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WATERTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC H= EARING

WEDNESDA= Y, APRIL 27, 2005 - 7:30 P.M.

JOHN TRUMBULL PRIMARY SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER

APPLICAT= ION #798 – JAMES REESER

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PRESENT: = &nb= sp; = Mary Bisson, Secretary

&nbs= p; John Griffith

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Roger Mitchell

= ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; Enrico Sarandrea, Chai= rman

ABSENT: = &nb= sp; = Phil Roger, Vice Chairman

ALTERNATES PRESENT: = Chris Lafferty

= ; &n= bsp; Scott Stewart

ALTERNATES ABSENT: &= nbsp; None

OTHERS PRESENT: &n= bsp; = ; Mary Barton, Zoning Enforcement Officer

= ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; Moosa Rafey, Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer

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1. = Call Meeting To Order

Mr. Sarandrea, Chairman, Called the Public Hearing to Order at about 8:17 p.m.<= o:p>

Mr. Sarandrea, Chairman, asked Mr. Lafferty to sit in for Mr. Roger, in his absence.

2. &nb= sp; Roll Call

Ms. Bisson, Secretary, executed the Roll Call.

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Ms. Bisson, Secretary, read the Legal Notice for the record as follows:

Legal Notice

&= nbsp; The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Watertown will hold a Public Hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at the John Trumbull Primary School Media Center, 779 Buckingham Street, Oakv= ille, CT to hear and act upon t= he following applications:

WATERTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC H= EARING

APPLICAT= ION #798 – JAMES REESER

APRIL 27= , 2005

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&= nbsp; Application #797 of James Reeser of 61 Sylvan Lake Road, Oakville, CT request for a variance of 27 feet to a front yard property line setback to permit the construction of a 21 foot diameter above ground pool to be located 8 feet f= rom a front yard property line at 61 Sylvan Lake Road, Oakville, CT in an R-12.5 Residential Zoning District.

&= nbsp; Section 24.5.3.c of the Watertown Zoning Regulations requires 35 feet side yard property line setback for an accessory structure in an R-12.5 Residential Zoning District.

&= nbsp; At this Hearing interested persons and written communications will be heard. A copy of the application is on fi= le in the Planning and Zoning Office, 51 Depot Street, Suite 502, Watertown, CT.

&= nbsp; Dated at Waterto= wn, Connecticut his 14^{th
day of April, 2005.}

&= nbsp; Dated at Waterto= wn, Connecticut this 21^{st<=
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day of April, 2005.}

&= nbsp; Mary Bisson, Secretary

&= nbsp; Zoning Board of Appeals”

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3. Hearing of Cases=

&= nbsp; D. Application #798 of James Reeser, request for a variance of 27 feet to a front yard property line setback to permit the construction of an above ground pool at= 61 Sylvan Lake Road, Oakville, CT.

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&= nbsp; Recess or Adjourn, the Public Hearing must be Closed by= June 1, 2005 unless applicant grants a time extension.

= ; Mr. Rafey: I received a letter to= day from the applicant that they are not able to come to this meeting, if you w= ant to read that into the record.

&= nbsp; Mr. Sarandrea, Chairman, read aloud the following letter: for the record:<= /o:p>

= ; “Mary Bisson=

&= nbsp; I have enclosed a letter from myself, with my neighbors approval for our request for this variance. Please forward the letter to the b= oard members. Due to the timeframe= to have it installed, I hope this letter will aid in the Board giving us the variances. I can be reached b= y cell phone this week at 860-384-3093 or 203-206-8107. Even at the time of the board meeting. Please call with any questions. Please excuse my wife’s absence. The pas= sing of her father and our 4 children, 2 under the age of 2, would make it impossible for her to attend.”

