MINUTES<= o:p>
WATERTOWN
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC H=
EARING
WEDNESDA=
Y,
SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 - 7:30 P.M.
WATERTOW=
N HIGH
SCHOOL LIBRARY
APPLICAT=
ION
#785 – ROBERT AUBIN
PRESENT:
=
&nb=
sp; =
&nb=
sp; Roger
Mitchell, Secretary Pro Tem
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&nb=
sp; =
&nb=
sp; Phil
Roger, Vice Chairman
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; &n=
bsp; =
; &n=
bsp; =
; Enrico Sarandrea, Chai=
rman
ABSENT: &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Nicholas Reynolds<= o:p>
ALTERNATES PRESENT: Scott
Stewart
ALTERNATES ABSENT: &=
nbsp; John Griffith
OTHERS PRESENT: &n=
bsp; =
; Moosa Rafey, Assistant
Zoning Enforcement Officer
1. =
Call
Meeting To Order
Mr.
Sarandrea, Chairman, called the Public Hearing to order at about 7:45 p.m. =
(no
time given).
2. &nb=
sp; Roll
Call
Mr.
Sarandrea, Chairman, asked Mr. Mitchell to be the Secretary Pro Tem.
Mr.
Mitchell, Secretary Pro Tem, executed the Roll Call.
Mr.
Sarandrea, Chairman, asked Mr. Stewart to sit in for Mr. Reynolds (since Ms.
Bisson just arrived).
Mr.
Sarandrea, Chairman, stated Mr. Mitchell would remain the Secretary Pro Tem=
for
the remainder of the meeting.
WATERTOWN
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC H=
EARING
APPLICAT=
ION
#785, ROBERT AUBIN
SEPTEMBE=
R 22,
2004
Page 2
3. Hearing of Cases=
&=
nbsp; B. =
Application
#785 of Robert Aubin for a variance of 10 feet to a front yard property line
setback to permit the construction of an above ground pool and a shed at 408
Falls Avenue, Oakville, CT in an R-12.5 Residential Zoning District.
&=
nbsp; Recess
or Adjourn Public Hearing must be Closed by November 6, 2004 unless applica=
nt
grants a time extension.
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Mitchell, Secretary Pro Tem, read aloud the Legal Notice for the record:
&=
nbsp; The
Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Watertown will hold a Public Hearing=
at
7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at the Watertown High School
Library, 324 French Street, Watertown, CT to hear and act upon the following
application:
&=
nbsp; Application
#785 of Robert Aubin of 408 Falls Avenue, Oakville, CT request for a varian=
ce
of 10 feet to a front yard property line setback to permit the construction=
of
a 192 square foot shed and an above ground pool to be located 35 feet from a
front yard property line at 408 Falls Avenue, Oakville, CT in an R-12.5
Residential Zoning District.
&=
nbsp; At
this Hearing interested persons and written communications will be heard.
&=
nbsp; Dated
at Watertown, CT this 9th day of September 2004.
&=
nbsp; Dated
at Watertown, CT this 16th day of September, 2004
&=
nbsp;
&=
nbsp; Mary
Bisson, Secretary
&=
nbsp; Zoning
Board of Appeals”
WATERTOWN
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC H=
EARING
APPLICAT=
ION
#785, ROBERT AUBIN
SEPTEMBE=
R 22,
2004
Page 3
&=
nbsp; Robert
Aubin, 408 Falls Avenue, Oakville, CT
06779
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Aubin: Basically I want t=
o put
a shed in the yard. The way m=
y yard
is set up, I really only have one spot I can put it. Right now I don’t have a dec=
k on
the back of my house but eventually next year I plan on putting on a deck, =
and
when I do that on the back of the house, the 35 foot requirement that I need
for the shed, the shed will almost be on top of the deck, so that’s w=
hy
I’m asking for a 10 foot variance.&n=
bsp;
The pool, that’s a thought in our minds. I figured while I was here I might=
as
well get that in there too cause my wife wants a pool. It will probably be like, say this=
is
where the shed is from the road, the way my yard is set up that’s rea=
lly
the only spot where we can put it.
=
; Mr.
Roger: Is the road on both si=
des?
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Aubin: Yea. Basically I have two front yards, I
guess.
=
; Mr.
Rafey: Mr. Chairman, this is a lot that has
frontage on Falls Avenue and in the back it has frontage on Bushnell Avenue=
and
the Zoning Regulations require 35 feet from the Town property line and they
have two front property lines and they have to be 35 feet frontage. And the front of the house is on F=
alls
Avenue, and the back of the house is on Bushnell. That’s kind of a (inaudible)=
back
yard. If they put the swimmin=
g pool
where it’s proposed, it will be 25 feet from one of the front property
lines (inaudible).
=
; Ms.
Bisson: If you put this pool i=
n,
you’re talking about a variance for a shed at the moment?
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Aubin: Yes.
&=
nbsp; Ms.
Bisson: You won’t n=
eed
another variance, this will take care of the pool and the deck?
=
; Mr.
Aubin: Actually the deck doesn’t re=
quire
a variance, just the pool.
&=
nbsp; Ms.
Bisson: But you won’=
;t
need another variance? This
variance will cover the pool?
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Rafey: I put both of them=
on
the application. They need a
variance to build a shed and a swimming pool.
WATERTOWN
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC H=
EARING
APPLICAT=
ION
#785, ROBERT AUBIN
SEPTEMBE=
R 22,
2004
Page 4
=
; Mr.
Roger: The 25 feet that’s being sho=
wn
here, is that from the actual pavement?
=
; Mr.
Rafey: No, from the property line.
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Aubin: I had the land sur=
veyed
and (inaudible) yard, and the 25 feet was (inaudible) from the pin, set back
from the road.
=
; Mr.
Roger: So there’s more room between =
the
pin and the pavement?
=
; Mr.
Aubin: Yes.
&=
nbsp; Ms.
Bisson: I missed the pool=
when
I read it.
&=
nbsp; Mr.
Sarandrea: Any other
questions? Is there anyone fr=
om the
public who wishes to speak For or Against this Application?
=
; MOTION: (Mr. =
Roger,
sec. Ms. Bisson) to Close the Public Hearing for Application #785 of Robert
Aubin for a variance of 10 feet to a front yard property line setback to pe=
rmit
the construction of an above ground pool and a shed at 408 Falls Avenue,
Oakville, CT in an R-12.5 Residential Zoning District.
&= nbsp; Discussion: None<= o:p>
&=
nbsp; MOTION
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Public
Hearing Closed at 7:50 p.m.
Respect=
fully
submitted,
Enrico
Sarandrea, Chairman
Zoning =
Board
of Appeals
&nbs=
p; _________________=
_________________
&nbs=
p; Lynn
M. LaForme, Minutes Secretary