and meet
with staff again. Mr. Chiulli said maybe he should be meeting with the Planning and
Zoning Commission since they are the ones who don’t feel it is adequate. He would just
like to move forward with the next step of the process. Chairman DiLorenzo asked Mr.
Chiulli to meet with staff again to “flesh out any deficiencies” and they would advise him
how to proceed.