JAY – Selectmen voted 3-0 Monday to grant a 25-foot variance from the centerline of Lake School Road to allow a structure to be built on an existing foundation.
Property owner Reginald Lane requested the variance to the town’s 1983 setback ordinance.
The proposed structure is not in compliance with the ordinance.
The ordinance requires municipal officers to determine the minimal allowable setback for all buildings, trailers, or other structures in Jay if they are to be less than 40 feet from the centerline of the abutting road. The setback can’t be less than 25 feet from the centerline.
According variance documents, Lane takes responsibility for problems arising from road reconstruction, realignment of the road, winter maintenance operations, and any damage to property resulting from the short setback.
In other business, selectmen tabled a couple of items, including the town logo contest selection, for two weeks until the full board is able to attend. Monday’s meeting started about 25 minutes late, as board members waited for Selectman Rick Simoneau to arrive to achieve a quorum. Simoneau had to work late as he was part of the crew at International Paper working get paper machines back on line after the annual spring maintenance shutdown. Selectman Barry McDonald was still working at the mill and had called earlier saying he couldn’t make it, Chairman Bill Harlow said.
Selectman Ray Pineau, also a state representative and mill worker, was having dinner with the governor and was also unable to attend.
The three selectmen did take some action, including voting to grant several sewer abatements.
Abatements granted were: Melodie Dalot, $317.50; Paul Gilbert, $87.50; Lucien Plourde, $87.50; Terry Trask, $131.25; and Stephen Wilke, $262.50. The family of Irene Moreau was denied a sewer abatement because the property was sold.
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