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Residents ask town to reconnect zoning and neighborhood covenants via review board
Summary
Wellesley Island East residents asked the Town Board to reestablish an Architectural Control Board to coordinate neighborhood covenants with the zoning-permit process, citing multiple construction projects that appear to violate existing covenants.
At the Sept. 18 meeting, Jim Penney identified himself and introduced attorney Jason Poplowski; Penney said residents want the town to help ensure covenants in Wellesley Island East are acknowledged during the zoning-permit process. He said some recent building projects were allowed to proceed without owners or the zoning board being aware of the neighborhood covenants, and one permit had lapsed until residents called it to the zoning board's attention.
Penney said the group is not seeking to take over zoning duties but to be notified and to coordinate with the zoning board so that permit applicants are made aware of covenants attached to deeds. He offered to provide the board with a mission statement, photographs of problematic projects and copies of the covenants for the town attorney and zoning board to review. The board agreed to forward the paperwork to the town attorney and engage the zoning board in a coordination discussion.
