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ZBA reviews use‑variance for food‑truck commissary at 199 Benedict Avenue; limitation placed on use
Summary
A petitioner sought a use variance to establish a food‑truck commissary at 199 Benedict Avenue. The board discussed health‑department requirements and limited the variance on the record to commissary use only; a roll call was initiated but the transcript does not record a full tally.
The Jamestown Zoning Board of Appeals considered a use‑variance request related to a food‑truck operation at 199 Benedict Avenue during its May 7 meeting.
The petitioner represented that the property would serve as a commissary — a storage and service area for a food truck — and said the truck is largely self‑sufficient. The petitioner told the board the truck was designed so it could operate “without a commissary,” but that the health department considers the garage being used as a commissary when certain storage or water access occurs. The petitioner said there is one refrigerator in the garage and that the truck is plugged in there when stored.
Board members asked whether the garage would contain kitchen plumbing or refrigeration and whether the commissary designation would make the property commercial in character; the petitioner said the garage contains dry storage and one refrigerator, and used an outside hose previously to fill water but moved that function indoors. The board limited the requested use variance on the record to commissary use only for this property.
The board opened and closed public comment without speakers. The transcript records a motion, a second and the start of a roll call with Missus Jones recorded as voting “Yes,” but the full roll‑call transcript and final tally are not present in the provided record.
Board discussion emphasized that the variance limitation should be for the commissary use only and that the public health/regulatory classification (how the health department defines “commissary” or “commercial location”) was relevant to the board’s review.
No final outcome is recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; the record shows the motion and partial roll call but does not include a complete vote tally.
