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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983-08-23 -' • �• Minutes Board of Zoning Appeals - Town of Groton August 23 , 1983 Called to order at 8 : 15 p . m . Present : Janet Bell , Chairperson , Nile Smith , Don Cummings , Mary Decker Pursuant to Public Notice published in -(, the August 8 , 1983 issue of the Groton Courier , a public hearing was held on the following applicationtia The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Town Hall , 101 Conger Blvd . , Groton , N . Y . , on Tuesday , August 23 , 1983 at 8 : 00 p . me for the purpose of considering the application of George Tillotson , 222 Lafayette Rd . , requesting an extension of temporary permit granted 10/12/82 for a period of one year for a non- conforming trailer . The chairperson of the board opened the hearing by reading the text of the notice ; she then asked that any pertinent written comments or reports concerning the appeal be read . There were none offered . Mr . Tillotison did not show for the hearing and there was no one present to speak in favor of or in opposition to the appeal . The chairperson asked for comments from the Board and from George Totman . Mr . Totman explained that Mr . Tillotson had just applied for a buildillngl : permlt on June , 1983 • The one year temporary permit expires on 10/12/83 . He has waitedA months before applying for a building permit and now wants an extension of an additional 8 months . At 8 : 18 p . m . , the hearing went into deliberations . J . Bell explained that the building has already been started . N . Smith asked , ",What can they do with the trailer when the permit time is up ? " G . Totman answered , " He could take the wheels off it and apply for a building permit and use it for a storage building . " J . Bell stated , " The only thing we have to decide is whether he can keep the trailer there . " N . Smith stated , " I would be against it if he had not started building already . " G . Totman suggested , " If you give him a full year , he might wait until next summer to finis;, . If you give him 6 months , he might finish sooner . " D . Cummings stated , " He ' s asking for 11 months extension . If we give him 6 months and he doesn ' t get it done , we ' ll have to come back down here again in another 6 months . Maybe we should give him a year extension . " N . Smith explained , " If we do give him an extension , we should say that this is the last extension . " J . Bell stated , "We told him that last year . " M . Decker stated , " If he was an interested party , he should be here at this meeting . Last year he didn ' t show up at the meeting either . If this board is ever going to mean anything , we better have some substantial power to reinforce the laws . " J . Bell stated , " I don ' t understand . We gave him a year and he sat on it for 8 months before he actually did anything . " Mary Decker made a motion to give George Tillotson the extension of a temporary permit granted only until May 1 , 1984 . At that point , the trailer which does not conform to all zoning laws of the Town of Groton must be removed . As of this notice , there will be no further Variance granted on this application . Don Cummings seconded . A vote was held : One NO , three YES . The motion was passed . Meeting was adjourned at 9 : 00 p . m . Respectfully submitted , Juleene Mestler , Recorder BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS PUBLIC HEARING DATE : August 23 , 1983 PRESENT : Janet Bell , Mary Decker , Don Cummings , Nile Smith WHEREAS , George Tillotson has filed an application for a variance of the extension of a temporary permit granted on October 12 , 1982 for a period of one year for a non- conforming . trailer , and a public hearing having been held after due notice , and all those desiring to be heard were heard and the testimony recorded , and WHEREAS , this board , from the application , hearing all parties , and viewing the premises and neighborhood concerned finds : 1 . A building permit was issued in June 1983 , and the building has been started . 2 . Mr . Tillotson is now asking for an additional 8 months extension to finish building . 3 . Mr . Tillotson did not show up at the meeting to explain why he has waited so long . NOW , THEREFORE , be it resolved that based on the above findings , the application be granted subject to the following conditions : The extension of a temporary permit is granted only until May 1 , 1984 . At that point , the trailer on the property not conforming to all zoning laws of the Town of Groton must be removed . As of this notice , there will be no further Variance granted on this application . The foregoing resolution was submitted by Mary Decker , seconded by Don Cummings and adopted by a 3 to 1 vote in favor .