Okay. So, reconvening the board of appeals on May 12th, 2025 and in attendance tonight, William List, vice chairman, member Paul Webbar, member Tan Tobias, and Secretary Wendy Cordurio. We read the meeting through
the minutes from April 28th. Do I have a motion to accept? Motion to and seconded. Second. All in favor? I. Meeting minutes have been accepted. That is
good. Okay, that's for you. Okay, we have a one hearing tonight at 7:05. So, I want to read into 75 later than that. Okay. Legal notice for release
publication Westville News, School Street, Westfield, Mass from Board of Appeals, Thomas Southwick, Mass for release of April 28th and May 5th. Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held Monday, May 12th, 2025 at 7:05 to hear the petition of
Raymond Denegro for property located at 126 Feeding Hills Road, South Mass. The applicant is seeking a front sent back variance of 33 ft and a side setback variance of 12 ft in order to build an addition to an existing home and construct a carport on the property.
This will be a hybrid meeting held in person in conference room 3, town hall via Zoom. Okay. In attendance I think is Ray Negro. So come forward with all your stuff and do
what you want to do. All right. Okay. Right. give us kind of a synopsis of what you're trying to do and why. Um, what I'm trying to do is build an addition for my growing family, two twin
boys. House is small. It's only 970 square ft. So, there's really no dining room or mudroom. So, that's what I'm trying to do there. And a carport is because of the New England weather. My wife has to go out and clean the car off in the snow
and kind of leave the boys in there real quick, which is not safe to do. So carport would be nice. So she could just drive him to school and not have to leave him inside because of course no one's going to come there at 7:00 in the morning like her 75year-old parents. So I don't like her to do that. She's got
to clean the car off to get to school and see when she's driving. So that's the reason for the street there too. Yeah, that's the reason for the car park. Okay. All right. Um, so give us a kind of a what the planning you're trying to do with that. I think there's some
sketches attached here and some pictures and you have one to look at. If you guys want to look at that one, I can share one with Paul here too. Well, I have 44 feet from my house to the flooding neighbor. So, this is the lot. Kind of
an overview, right? So, this is this is Phoenix Road. Yeah. You know, it's this house for the deck for now, you know. Cool. So, there's 16 feet over here already at the gate on this side, but we're going to build this way. Okay. Right. This is the actual distance now.
Yeah. 16 for that side. Okay. Picture the property. Yes. This this was one examples of the carport he's trying to do with just posts, I think. Um in Yeah. And maybe have like a barn design, too. Something that would be aesthetic with a Yeah. New England
New England barn post and so so kind of let's go. This was kind of where you're looking at I think with the old existing 40 foot foundation house and then adding the addition addition. Yeah. So you were trying to get to 16 ft. Was trying to get 16 ft and then the carport and then
right 10 ft which would leave me only 18 off the neighbors plus have 20 instead of 20. So getting two feet there and then of course we have there's like 20 feet on this side. Yeah, it's about 20 or 24 or whatever. So that's the zoning
is AC so it's like 60,000 square feet and he has like 22,000. So we're going to have to relief that the frontage is going to need to be 200 200. He only has 100. So we're going to have to relieve that. But then it just become the sunpacked because the house is the 25 ft
off the the road. So we're going to have to allow for that. It is now 25 ft from the road currently. So we got that. So really the only the side is the one for the relief to accomplish this which two feet is not too bad in my mind. I I
thought that was pretty acceptable. Chris looked at the plans over there and marked it within you as well. Yeah. Yeah. Um and we said pretty favorable on that. uh he wrote a letter to to us kind of saying he's if this stays the way you looking it looked like it was going to be pretty pretty straightforward to accomplish this and aesthetically it
would kind of flow with the house because the house is a ranch so it's going to come off yeah it's going to add and then have the carport except just reversed the car yeah exactly so so it's basically not not going forward of the house correct the behind and the carport
so we're not going forward either what what's going behind anything there's a pool already Yeah. So that's that's that. So this is kind of the layout. The septic's over here behind the house. The pool there, the deck. So anything behind it? Yeah.
