JAY – Selectmen this week denied an application signed by 37 residents for a streetlight on Belmont Drive. The board also signed three consent agreements that gave dates for three residents to clean up their property.
It was the second time selectmen denied the application to erect a streetlight on Belmont Drive because it didn’t meet the town’s guidelines. The application initially submitted by Deb Holland and Robin Roberts was rejected in October, and was then resubmitted with 37 signatures.
In other business Monday, Code Enforcement Officer Shiloh Ring brought selectmen up to date on code violations in town. Ring said Robert Morgan of 6 Stone St. had several uninspected and unregistered vehicles and parts of vehicles on his property, as well as more than 300 tires, old furniture, six or seven lawn tractors and other items considered junk under the town’s ordinance and state law.
Morgan said that someone is supposed to remove seven vehicles from his property.
The cost to bring the tires without rims to the town’s recycling station is $2 apiece or $4 for tires on rims, recycling coordinator Bob Sanders said. The money is used to pay the company that picks up the tires.
The consent agreement that the board signed would allow selectmen to fine Morgan $50 for each day he violates the agreement.
Selectmen gave Morgan until Friday, Dec. 2, to remove seven vehicles and parts. They also set the deadline to remove tires and other miscellaneous junk on May 1.
In two other cases, selectmen gave Phillip Hebert of 92 Maxwell Road and John Blais of 598 Main St. until Dec. 16 to remove four or five junk vehicles each from their properties.
Selectmen also agreed Monday to hold a discussion on closing the gates at a town gravel pit in East Jay at their next meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Jay Middle School.
Selectmen Chairman Bill Harlow said he received a complaint about a lot of shooting at the pit. He visited the site and saw hundreds and hundreds of used firearm shells, and barrels and cardboard that were all shot up, as well as what looked like a microwave oven.
Police Chief Larry White said the gates used to be locked but have been unlocked for several years. His officers use the place for target practice but clean up afterward.
The pit can be entered by Belanger Road or East Jay Road.
Selectmen discussed locking the gates and having a key available at the town office, but decided to discuss it at their next meeting to see what residents have to say.
In other business, selectmen also directed Marden to send a letter to a North Jay farmer about complaints received about his animals being in a flood zone and having no shelter. Marden said Tuesday that the town has been working with the farmer and the state, and shelters are expected to be built soon for animals on the opposite side of the road.
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