Zoning Board of Appeals - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the City of Danbury's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting here, Thursday, September 10th, 2026 at 7 PM. I'd like to start with a roll call. I got Mr. Barry Rickard. Here. Jacob Williams. Here. Keegan Williamson.

Here.

And I would like to seat Tony Ribeiro in place of Peter DeLucia for tonight's meeting. And myself, Chairman Juan Rivas. Do I have a motion on the floor to accept the meeting minutes of August 13th? I have a motion. Do I have a second? All right. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All right. Our next regular meeting is scheduled for September 24th, 2026. Do I have a motion on the floor to open up the application for public hearing?

Motion to open public hearing for application 2614, 16 Meadowbrook Road. I second it.

All right. We have a motion and a second. All in favor, signify for saying aye.

Aye. All right.

Any nays? If I can have the applicant come up to the podium, state your name for the record and address, and you may present your application.

OK. Hello, my name is Gia Bateman. I am here as a representative on behalf of No Limit Construction, who has applied for the permit for Marlene Frank, who is the homeowner at 16 Meadowbrook Road. Basically, as you can see on the plans, the proposed addition is toward the back of the house. We are proposing or requesting a variance for the side yard setback, which is currently set at 15 feet. It is currently a pre-existing non-conforming dwelling, single family home, one story. Basically the side yard, if you're looking at the house on the right side, which is the north side of the home, that is currently the foundation is at 14.3 feet. So it is 8.4 feet. inches into the setback as is. So what Marlene is proposing to do is put the addition onto the back and just continue the current house line as it is already. So the addition is why I'm here for the variance in order to build that addition to match the preexisting nonconforming house line. So it would end up being 12.3 inches to the property line with the roof and gutter overhang. So from the foundation, it's 14.4 inches. Again, like I said, 8.6 inches into the property line from the foundation. Do you have any specific questions or need any more information from me?

This is a one story addition, I assume?

Yes, single story, single family home.

If you can just, for the record, state what your hardship is.

Well, the current hardship for Marlene is just that She was looking to add on more space to her home. She was looking to move her laundry from the basement to the first floor as she's getting older. She has two teenage children that are planned to stay in the home through college, so she's looking just for a little bit more space. If she were to build onto the home do a bump in, I guess you would say, to meet the side yard setback. It would mess with the framing and the layout of the home, as well as just the aesthetic look of having a clean line on the one side.

Any further questions from the board? Is there anybody in support of this application? Is there anybody in support of this application? Ma'am? If you want to come up and just speak. If you want to speak, you can just come up, state your name and address.

Margaret Begum, I live at 11 Meadowbrook Road. I live kitty corner to Marlene. I got a letter, and I didn't know. I had heard that she might be putting an edition on, but I was curious why I got a letter. Asked some of my neighbors. Everybody denied getting a letter but me, so I just went down and knocked on her door and said, what are you going to do? So she was explaining to me what the issue was, and I mean... I don't live next door to her. I think if she wanted to put something on the front of the property, I would probably look at it more aesthetically as, what's this going to do? But what she wants to do just seems pretty normal to me. And I mean, her house is small. I mean, I have a small house. Her house is teeny tiny. And her girls are big. Her husband passed away. She said that, you know, she'd like to bring her mom to her house at some point. You know, so just it does make sense. I mean, and for eight point something inches, I don't really see that it's going to be a big deal. But, you know, I have no problem. And obviously nobody else showed up. So I don't think anybody has a problem with it either. But thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else in support of this application? Is there anyone else in support of this application? Is there anyone in opposition of this application? Is there anyone in opposition of this application? Is there anyone in opposition of this application? Seeing none, I'll try your minds on a motion to close the application from public hearing.

Motion to close public hearing for application 2616 Meadowbrook Road.

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? If there's none, I'll try your minds. All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

All right. I'll try your minds to open up the application for voting session and discussion.

Motion to open application 26-1416 Meadowbrook Road for voting session and discussion.

I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, I'll try your minds. All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

All right. Gentlemen, the floor is yours.

Frank Marlene J10065RA20 zone section 4.8.3 reduced side yard setback from 15 feet to 12 feet 3 inches for construction of proposed addition does not impact the health or welfare of the public and it is in conformance with the rest of the neighborhood.

I have a motion. Do I have a second? I second. All right. Any discussion? Mr. Rickard, before, Tony, would you like to amend that as per plan submitted?

Yes, as per plan submitted. All right. It is both sides. You're right.

Okay. Jacob, will you second that amendment? I second. All right. Yeah. All right. Did that answer your question, Mr. Rickert? All right. Any further discussion? All right. Seeing none, I'll try your minds. All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any nays? All right. Passes unanimously. Thank you very much. No continued public hearings, no old business, no new business, no correspondence, no other matters before us. I'll try your minds on a motion to adjourn.

Do I have a second?

I second.

All right.

He did say that.

Any other discussion? Any other discussion on adjournment? I'll try your minds all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any nays? All right. We are adjourned.