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Torrington zoning board leaves open variance request after applicant built unpermitted carport
Summary
The Torrington Zoning Board of Appeals left the public hearing open for a variance request from Helen Decker Balsamos to retain a carport at 6 Andrews Street that city staff say was built without permits and does not meet required separation from the house.
Chair Mark Trevella and the Torrington Zoning Board of Appeals left open a public hearing Monday on a variance request from Helen Decker Balsamos to retain a carport at 6 Andrews Street after city planners recommended denial and the applicant said the structure solved chronic water intrusion into her basement.
The request seeks a variance from Torrington Zoning Regulation Section 5.2.1(e), which the city interprets to require a 10-foot separation between a principal building and an accessory structure. Jeremy Leifer, AICP, city planner, and Nate Nardi-Cyrus, assistant city planner, told the board that the application appears to be a self-created, unpermitted structure and that, under Connecticut General Statutes §8-6 and Torrington Zoning Regulation §8.1.3, removal would not deprive the owner of reasonable use of the property. Leifer's written recommendation read into the record said, “I therefore recommend denial of this variance request.”
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