2010-01-21 Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes

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('[bWd(LCk1< L-~ Town of Reading RECEIVED ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS O 1~ N CLERK I -;,NG, MFG SS. Minutes of January 21, 2010 2010 APR -5 P 4: 42, Members Present: Members Absent: Clark Petschek, Chairman John Jarema Robert Redfern John Miles Damase Caouette Peter Tedesco Jeffrey Perkins A meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, Massachusetts, at 7:00 P.M. J Case # 09-21 A Public Hearing on the petition of Two Walkers Brook Crossing LLC who seeks a Variance under Sections 6.2.2/4.9.5.6.3G/Table 6/2/3 of the Zoning By-laws in order to install a real estate wall sign greater than 16 square feet on the property located at 40 Walkers Brook Drive in Reading, MA. Taryn Warren of Dickenson Development requested that the rental sign currently in place at 40 Walkers Brook Drive be allowed to remain and a Variance be granted for an additional period of 90 days from the expiration of the existing Variance. Ms. Warren presented her criteria in order to be granted this Variance. Ms. Warren also requested that the Board be able to grant any future continuances without having to reapply if the property has not been rented within the next 90 days. Mr. Jarema thought the next time Ms. Warren came before the Board she should bring any pertinent data as to exactly how much interest this sign has been generating. Mr. Redfern did not think there was any law that would support this Variance being able to be continued without any formal application. Mr. Petschek agreed with Mr. Redfern but said he would be amenable to a request for a longer time period for the Variance. Ms. Warren asked to modify her request from a period of 90 days to a period of 180 days and the Board agreed this would be acceptable. ZBA Meeting January 21, 2010 1