Continued Petitions – January 28, 2025

1.      Petition of: James J. O’Connell (Owner) for a Special Use from 602 & 904 to obtain approval to run a non-owner occupied short term rental.  Said real estate is located at 93 Shore Drive and further identified as lot 14 on tax assessor’s plat 116SE.

2.      Petition of: Mary Jo Henderson (Owner) for a Special Use and Variance from 603 & 803 to renovate pre-existing second floor of accessory garage structure to 22’ in height where 15’ is permitted, and to add on to accessory garage a second-floor deck located 4’ from property line where 4.71’ is required.  Said real estate is located at 36 Briarwood Avenue and further identified as lot 196 (A) on tax assessor’s plat 115SE.

Summary

3.      Petition of: John Brooks (Owner) for a Variance from 603, 903 & 321 (A) to construct an elevator addition to house located 12.27’ from the Eastern side property line where 14.37’ is required.   Said real estate is located at 47 Seascape Avenue and further identified as lot 85 on tax assessor’s plat 115SE.

4.      Petition of: Thomas Basile (Owner) for a Variance from 603 & 321 (A) to construct additional garage bay 16’-7” from the West property line where 20’ is required.   Said real estate is located at 20 William Drive and further identified as lot 265 on tax assessor’s plat 114.

New Petitions

5.      Petition of: Jeremy Booth (Owner) for a Variance from 602, 904 & 803 (G) to demo and reconstruct garage and add 4’ to rear with living space above new garage; located 4’ from the North side yard setback where 15’ is required.   Said real estate is located at 21 Murphy Circle and further identified as lot 9 on tax assessor’s plat 106.

6.      Petition of: James & Sharon Maguire (Owners) for a Variance from 602 & 904 to obtain approval for an owner occupied Short Term Rental.   Said real estate is located at 145 Compton View Drive and further identified as lot 823 on tax assessor’s plat 120.

7.      Petition of: Craig & Anne Schmidt (Owners) for a Variance from 603 to construct a garage addition 12.5’ from Southern side property line where 20’ is required, and 38.3’ from SW front property line where 40’ is required, and to construct office addition 35.6’ from NW front property line where 40’ is required.  Said real estate is located at 3 Toni Lynn Terrace and further identified as lot 106 on tax assessor’s plat 121 NW.

8.      Petition of: BankNewport (Owner) and Rodney Topolewski – VP Director of Facilities BankNewport (Applicant) for a Special Use from 1202 & 1209 to allow a window sign of 40% of window area where 15% is allowed and illuminated 8.74 sqft sign where 2 sqft. is allowed.   Said real estate is located at 528 West Main Road and further identified as lot 142 on tax assessor’s plat 107SW.

9.      Petition of: Kathleen Foley (Owner) for a Variance from 603 & 803 (G) to construct a one story addition located 1’-1” from property line where 9’-5” is required.   Said real estate is located at 52 Center Avenue and further identified as lot 44 on tax assessor’s plat 116NE.

All items on this agenda may be considered, discussed, and voted upon.

POSTED: January 31, 2025

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*Meetings begin promptly at the time posted and will not last for more than four (4) hours. The Board normally will take a short break after 1½ to 2 hours of hearings to reassess the agenda and their ability to reach the remaining items pending before it.  The Board will not entertain/begin a new petition after 10:00 p.m. and will conclude all hearings at 10:30 p.m. therefore some petitions cannot be heard due to these time constraints and will be continued to the next regular meeting date.