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IMPORTANT.- This application must be submitted to the Planning Department by the second Thursday of the
preceding month to insure being heard at the next meeting.
ALL ITEMS MUST BE ANSWERED AND ALL SUPPLEMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED.
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1. The application and supplements must be filed in duplicate, typed or printed in ink.
2. A Class D or better survey of the property in question must be submitted with the application showing
streets, lot lines, building lines, zone boundary lines, dimensions, and buildings present or proposed and
buildings on adjacent properties and distance from subject property.
3. If a variance is being requested, a legal description and deed of the property must be submitted with the
application. This description can be obtained from the land records.
4. The sign from the Planning Department must be displayed on the property at least 10 days prior to the
public hearing in a location visible from all abutting streets.
• The applicant, or a representative must be present for the public hearing. The time, date and place of
the hearing will be advised by mail.
• Inquiries on this application may be directed to the Planning Department at the South Windsor
Town Hall.
5. No application shall be a complete application unless it shall be in such form and contain such
information as necessary for a fair determination of the issues. Incomplete applications
p pp ations may be
denied.
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Applicant: _Stone rrPSt- r()nest-r„r+;(-)n f rRIC
2. Mailing Address: 6 Bancroft Lane
South Windsor, CT 06074
3. Telephone#: 291-01 14
4. Owner of record of property in question: Forest Village Associates, LLC
5. Location of property in question: Lot 1, Bancroft Lane (Forest Village)
Assessor's Map# 96 Parcel# 20 Zone A-40
6. Is applicant a corporation or co-partnership? (If corporation, submit a list of officers. If co-partnership,
submit a list of owners). limited liability corporation., Linh Dang, member
Narrative Statement
Variance Application
Stone Crest Construction&Development, LLC
Lot#1, Bancroft Lane& Strong Road
South Windsor, Connecticut
DPI Project No. 02-1631
March 11, 2004
In the mid 1980s, the 40-lot Forest Village Subdivision was approved by the Planning&
Zoning Commission as an open space subdivision. The applicant has under contract a house to
be constructed on Lot 1,which is at the southeast corner of Strong Road&Bancroft Lane. Stone
Crest Construction&Development, LLC has ordered a two-story modular house with
approximately 3,000 square feet of floor area and a side-load 3-car garage on the left and it is
now under construction in a factory. Town staff have indicated that the driveway must come off
of the side street, Bancroft Lane, rather than the collector street, Strong Road. This necessitates
the house facing Bancroft Lane and a minimal front yard variance on the Strong Road side of the
house. It is better for the garage to face Strong Road, given that it is a collector road. The
proposed driveway will meet Town standards for distance from the intersection's centerline. In
order to ensure privacy for the house's rear yard, landscape architectural treatments will be
installed along the Strong Road frontage. The parcel immediately to the east is in the industrial
zone, and it already has a landscaped berm(Lavallee Overhead Door Company). The subject
parcel is also directly across the street from the industrial zone. Lot No. 1 is narrow, although it
does conform to zoning. The subdivision designer apparently did not take into consideration the
two front yard setbacks on a corner lot, which is extremely restrictive. In most subdivisions
designed by Design Professionals, Inc., corner lots are larger in recognition of this restriction,
e.g.,Deming Hill Estates. In conferring with Town staff, it was agreed to favor the house
slightly toward Strong Road and seek a front yard variance, rather than favoring the house
toward Lot No. 2, which would have required a side yard variance, due to the existence of a
residence on Lot No. 2, which is only 10 feet from the common property line.
The variance requested is as follows:
1. Variance to Section 10.2 to allow a 47f feet front yard along Strong Road (3±feet
variance/50 feet required).
The specific hardships or peculiar circumstances that support this application are:
1. The easterly side of the property borders an industrial zone, and therefore,the house
should be as far away as practicable from said industrial zone.
2. The northerly side of the property is directly across the street from the industrial zone,
and therefore, it is desirable to have the garage, or non-living space end of the house,
closest to Strong Road.
3. Town staff have indicated that the driveway should come off of the side street,Bancroft
Lane, rather than busy Strong Road(a collector street)which appears feasible with this
variance. This requirement was unknown to the applicant nor to the house buyer when
the contract was executed and the house was ordered.
4. The house which was ordered for this lot and which is now being built, has a left side,
side-load garage. It is not feasible to place the house on the lot facing Strong Road with
reasonable driveway access to Bancroft Lane.
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5. Landscape architectural treatments will be employed to screen the lot's backyard from
the motoring public on Strong Road.
6. The subdivider and their original design team created Lot No. 1 without the additional
area normally given to corner lots,which are observing two front yards.
7. It is more desirable to have the house face Bancroft Lane rather than toward the industrial
zone.
8. Although it cannot be achieved, if the house were to face Strong Road, it would afford
little or no backyard for the residence.
9. The degree of variance is minimal (only 3± feet out of a 50 feet requirement).
10. The house on Lot No. 2 is at the minimum 10 feet side yard setback, and therefore, it
would be inappropriate to secure a side yard variance rather than the front yard variance.
