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Coventry Zoning Board elects officers, continues use-variance hearing for 1340 Main St. to June 4
Summary
At a Coventry Zoning Board meeting, members elected Russell Lockley chair, named a vice chair and secretary, accepted minutes, and voted to continue a public hearing on a use-variance application for 1340 Main Street to June 4, 2025, citing follow-up information still pending.
Coventry Zoning Board members elected Russell Lockley chair, selected a vice chair and secretary, accepted the prior meeting minutes and voted to continue a public hearing on a use-variance application for 1340 Main Street to June 4, 2025.
The board, with six members present and a quorum, opened nominations for chair. An unidentified board member moved, “I make a motion we, open the election for Jamming. I'd like to nominate Russell Lockley.” The motion was seconded and carried on an aye vote. The board then nominated and approved a vice chair (nomination recorded as Keith Cloutier/Cloutier in the meeting) and elected Ross Pelletier as secretary after motions and seconds; the motions were approved by voice votes with the chair stating, “The ayes have it.”
Shortly after officer elections, an attorney representing the applicant told the board that additional information on the size of the house and the number of bedrooms — requested at the prior meeting — had been developed but was not delivered to staff in time for distribution. The attorney asked that the public hearing for the use-variance application for Julie Bailey and Marjorie Bailey at 1340 Main Street remain open until the board’s meeting on June 4, 2025. In asking for more time, the attorney said, “we will, follow-up, and I'd ask that, I'd be able to continue our meeting, with the public hearing open until date certain, 06/04/2025, which I believe is the next scheduled meeting of this board.” The board voted in favor and the chair announced, “We continue.”
Before moving on, a motion to accept last month’s minutes as presented was made and seconded and approved by voice vote. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and carried.
Why it matters: The continued hearing concerns a request to expand residential use in a business zone and a dimensional variance; the follow-up information the board requested — precise measurements of the home and bedroom counts and how the structure fits the lot — is intended to help the board determine whether the proposal meets criteria for a use variance and any dimensional relief.
Meeting context: The board recorded six members present (a quorum). The continuation places the application on the agenda for the board’s June 4, 2025 meeting so staff and the applicant can provide the additional materials the board requested.
