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Zoning board approves variance at 48 Raymond's Point after covenant letter accepted
Summary
The Coventry Zoning Board accepted a letter from the Flat River Covenant committee as Exhibit 1 and approved the variance for demolition and construction at 48 Raymond's Point Road, with the decision incorporating the staff report and the covenant committee letter.
The Coventry Zoning Board approved a dimensional variance for a project at 48 Raymond's Point Road after accepting a letter from the local covenant committee as part of the record.
Attorney John Rockwell, representing the property owners, presented the application. A staff member requested that the letter submitted that night from the Flat River (Flat River Road) covenant association be entered into the record as Exhibit 1; the board agreed. Ross Pelletier moved to accept the letter as Exhibit 1; Eddie seconded; the motion carried.
The board then voted to hear the matter and to act on it the same night. The board approved the application "as presented along with staff report and the letter from the covenant committee." Votes recorded: Lenny (Cloutier) yes, Keith Galloway yes, Eddie yes, Ross Pelletier yes, Chairman Machalade yes.
Transcript evidence presented at the hearing described property constraints: the lot has approximately 139 feet of depth from the road to the Flat River reservoir, the existing house and deck sit about 54 feet from the pond, and the proposed house would be about 59 feet from the pond with a deck at 48 feet. The required rear setback is 90 feet. The transcript indicates the relief sought would be 31 feet for the proposed house and 42 feet for the deck. A Freshwater Wetlands application was submitted and approved, according to testimony in the hearing.
The board did not record any written conditions beyond incorporating the staff report and the covenant committee letter into the decision. No public objection from the Flat River Association was recorded; board members noted the association provided written approval.