&= nbsp; Thanks, James Reeser”

WATERTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC H= EARING

APPLICAT= ION #798 – JAMES REESER

APRIL 27= , 2005

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&= nbsp; Ms. Bisson, Secretary, read aloud the following letter for the record:

&= nbsp; “Attn: Zo= ning Board Members:

&= nbsp; I am unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to work related travel. My wife also cannot be here due to= the sudden death of her father. P= lease allow me to explain our need for a variance. The land is extremely sloped in th= e back yard except for the top. I ha= ve spoken to my neighbors and they have had no exceptions to our plans for a 21 foot above ground pool 8 feet from Milliken Avenue (paper road). There isn’t another space on our entire lot except the spot we have asked for.

&= nbsp; Thank you,

&= nbsp; James Reeser

&= nbsp; 61 Sylvan Lake Road

&= nbsp; Oakville, CT 06779=

&= nbsp; Charlene LeBlanc

&= nbsp; 71 Sylvan Lake Road

&= nbsp; Oakville, CT 06779=

&= nbsp; Arthur Rosengrant

&= nbsp; 54 Sylvan Lake Road

&= nbsp; Oakville, CT 06779=

&= nbsp; Arlene Dulli

&= nbsp; 48 Eaton Street

&= nbsp; Oakville, CT 06779”

&= nbsp; Mr. Rafey: I went to the prop= erty today and took these two pictures to just give you an idea of how the prope= rty looks. This property has two frontages on Eddy Street and Sylvan Lake Road, and also frontage on Milli= ken Street. If you look at this picture on top, this front says on the side of <= st1:Street w:st=3D"on">Milliken Street. And that’s a paper street, a= nd they already have a shed there, (inaudible) and this is the only flat area = on their property where they can put a swimming pool which is close to Milliken Street. The second picture you can see the= land slopes toward the house and there is nowhere else to put it on this property. This is the only fl= at piece they have, but because it has 2 frontages, the zoning requirement is = 35 feet from any front property line and if you take 35 feet from 3 lines, the= re is no place on this property left for (inaudible). They’re requesting a varianc= e of 27 feet and the swimming pool will be 89 feet to the front property line on Milliken, which is a paper street.

WATERTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC H= EARING

APPLICAT= ION #798 – JAMES REESER

APRIL 27= , 2005

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&= nbsp; I don’t know what the chance is for that to be developed because both s= ides has houses and it’s very steep and it’s (inaudible) to improve = that house. Maybe they’ll ab= andon it in the future, I don’t know.

= ; Mr. Sarandrea: Seeing the applicant isn’t here, is there anyone who’d like to speak either For or Against this Application?

= ; Mr. Rafey: They told me to apologize for them = not being able to make it. I told= them to write something and they did.

&= nbsp; Mr. Sarandrea: Does anyone ha= ve any questions?

&= nbsp; Mr. Mitchell: Are we having a= nother meeting May 5^th?

&= nbsp; Mr. Sarandrea: Does anybody f= rom the Board have any questions?

&= nbsp; Mr. Mitchell: How far apart i= s the next house on the same side that you’re building?

&= nbsp; Mr. Rafey: May 5th, that̵= 7;s a special meeting.

&= nbsp; Mr. Mitchell: Can we bring th= is one up at that meeting?

= ; Mr. Rafey: Do you have any questions that I ca= n . . . . . I gave you a memo and I described everything and I sent notices to al= l of the abutting property owners.

&= nbsp; MOTION: (Mr. Griffith, sec. Mr. Mitchell) to Close the Public Hearing for App. #798 of J= ames Reeser, request for a variance of 27 feet to a front yard property line set= back to permit the construction of an above ground pool at 61 Sylvan Lake Road, Oakvil= le, CT.

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&= nbsp; Discussion: None<= o:p>

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&= nbsp; MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

WATERTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

PUBLIC H= EARING

APPLICAT= ION #798 – JAMES REESER

APRIL 27= , 2005

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Public Hearing Closed at about 8:23 p.m.

Respect= fully submitted,

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Enrico Sarandrea, Chairman

Zoning = Board of Appeals

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&nbs= p; Lynn M. LaForme, Minutes Secretary