Stone Crest Construction&Development, LLC has submitted this application and hereby
requests consideration of this variance request. Thank you.
Lot One
Description.
Lot One as shown on a map entitled, "Forest Village" for A.G. Builders, Co.
1652 Main Street, Newington, Conn, by Kiran Engineers, Inc, Enfield, CT, scale
1"= 40', and dated Feb. 1985. Furthermore, this map was filed in the Town of
South Windsor Town Clerk's Office, Map No. 1587A, on Oct. 16, 1985.
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Property boundaries are derived from the Town of South Windsor Tax Assessor maps,digitized at a scale of 1 inch=100 feet,and include the same data limitations and disclaimer as the Assessors maps.
All other data portrayed is representation only and,due to inherent mapping limitations,should be used as a guide only. The intent of this map is to present a graphical representation of property boundarie
and selected data,and the map is subject to change as more accurate surveys may disclose. Property boundaries mapped as of June 4,2001.
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2. THIS MAP IS DEPENDANT UPON THE MAP REFERENCED HEREON.
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BOUNDARY AND TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ARE TAKEN FROM PLANS
ENTITLED "TOPOGRAPHIC & CONSERVATION PLAN A.G. BUILDERS, CO. \ ROTOMEC AMERICA INC.
1052 MAIN STREET NEWINGTON, CONN." BY KIRAN ENGINEERS INC. \ /
FOREST VILLAGE SCALE 1"=40' DATE: FEB 1985. DRAWING 5 OF 13 \ ^O
UTILITY INFORMATION ARE TAKEN FROM PLANS
ENTITLED "PLAN & PROFILE A.G. BUILDERS, CO. / t,
1052 MAIN STREET NEWINGTON, CONN." BY KIRAN ENGINEERS INC. ®�er'4"s ti
FOREST VILLAGE SCALE 1"=40' DATE: FEB 1985. DRAWING 10 OF 13
THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 20-300b-1 THROUGH 2O-300b-20
OF THE REGULATIONS OF CONNECTICUT STATE AGENCIES - "STANDARDS FOR SURVEYS AND MAPS IN THE
STATE OF CONNECTICUT' AS ADOPTED BY THE CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF LAND SURVEYORS, INC. ®-J YY
THIS SURVEY CONFORMS TO HORIZONTAL ACCURACY CLASS A-2. �N*
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OF THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER/SURVEYOR. NO. DATE DESCRIPTION BY 165 South Satellite Road South Windsor Connecticut 06074
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April 13, 2004
CERTIFIED #70001670000775520009
Design Professionals, Inc.
165 South Satellite Road
South Windsor, CT 06074
Re: - Appl. #2612-04— Stone Crest Construction, LLC, 9 Bancroft Lane (lot#1,
Forest Village Subdivision), A-40 open space zone
Dear Mr. DeMallie:
At the meeting of the South Windsor Zoning Board of Appeals held on April 1, 2004, the
Board approved your request for a 3' variance to section 10.2 to allow a proposed house
47' from the front property line (50' required) for property at 9 Bancroft Lane (lot#1, Forest
Village Subdivision), A-40 open space zone.
The following hardships were placed on this approval:
1. The subdivision regulations require the driveway to come off from Bancroft Lane
(a local road) as opposed to Strong Road (a collector road).
2. The practical difficulty of utilizing the garage as designed if placed in a
conforming location with the front of the house facing Strong Road.
3. The requirements specific to a corner lot. Corner lots are subject to two front
yard setback requirements.
4. The configuration of the lot in the tapering down of the lot, from the back of the
property to the front (Bancroft Lane).
Any new building, or alteration/additions to existing buildings, requires a building permit
prior to start of construction.
These actions are effective upon your filing the enclosed form in the Town Clerk's Office
at your own expense.
Very truly yours,
teph n Wagner, Cha rperson
Zoning Board of Appeals
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cc: Building Department
I, Stephen Wagner, Chairman of the South Windsor Zoning Board of Appeals hereby certify
that on April 1, 2004 the Zoning Board of Appeals granted to: Stone Crest Construction,
LLC, a 3' variance to section 10.2 to allow a proposed house 47' from the front property line
(50' required), A-40 open space zone.
on premises located: 9 Bancroft Lane (lot#1, Forest Village Subdivision)
and more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Lot One as shown on a map entitled, "Forest Village" for A.G. Builders, Co.
1 b52 Main Street,Newington, Conn,by Kiran Engineers, Inc, Enfield, CT, scale
1"=40', and dated Feb. 1985. Furthermore,this map was filed in the Town of
South Windsor Town Clerk's Office, Map No. 1587A,-on Oct. 16, 1985.
OWNER OF RECORD: Forest Village Association LLC
Dated at South Windsor, Connecticut this 13th day of April, 2004.
tep en Wagner, Chairperson
PUBLIC ACT#75-317
Received for Record this day of 2004
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