Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals met only briefly on January 11 to announce the withdrawal and postponement of its two posted hearings.
Chair David Arancio reported that the applicants for a variance of the 70% maximum floor-area ratio for a project at Cranberry Highway (off County Road) are requesting to withdraw the petition “without prejudice.”
“I understand they are changing their plans and no longer need the variance,” Arancio explained.
The board did not even open the second hearing on the posted agenda, an application requesting a special permit and variances for the construction of an attached second dwelling at 24 Bennett Road. Arancio said the petitioners said they were unable to attend the meeting. The hearing has been postponed to a date uncertain.
In other business, the board congratulated member Richard Cutler for being appointed the chair of the new Zoning Bylaw Review Subcommittee. Cutler said the focus of the first meeting of this panel was to organize. The subcommittee will meet next on Thursday, February 1, and the first Thursday of every month thereafter.
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals set its next meeting for Thursday, January 25, at 7:15 pm at Town Hall, 1 Constitution Way, Rochester.
Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals
By Michael J. DeCicco