ENFIELD ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

REGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005 – 7:00 P.M.

ENFIELD TOWN HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBERS

820 ENFIELD STREET – ENFIELD, CT

NOTICE OF ACTION

THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AT 9:00 P.M.

1. CALL TO ORDER – Chairman Peter Yarum called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

2. ROLL CALL – Chairman Peter Yarum and Board Members John Rinaldi and Paul Thorogood were present.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 31, 2005 – Mr. Rinaldi made a motion, seconded by Mr. Thorogood, to approve the Minutes of January 31, 2005. The Minutes were approved by a unanimous vote.

4. CORRESPONDENCE/STAFF REPORT

5. NEW BUSINESS – NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS

SUITABILITY OF LOCATION [new or used car sales, general repairer license, limited repairer license, gasoline service stations]

ZBA 2005-03-01 – LIA Auto Group d.b.a. Elm Street Automotive, Inc. d.b.a. Lia Used Cars, 481 Enfield Street, Map 33/Lot 256, BG Zone: Request for Certificate of Suitability Used Car Dealer License – CGS Section 14-54 and EZO Section 11.00C (NOTE: Amendment Sec. 70 to the state budget affecting suitability of location statutes reinstates the ZBA as the required approver of a certificate of location. Sec. 10 of the original PA 03-184 remains in effect; that section repealed CGS 14-55 that required a public hearing.) – Mr. Rinaldi made a motion, seconded by Mr. Thorogood, to approve the request for a Certificate of Suitability under Connecticut General Statutes Section 14-54 and EZO Section 11.00C, for the operation of a Used Car Dealer license under the applicant’s ownership. Said operation is to be at the described location (481 Enfield Street), as delineated on the site plan submitted with the application and as conditioned under Enfield Planning and Zoning Commission Special Use Permit PH#2442.

Reference is made to a plan sheet titled “Site Plan, PH#2442, LIA Pontiac, LIA Auto Group, 481 Enfield Street, Enfield, Connecticut, J.R. Russo & Associates, Sheet No. 2 of 4, [dated] 3-30-04, revised to 10-13-04,” and to all documentation and discussion under ZBA 2005-03-01.

The motion was approved by a 3 – 0 – 0 vote.

6. NEW BUSINESS – PUBLIC HEARING(S)/PROCEDURAL AND POLICY STATEMENTS BY CHAIRMAN (Legal Notices for the following public hearings were published in the Journal Inquirer on Monday, March 14, 2005 and Monday, March 21, 2005.)

VARIANCES – NEW

Chairman Peter Yarum informed the audience that tonight’s public hearings for variances could not be conducted due to a lack of four Board members to hear these variances. These hearings will be rescheduled to the Regular Meeting on April 25, 2005.

READING OF THE LEGAL NOTICE

ZBA 2005-03-02 – Robert Chester, Applicant and Owner, 46 School Street, Map 92/Lot 15, R-33 Zone, requesting a side yard variance of 15’ (25 feet existing, 10 feet proposed, 25 feet required) to construct an addition. – EZO Section 4.10 Table – No Action. Tabled until the Regular Meeting on April 25, 2005.

READING OF THE LEGAL NOTICE

ZBA 2005-03-03 – Leonard Shortz, Appliclant and Owner, 10 Gammello Avenue, Map 34/Lot 104, R-33 Zone, requesting a side yard variance of 9’ (12 feet existing, 1 foot proposed, 10 feet required), and a coverage variance of 12.5% (25.4% existing, 32.5% proposed, 20% allowed) to construct a carport – EZO Section 4.10.2H. No Action. Tabled until the Regular Meeting on April 25, 2005.

7. OTHER BUSINESS

NONE

8. ADJOURNMENT – Mr. Rinaldi made a motion, seconded by Mr. Thorogood, to adjourn. Following a unanimous vote, the Board adjourned at 7:25 p.m.