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Home My WebLink AboutApplication Drive Auto Group TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR PLANNING&ZONING COMMISSION c� s APPLICATION FORM Application No: - RECEIVED Official Receipt Date: Receipt No: JUN 04 2010 SOUTH WINDSOR PLANNING DEPT, APPLICANT: r f PROJECT NAME: . �j/r'O ADDRESS: ��®illy l it✓E p /-�O ' d7- 60 OWNER OF RECORD ON LAND RECORDS: , Dic/R�2U ADDRESS: COMPLETE LOCATION OF PROPERTY: _�� ® /V Fi7`� ,L✓lam ,L� yIAU!)SDI'. 617- ASSESSOR'S MAP# PARCEL# ZONE NAME,ADDRESS,TEL&FAX# OF PERSON TO WHOM INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED: Estimated presentation time: THIS APPLICATION IS FOR: (Check all that apply): ❑ Zone Change to (Public Hearing required and Certified letter to abutters required) ❑ Subdivision/Resubdivision ❑ Open Space Subdivision (Public Hearing Required) El Subdivision ❑ Minor ❑ Major El Resubdivision (Public Hearing-Required) ❑ Minor❑ Major Conditional Approval Mr Special Exception to Article � (Public Hearing, Certified letter to abutters required) ❑ Site Plan of Development ❑ General Plan of Development El Earth Filling(Sec. 15) and/or Earth Removal (Sec. 14 Public Hearing Required) ❑ Regulation Amendment ❑ Zoning ❑ Subdivision (Attach proposed amendment) (Public Hearing Required) ❑ Temporary and Conditional Permit for (Public Hearing Required) El In Law apartment/Accessory Apartment(Public Hearing Required) [] Major Home Occupation for (Public Hearing Required) `,Other(explain in detail) An A ligation Pending sign is required to be posted on the property for all applications ten(10) days prior to being heard by the Commission. ��Im Signatixre of Appli Signatur of Propefty Owner PERMITS/INSP PAYMENT RECPT#: 20408937 TOWN OF SOUTH WINDSOR 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE SOUTH WINDSOR CT 06074 DATE: 06/07/10 TIME: 09:25 CLERK: mariadace DEPT: CUSTOMER#: 0 PARCEL: CHG: DEP DEP FEE 125.00 AMOUNT PAID: 125.00 PAID BY: DRIVE AUTO GROUP PAYMENT METH: CHECK 09829 REFERENCE: A AMT TENDERED: 125.00 AMT APPLIED: 125.00 CHANGE: .00 PLANNING DEPARMENT IN-HOUSE REFERRAL FORM DATE: 6/7/10 TO: Matt Galligan,Fred Shaw,Michael Gantick,Rich Bond,Walter Summers,Jeff Doolittle Ray Favreau,Karl Reichle,Mark Owens, Steve Lavigueur,Chris Dougan,Bob Deptula John Caldwell,Dennis Sheridan,Ron Asselin FROM: Marcia A.Banach,AICP,Director of Planning The Planning&Engineering Departments have received plans for the following projects: Appl#10-31P,Hometowne Auto Sales LLC dba Drive Auto Group. Location: 713 John Fitch Boulevard Site Plan 0 Subdivision No.Acres .56 ac Zone GC ❑ Industrial 0 Commercial ❑ Residential No. Lots/Units Water: ®Public ❑Private Well Sewerage: ® Public ❑ Septic System Project Description: re-use of site for used car dealership Future Town-owned property involved? ❑Yes Z No ❑new street(s) 0 new detention area ❑new open spaceirecreation area F1 active Opassive Planning Department notes: Please comment by 6/18/10 and return to the Planning Department. 40-$N sF4 /10v 1• ap S-� V&U146t C U 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE• SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 06074 f`�°sox•co�'� TELEPHONE(860) 644-2511 CERTIFIED MAIL 7008 1300 00014578 3139 June 7, 2010 Joan Hudon Drive Auto Group 760 Windsor Street Hartford CT 06120 Dear Ms. Hudon: Re: Appl. # 10-31 P, Hometown Auto Sales LLC Please be advised that the Regular Meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission in the above referenced matter has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 7:30 'in the Madden Room of the South Windsor Town Hall, 1540 Sullivan Avenue. Someone must be present at the hearing to represent the application. One sign advertising the hearing must be. posted on the pro_ perty for ten (10) consecutive days prior to the hearing and must be clearly visible from a town street. A sign must be posted on 713 John Fitch Blvd. by Friday June 11, 2010. Signs can be obtained in the Planning Department. Sincerely, Maria D. Acevedo Administrative Secretary Drive Auto Group Auto Sales Site Plan 10-31P 1. Request for site plan approval and used car dealer license.for property located at 713 