tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post3096247289100188914..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Design Review and Preservation Board Views Lighted Sign SampleMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-44873486610903785952011-04-04T15:40:40.018-04:002011-04-04T15:40:40.018-04:00Why don't some of you show up at a p&z or ...Why don't some of you show up at a p&z or design board meeting and voice your concerns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-22959451765513311992011-04-01T20:27:24.170-04:002011-04-01T20:27:24.170-04:00A financial hardship is NOT grounds for a variance...A financial hardship is NOT grounds for a variance by ZBAs. This has been well established in CT court law. That said, ZBAs normally don't give a hoot about court decisions and continue to hand out variances like halloween candy. And P&Zs rarely take their own ZBAs to court for ignoring State statute and local regs.That would require legal fees to sue another town agency. [ Of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-59103063227217962282011-04-01T15:41:52.350-04:002011-04-01T15:41:52.350-04:00Whatever has become of the olde Middletown ordinan...Whatever has become of the olde Middletown ordinance that prohibited off-site signs and required that signs affixed to buildings not extend more than 6" from the face of the building? I recall the hassles that befell Shapiro's years ago as well as G.U.Reed's TV shop on Washington St. <br /><br />If that ordinance still exists, how does it allow all the exterior (sidewalk) dining thatMr. Fixitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-35392338427858364792011-04-01T14:07:28.392-04:002011-04-01T14:07:28.392-04:00So this is what will happen. The billboard (notic...So this is what will happen. The billboard (notice they keep calling it a "sign")will be approved. Then when zoning begins questioning why they are operating as a retail operation, they will request a variance because they just spent all this money on a billboard and it would be a financial hardship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-80677745226228787762011-04-01T08:50:40.643-04:002011-04-01T08:50:40.643-04:00The Galleria has a special variance from p&z a...The Galleria has a special variance from p&z allowing the business. That is not a decision up for debate by the design board, only the sign is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-81840622011507470832011-04-01T08:34:59.998-04:002011-04-01T08:34:59.998-04:00There is more retail around in the area than zonin...There is more retail around in the area than zoning even knows or is not enforcing. Lets have restaurants too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-29270941788781639152011-03-31T21:24:33.229-04:002011-03-31T21:24:33.229-04:00"Sign salesman Smiley cited 70,000 single car..."Sign salesman Smiley cited 70,000 single cars that drive by the site on I91 every day, touting the benefits that such signs bring to retail businesses." <br /><br />Do we really want 70,000 drivers a day distracted by that sign? And if this is touted as a solution for retail business, what are they doing operating in an area not zoned for retail? Don't they need a variance from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com