JAMESTOWN ZONING BOARD OF REVIEW
Minutes of the March 26, 1996 Meeting
A regular meeting of the Jamestown Zoning Board of Review was held at
the Jamestown Town Hall, 93 Narragansett Avenue. The meeting was
called to order by the Vice-Chairman at 7:30 p.m. The clerk called the
roll and noted the following members present:
Maurice Vandal,Vice-Chairman
Rolf Knudsen
Catherine Finney
Richard Allphin
John Caito
Thomas Ginnerty
Also present were:
Pat Westall, Zoning Clerk
Jane Fitts, Stenographer
Fred W. Brown, Zoning Officer
James Donnelly, Town Solicitor
MINUTES
February 27, 1996
A motion was made by Catherine Finney and seconded by Richard Allphin
to accept the minutes of the February 27, 1996 meeting as written.
The motion carried unanimously.
CORRESPONDENCE
A letter from the Building Official re: Building Code Appeals.
A copy of a letter to the Planning Board from James Hyman re: Petition
of James R. Winoker.
A copy of a letter to Edward Holland from Fred Brown re: AP8, Lot 201.
A copy of DEM preliminary determination re: AP16, Lot 13.
A letter from John Murphy re: CMS AP 9, Lot 354.
OLD BUSINESS
QUINN
Seated: Maurice, Rolf, Catherine, John and Thomas.
Richard Allphin recused himself because he lives in the neighborhood.
A motion was made by John Caito and seconded by Rolf Knudsen to grant
the building code appeal of John C. and Sylvia Quinn, whose property is
located at 7 Union Street and further identified as Tax Assessor's Plat
9, Lot 699 to install a "ships ladder" from the master bedroom to a
small observation room and porch of the third floor tower.
This appeal is granted with the restriction that the "ships ladder" be
constructed as designed on the submitted architectrual plans.
This motion is based on the following findings of fact:
1. The property is located in a R8 zone and contains 5,000 sq. ft.
2. No other reasonable access to the 3rd floor "tower room" can be
provided.
3. The "tower room" is not a public space.
4. No abutters spoke against the code appeal.
The motion carried by a vote of 5 - 0.
SK PROPERTIES
Seated: Maurice, Rolf, Catherine, Richard, and Thomas.
John Caito recused himself because he is the engineer for the applicant.
A motion was made by Catherine Finney and seconded by Richard Allphin
to grant the request of SK Properties whose property is located at 21
Pemberton Avenue and further identified as Tax Assessor's PLat 8, Lot
879 for a use variance from Article 3, Table 3-1 (Underground Storage
Tanks), to install an underground storage tank for fuel oil on the
south side of the twenty unit senior citizen apartment building.
This Board has determined that this application does satisfy the
requirements of Article 6, Section 606, Paragraphs 1 through 4, and
Section 607, Paragraph 1.
SK Properties cont.
In particular reference to Article 6, Section 606, Paragraph 1, the
unique characteristics of the subject structure in this case relate to
size of the building and number of occupants who must be served by the
heating system, requiring a fuel storage tank which is considerably
larger than would typically be found in the R20 zone.
This application also specifically addresses the concerns identified in
Section 600, Paragraphs B, D, and H.
This variance is granted with the restriction that the tank and alarm
system shall be installed, monitored, and inspected at regular
intervals as per laws and regulations of the RI D.E.M., and as per
D.E.M. letter of 1/8/96, included as Exhibit 1.
This motion is based on the following findings of fact:
1. The property is located in a R20 zone and contains one acre.
2. The placement of a tank of this size above ground would present an
aesthetic nuisance to the occupants of this and surrounding
properties.
3. The proposed underground tank is a double walled, "state of the art"
tank which should present minimal safety hazards. A contractor
testified to the improved safety of current tank system designs.
4. The proposed installation has been approved by RI D.E.M. and will be
subject to inspection regulations of same.
5. The abutters would prefer the underground installation.
6. The subject and surrounding properties are serviced by town water
and sewer,
The motion carried by a vote of 5 - 0.
NEW BUSINESS
FLANAGAN
Seated: Maurice, Rolf, Catherine, Richard, and Thomas.
John not seated because his firm had done some flagging on this lot
previously.
A motion was made by Richard Allphin and seconded by Rolf Knudsen to
continue the application of Edward Flanagan to the April 23, 1996
to allow the applicant time to get more engineering facts.
The motion carried by a vote of 5 - 0.
ELECTION
A motion was made by Richard Allphin and seconded by Catherine Finney
to nominate Maurice Vandal as Chairman and Rolf Knudsen as Vice-
Chairman of the Zoning Board of Review.
The motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Vandal stated that it will be suggested to the town council that
John P. Caito, senior atlernate, should be appointed a regular member.
ADJOURNMENT : 9:36 p.m.