October 29, 2020
Chairman Richard Lenart called the public hearing to order
at 6:00PM followed by the Pledge.
Present: Dick Lenart,
Tom Wadas, Kevin Kutas, Jackie Wolanin and Kate Hartnett
A motion was made by Kevin Kutas, seconded by Tom Wadas to
approve the minutes of the October 22, 2020 meeting. All in favor, motion granted.
A motion was made by Kevin Kutas, seconded by Tom Wadas to
open the Public Hearing. All in favor,
motion passed.
Clerk sent 30 letters out to the residences within the 500-foot
radius. The applicant also submitted
letters from residents as well as photographs.
ZBA Public Hearing for Richard Broccoli at 408 Main
Street regarding a request for a variance to use the property as a sales
office.
Dick explained the reason for the public hearing. RJ Broccoli was in attendance and advised the
Board that the property would be used by him and two employees. It would be a sales office and would not have
any incoming costumer traffic. Their
business is selling wholesale foods. The
property reverted back to R2 after Dr. Wadas moved out. They would not be doing any constructional
changes at this time.
Residents
were in attendance:
Geri
Barnes – 412 Main Street spoke with regards to potential noise. She feels that they have pick up trucks and
dogs, and that it will create more noise around her property.
Robert
Sharpe – 402 Main Street stated that he is against this because he feels that
the property should remain residential.
He is not in favor of allowing businesses in a residential area.
John
Semeniak – 418 Main Street
Evan
Hanna – Chestnut Street spoke in favor of the variance. He stated that before when Dr. Wadas was
there that cars were parked on the street on Chestnut in front of his
house. He thinks this would be a much
better situation for the neighborhood.
Carl
Dziekan – attorney for Ted Wadas spoke in favor of the variance. He feels that there is no better owner of
this home then the potential buyers, claiming that this would cause minimum
disturbance.
A motion was made by Kevin Kutas, seconded by Tom Wadas to
close the Public Hearing. All in favor, closed at 6:52PM.
Discussion between Board Members included but not limited to
the following:
No extra traffic
No warehouse
No customer Traffic
Professional Office
Parking in Driveway and not on
roadway
Property going back to
residential if it is sold again
A motion was made by Kevin Kutas to grant the variance
request, seconded by Tom Wadas. All in
favor, variance granted.
A motion was made by Kevin Kutas, seconded by Tom Wadas to
adjourn the meeting. All in favor,
meeting was adjourned at 6:56PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Amy A. Topor
ZBA Secretary
Approved: via email
