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Bolton PZC grants 90-day Paggioli filing extension, appoints CRCOG representative and debates irregular-lot limits
Summary
At its Jan. 11 meeting the Bolton Planning & Zoning Commission granted a 90‑day extension to file mylars for the Paggioli subdivision, appointed Christopher Davey as the town’s CRCOG representative (with Chairman Eric Luntta as alternate), approved amended Nov. 16 minutes, and discussed potential regulations for irregular lots.
The Bolton Planning & Zoning Commission on Jan. 11 granted a 90‑day extension for filing mylars in the Paggioli 2‑lot subdivision and completed a handful of routine administrative items after a nearly two‑and‑a‑half hour meeting.
The commission voted 6–0 with one abstention to grant a 90‑day extension to file mylars for the Paggioli subdivision at 51 Birch Mountain Road, effective Feb. 8, 2017. Town staff had already sent the mylars to the applicant’s attorney, who had requested a 180‑day extension in a letter. Commissioners noted that under CGS Sec. 8‑25(a) extensions may be granted in 90‑day increments.
The panel also approved amended minutes from its Nov. 16, 2016 meeting. The commission accepted a series of clerical and substantive edits — including corrections to attendance, insertion of the title “Attorney” before Dorien Famiglietti, capitalization and typo fixes, and a clarified sentence noting that a front parcel would be conveyed to a family member for farming use. The motion to approve the amended minutes passed 5–0 with two members abstaining due to absence at the earlier meeting.
On regional appointments, the commission unanimously approved (7–0) Christopher Davey as Bolton’s representative to the Central Region Council of Governments (CRCOG) Regional Planning Commission, with Chairman Eric Luntta named as alternate.
Commissioners heard a report from Zoning Enforcement Officer Jim Rupert about four recent applications and two written complaints — one alleging a construction business operating from a residential property and another alleging stored vehicles behind Bolton Mobil. Director of Community Development Patrice Carson and Rupert said they are reviewing upcoming applications.
The commission also discussed an error reported by Commissioner Arlene Fiano on the town’s revised official zoning map; no action was taken at the meeting to correct the map. Members spent a substantive portion of the agenda on proposed limits for irregular (rear/back) lots, considering options such as minimum frontage or depth, minimum acreage, caps on the percentage of irregular lots, minimum distances between access points, and a regulation purpose statement that such lots are intended to be rare. Commissioners declined to prohibit irregular lots outright, citing potential hardship for large landowners and previous approvals granted by special permit.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Eric Luntta at 7:34 p.m. and adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
