ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
BUSINESS MINUTES OF MARCH 29, 2004
PRESENT: Bruce Simpson, John Burke, Martin Murphy, Robert Garrity
ABSENT: Lorraine Sweeney, Nancy Lancellotti, Elissa Flynn-Poppy
The duly posted meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals convened at 7:30 p.m. in room 105C in the Norfolk Town Hall. The subject of the meeting was to preview the application from the Permanent Building Committee for a public hearing to be held on April 21, 2004.
Two applications were received from the Permanent Building Committee on behalf of the Norfolk Public Library. The applicants petitioned the Zoning Board of Appeals to overturn the Building Inspector’s decision that the proposed parking areas for the proposed expanded Library facility were within the front yard of that structure and required a special permit pursuant to Section F.7.e. of the Norfolk Zoning Bylaws. The second petition was for a special permit pursuant to Section F.7.e. of the Norfolk Zoning Bylaws to allow parking within the front yard of a structure.
The Board members reviewed the site plan and determined that the plan was not clear enough to determine the exact locations of all of the parking spaces. The office will draft a letter to the Permanent Building Committee with the request to submit plans in which the parking spaces can be easily discernable. The applicants also requested a waiver of filing fees. After a brief discussion, the members determined that due to the recent request for a reserve fund transfer, which was not fully funded by the Advisory Board, a complete waiver of all fees would not be possible. The Board also discussed the public hearing agenda that was already set for April 21, 2004. The Board noted that the Borelli 40B hearing, scheduled for 8:05 p.m. has to take precedent in terms of time in the schedule.
Robert Garrity made the motion to accept the application from the Permanent Building Committee on behalf of the Norfolk Public Library and to schedule that public hearing on April 21, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Murphy seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was unanimous.
Mr. Murphy made the motion to waive all filing fees with the exception of the legal advertising fee. Mr. Burke seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was unanimous. The Board noted that the legal advertising would be paid for by the applicant.
The Administrative Assistant informed the Board members that the monies in the consultant review account to review the Borelli 40B proposal is now in a deficit and
additional invoices from Edwards & Kelcey and Kopelman & Paige have been received. The Board instructed the Administrative Assistant to send a letter to Mr. Borelli with a request for an additional $5,000 for the review account.
Mr. Burke made the motion to close the meeting at 7:50 p.m. Mr. Garrity seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was unanimous.
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Robert Garrity, Clerk pro tem.
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