HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-12-15 Zoning Board of Appeals MinutesI
Z NIIN 13 A : OF APPEALS
I IU` E,-I I I-1 ,E , 15, 1994
Members Present: Ardith Wieworka, Chairman
John "oote
Stephen `ducker
Christopher VacCaro
e t of Boni Huard of peals was held in the
M n's ` e ---g Room of the Town Hall, 1666 Lowell
Street, ;,Ieadr.r _ A at 7:00 P.M,
''he r hearing was on the petition of Old Reading
School h s.~- Condominiums who were seeking a pedal,
under 4.7 of the Zoi`ain By-Laws i order :'.ify
app site plan re: rubbssh located at 3 Sanborn
Str i Reading,, MA.
r a Charles G ao hetto from Charles James Associates, inc.
then disous> ed the request, for modification. He stat,:,d
yea:. , He stated thr,-t they like to put one dum-'°: ter
o .e site. It would bc: ,losed a foothigh erzue
w ould have 2 looker' The dum seer would be
located in the upper lot.
He stated t'iat the trash was now stored in a small ~ on
the l o - 1 ~vel of the building. It abuts 2 of the
oondomi,, oj_ He stated that smells permeate the wh:_ le
building. Ae also stated that there have been and bugs in
the building and that it poses a fire hazard.
He went o to say that the trash was only three feet from
one of the owners units, therefore, causing a bug problem
1 that unit.
He stated that they have tried many housekeeping policies
and demanded that the owners use their" trash com actors and
garbage disposers. He also stated that they have installed
are exhaust far= and put up a vapor barrier which has
improved the problem. He also stated that they have a
cleaning company that goes in twice a weer to clean but
there is still a problem.
Mr. iaoohetto stated that they have had many r yeti s with
PD to discuss the problem. Many of the s4 st~oris would
cost major r ..aey 4 Chief Wood from the F ir> gar tent
suggested things at a cost of -6000 r x- s j acohe~to
st ted that tiiey had decided to get a decision from Z BA
Ye spending the m=oney. He also stated that they had
b: h. before the Board of Health and on March 10 9 1994 the
Beard of Health ' r d thee: t( Ytige t l°te rut'' a :rt:m the
building because it nos a healt- I .zard
Mr, iaccs etto also stated that in the site plan CPDC had
stated that f W; rub` id not work in the 1 Ai ..in
they cool _ tip' - r+ _iv t have the iA& Tut
outside F Tl _ l P. -e 3u..._ _v. this and CP C a c th~, an
unfavorable recc vendation.
He also stated that there hav. man problems with t`
devel ere The owners had to i 0250,0W00 to have tI
roof replaced on one of the buildings. He ended b stab
that 84 people live in the building And that the trash rooms
will not work in the building without spending major money,
The Board stated that it would reed a few minutes to read
over farmer decisions regarding the condominiums. It was
discuss ' that the A had not made any prior decisions
re irdi. Ae rubbish on the sited They had modified the
pion 1 l ow a generator to be located outside the
b i l nv
Ms. i eworka '"gas not sure that the ZEA had any authority to
hear this _ : , as the CP C had ruled on the rubbish in
their site yinn, r. Corte felt that the A could hear the
case s it r~s decided to discuss the case with own
Counsel t get his input
At '20 P.M. Kira Tucker moved to - _ t .:.-sue the subject
M r of the hearing until Feb _ 1, 1995 at :00 PW
Mr. _oote seconded and the motion passed with a gate of
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The n t hearing was on the petition of Ellen G. Cool who
was iig a Variance under Section 5.1.2 of the Zoning
.-La3 s i order to allow existing deck to remain on the
p men uy located at 1 Pilgrim 7:oO in Reading, MA.
Ms. `;rrl stated that she is the fnzmer owner of 19 Pilgrim
R d and that she was here on behalf of the owners, - hew
. en Tools. he stated, that they had built the deck in
5.n. of W OS. They had applied for a building permit and
st.r t ed f.y~re =deck a She stated that the Building Inspector
at the ts,&6;!se, Stuart Le la. re, had Fs,-''tCrpp y and given them
his verbal c i a z The deck was supposed to be 15 feet
from the lot in but is only 8,7 feet from the lot line.
:s > Cool stated that the deck is only 1.50 feet from the
ground an that there is a fort fence around the whole
# yard, th; _:efrr , the deck is xo~^aisibl.e from g the abutters.
She ~u xt-.~ . ' ti.. ? rck remain fLet the use an
then Y to the cr ter 1 Ne Variance. V tate s
t
Uonnzjble to locate - the 1&-... ars of E..@'?. , qback Air and i s~: ?..r. ~,k~ g'~l k t e. de it
t. it would be a hav trip to have t remove the deck o
to move the u k ea . Ve also stated that he deck was
not a etr n-- . to the abutter noting that no abutters
were res. t to object,
Mr. C tc stated that he had seen t peck and it was
a! ost -,`zed level. asked r. TFAnond if a permit was
r i f this Mesh. Mr. eel c _ stated that a permit
it was . ground love!.
Ms. W ewor a stated that she didn't feel that the location
of the bulkhead mad the property unique. 7h o A __:o stated
e
t.W the applicant had filled out the Bui l .i erm t
Arplication and was well aware that the _ have
15 feet from the lot line.
Coal stated that there were 3 ~ v er sim l _.;,.._s in
the neighborhood and that because l Lulkh r
ocate it different spots they er. able to decks.
Mr. Cn~t~ stated that allowing thi - Bieck it c.. N set a
pre for then homeowners. h -I tel L t 0n a deco
coull En built on the lof but not h it is now.
Aty9:1 Pq.~~fs,bLS.dM. Section Co t^xYee.',E moved two the grant to Eil i G. Col a
~~vitiatL,we A.&e,G Sctii+ 5.1.2 of tidable o il~~1c :~}yo _ l
a l l o w Controls of the Town of Reading Zoning By-W 1~ to
n m to remain o the property l ocatec at 1- lilcLim
f i . Such exec t be no closer than 8.7
motion was _ i Y to e 0...3.
- T_ r then dis cu° he ,ice, e plan for Cwl;~~ s e
l e on Main Street. it was discussed thEv - ate;
w a " was not `r a ac. aptable location. U in now been.
placed under ; w't°Ei which would block " I. wa! sights
e
% rosit fl Het Za.:s. a 3 a'`".. : sue. e tm it was S. lst"? d. s. e' t"". ms t4 at t. h
appearance of the new building was not cem, ati le with the
residence on the lot.
At :4 P.M. Mr. Tucker left the quo
At 9:"5 P.M. Mr. Coo e vd t advise the Building
nspn vt or that t se approved by CPDC dated 8-18-94
for tW' . : ;vo sed a`? ire do not comply with the
q_ lre eats of the ocision issued the Zoning Boas of
Is dated Ma h 17, 1994 with . gars t the hater
ispenT _ an w_ta regard to the L ._ance of the building
existing structure. , V rO SE , C and the motion
passed with a note of -
At 9:50 lion was -~4o and seconded to adjourn, and
Board vuh unanimoubll Lo do so.
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