Welcome to the uh City of Danbury's Zoning Board of Appeals meeting here Thursday, September 10th, uh 2026 at 7 p.m.

I'd like to start with uh roll call.

I got uh Mr.

Barry Rickard.

Jacob Williams, yeah, Keegan Williamson, yeah.

And I would like to uh seat Tony Ribero in place of Peter Delusha 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 names?

No.

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

Okay.

Um 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.

Um basically, as you can see on the plans, the proposed addition is toward the back of the house.

Um we are proposing or requesting a variance for the side yard setback, which is currently set at 15 feet.

Um it is currently a pre-existing non-conforming dwelling, single family home, one story.

Um basically the side yard, if you're looking at the house on the right side, which is the north side of the home.

Um that is currently the foundation is at 14.3 feet, so it is 8.4 um 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.

Um so the addition is why I'm here for the variants, in order to build that addition to match the pre-existing nonconforming um house line.

So it would be end up being 12.3 inches to the property line, like with the roof and gutter overhang.

So from the foundation, it's 14.4 inches.

Again, like I said, eight point um six inches into the property line from the foundation.

Um you have any specific questions or need any more information from me.

This is a one one-story addition, I assume.

Yes, single story um single family home.

And if you can just uh for the record, state what your hardship is.

Um well, the current hardship for Marlene is just that um she was looking to add on more space to her home.

She was looking to move her laundry um from the basement to the first floor as she's getting older.

Um she has two teenage children that are plan to stay in the home through college, so she's looking just for a little bit more space.

Um, if she were to build onto the home and do like a bump in, I guess you would say, to like meet the side yard setback, it would mess with the framing um and the layout of the home, um, as well as just the aesthetic look of having a clean line on the one side.

Any further questions from the board?

All right.

Is there anybody in support of this application?

Ma'am.

If you want to come up and just speak, uh if you want to speak, you can just come up, state your name and address.

Hi.

Uh 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 addition on, but I I was curious why I got a letter.

Asked some of my neighbors, everybody denied getting a letter but me.