So this car park car's going back right here. It would be off the house. Yeah. 84t off the road to here. So it' still be 64t off the road. It's way back. And the deck the deck is new. The deck is
there already. That's where the deck is and the pool is behind it except I can't do much. So, so the additional is going to be behind the house and the carpool's going to be further back. And I have uh access for the fire engine. It's 18 ft and I got a 16 ft gate, double gate. So,
there's access there to get to the backyard. So, the house is here. Yep. This is the addition. Add that. And then the carport behind it. So, that'll be further back. Yeah. Yeah. So, actually have like 42 feet from the road. from the road to my
house, but he says I only own 24, but it's allow for sidewalks and all that. It's 42 to the road, so it's further back. Yeah. So, we worked out we we worked out basically what you need basically based on that. Yeah. So, you know, this is you're going to need, like you say, lot area. We do the frontage
and then your your variance. So, we clean up the whole lot, you know, as far as what you get to have a permit. So, that's pretty straightforward. Any questions from you folks? I don't see I don't see a problem. So,
um I'll read in a vote if you don't mind. I'll do my best to cover everything because unfortunately not your fault. There's a lot on your property has to be fixed to build to get your different zone when they built Shag Park. I guess they put you in a
different zone from 1964. It used to be 10 foot variance and they changed it. So, when they built Shag Park, that you had no choice because they built the house and you're stuck with it. They built me in the zone, right? They built that in the 80s. So, yeah. But,
okay. So, I'm going to put up a vote request for variance on 126 Feeding Hills Road to include lot area variance of 38,000 square ft, lot frontage of 100
ft, front setback of 50 feet, and then a left side variance of two feet to able to construct an addition and add a 10-ft carport to the property. I have a motion to accept. Motion to
accept. Second. Second. All in favor? I I uh that's approved as you presented. So again, you'll have to this will go to the clerk's office. We'll order a decision. It'll be sit there for 20 days just in case. I know
there was a neighbor actually that met Chris that was pretty favorable on this. I don't see anything, but by law, we have to let it sit there and percolate for a while. Somebody wanted to come forward and and question it or complain or whatever. After the 20 days, it'll get filed with the the state and the
city of Springfield and you're good to go for a permit. Okay. Thank you. All right. Good luck for your time. Glad we could help. Take care. Yes. Have a good time to volunteer. Yeah. Thank you very much. I know. Okay. Right. So, what's the next step? Just wait. You're going
to wait. We're going to you're going to get notification from the clerk's office. We we'll get a decision note. I'll probably meet with you. We'll sign it. Okay. Send me a notice with clerks and then get filed with the deed office and you're all set. Thank you very much. Have a nice evening. Take care. Right.
Thanks. Good luck. Okay. Uh we do have another piece of business coming up we can review real quick. There's a variance that was put forward for 39 Lake View that looks like uh they want to convert a carport. um
into a garage and no change in the existing footprint, no change to the carport footprint. Uh I think basically just framing it up and making a room. So, uh I haven't been buying this yet, but it's just it'll be what late June probably.
So, we'll have some time to look at this and he's got some sketches and stuff like that in here what they'll kind of do. So, it looks pretty pretty straightforward again, which is good. like people take the time to actually do some homework and um but it's down by the water so you
know the lake view fronts they have no land whatsoever. So there's going to be a lot of variances there too just to get it back and square but sloping yard was sloped into the Yeah. Well, if you look at the there's a
picture where it is. Yeah. Go right down to the water. So it's kind of like a plateau. Yeah, most of them do now. Right. Right. Um we get a piece of paper and you want to write up the decision.
All right. So send sign. Yes. Okay. So there's dates and then these three both of these right? actually you guys please what's your Hancock on those for me pond is that uh Lake View that's middle north so the
clerk's office now has them come back I used to well I used to let them pick them up but I would mail it to them with a letter saying that you have to file it with the registry we might have to let some people know that they are the ones
that get back up I can I can Well, we'll know in 20 days. Mhm. Go to the clerk's office. Yeah. And then he's going to have to just mail a check the payment to the for the I mean once I get it our copy I can call him and say ready for pickup. Okay, that's fine. He'll do
whatever. He's pretty amable today. What he had he was going to He changed it to fit. Yeah. I said two two feet pretty good. I said the less the better. I said I get the whole plan but it is I walked in the house and I was like oh boy. and two heads running off. Literally no room
in the boys again. This didn't expect to have twins either. Surprise. Okay. All right. sounds. Why?
We uh have no further business for a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjurnn. Second. Second. All in favor? I think is