John Fitch Boulevard, GC zone. This site has previously been used for motor vehicle sales, with the most recent approval granted in 2008. Historically, the site has been used for the storage of vehicles; and the site has generally been in violation of its former approved site plan. The applicant is requesting to utilize the site for used car sales in compliance with the site plan. 2. A variance was granted in 1981 to Route 5 motor cars, a previous tenant, to allow 15 cars to be parked in front of the building line; this applicant is showing 13 spaces. The plan shows a total of 37 vehicle parking spaces. As is common with Route 5 sites, the ROW for Route 5 is very wide, and the applicant's property line is about 50 feet away from the edge of Route 5. If vehicles are parked in front of the building line, they need to at least be on the applicant's property, not the State ROW. 3. The existing building is nonconforming to current zoning regulations, with a 33' setback, 50' required under today's regulations. There are no building additions or modifications proposed with this application. 4. Site size is just over a half acre. We note that, while the site plan shows delineated parking spaces, the majority of the site actually is gravel, and the areas in which vehicles are to be parked are for the most part indistinguishable from the remainder of the site. 5. This site is currently not landscaped. The applicant has proposed to clean up the site but not to add landscaping. Staff note that in the last approval, PZC required the applicant to add planters around the site as there is no area on the property for in-ground landscaping. 6. The sign regulations allow both a building sign and a freestanding sign. The building sign would be allowed to be about 60 square feet, and the freestanding sign would be allowed to be 24 square feet. 7. Currently there are no dumpsters on the site. If the applicant adds a dumpster, it must be placed on a concrete pad and screened. 8. There is no 100-year floodplain on this site. There are no regulated wetlands on site. 9. Public water and sewer currently service the site. WPCA approval is not required. 10Nthis application is approved, the Planning Department has no other requested modifications. 1 W17rf— AA_ C dO�_ �c�lm-e_ ,iL U ON N sf4 5 Tiou O-P Sou� qd&U&ot ° 1540 SULLIVAN AVENUE• SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 06074 r�°sox•co�'`'� TELEPHONE(860) 644-2511 CERTIFIED MAIL 7008 1300 00014578 3207 June 24,2010 Joan Hudon Drive Auto Group 760 Windsor Street Hartford CT 06120 Dear Ms.Hudon: Re: Appl. 10-31P,Hometowne Auto Sales LLC DBA Drive Auto Group We are pleased to advise you that the Planning & Zoning Commission voted on June 22, 2010 to approve with modifications the above referenced application for a Site Plan of Development. This approval is for a used car dealer license on property located at 713 John Bitch Boulevard,I zone,as shown on plans prepared by D'onofrio Surveying and Engineering dated June 15, 2010, as revised. This approval is subject to the following modifications: 1. All free standing signs and/or building signs require the issuance of a sign permit before they are erected 2. Any dumpsters must be placed on a concrete pad and screened. 3. All site lighting must conform to zoning regulations. 4. The number of vehicles on site is limited to 37. 5. A landscaping plan with large planters must be submitted to and approved by the Planning Dept. Black and white transparent mylars of Sheet# 1 with the above modifications,together with three blueprint copies of the entire set of plans(including architectural elevations and landscaping plans)must be submitted to this Commission within 30 days to be stamped and signed. The letters of approval of this Commission must be reproduced on the mylars. After the mylars have been signed by the Commission, they will be returned to you for filing in the Office of the Town Clerk. After filing these plans,a copy of the receipt must be submitted to the Planning Department. Sincerely, Patrick Kennedy, Chairman �� Planning and Zoning Commission PK/ma cc: Town Engineer Chief Building Official Assessor Superintendent of Pollution Control Fire Marshal