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Date: 8/27/2015
EAST LONGMEADOW – At is Aug. 18 meeting, the Board of Selectmen ordered Building Inspector Daniel Hellyer to review eight items on a list of complaints submitted by John Turner.
Turner, a resident of East Longmeadow, previously met with the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its Aug. 10 meeting to discuss an appeal of Hellyer’s decision regarding a possible zoning violation about a commercial vehicle parked at 159 Maple St., which is a residential area. Commercial vehicles are not allowed to be parked outside in a residential zoned area under the town’s bylaw.
The ZBA ultimately decided during that meeting to table the issue until its Sept. 21 meeting in order to allow the selectmen to review meeting minutes because they did not know whether they had asked Hellyer to examine Turner’s complaints.
Turner previously stated that he submitted the list of complaints in the fall of 2014 and received no response.
A letter from interim Town Administrator Greg Moyer to Hellyer dated Aug. 20 states that Hellyer should review the complaints and take any necessary action as well as submit the results of the review to Moyer by Sept. 15.
Attached to the letter is a complaint list and follow up dated May 11, which includes a school van complaint at 123 Pleasant St. that had been investigated and not resolved, a possible case of selling vehicles from the front lawn of 439 Porter Road that had been resolved, and the potential issue at 159 Maple St., which had been investigated and resolved.
Other unresolved complaints included a complaint of “numerous commercial vehicles and unregistered vehicles on property” at 25 Hampton Road, which was unresolved because the street could not be found as well as another complaint regarding the same issue at 69 Kibbe Road.
The ZBA submitted a letter to the Board of Selectmen dated Aug. 11, which informed the board about Hellyer’s failure to revoke a permit for a ground-mounted solar array at 76 Mapleshade Ave.
The ZBA determined at its May 7 meeting that the solar array was in violation of the zoning bylaws because it was installed in a residential zone.
“To date the building inspector has not responded at all with regard to this request nor has he revoked the permit,” ZBA Chair Mark Beglane stated in the letter.
Selectman Angela Thorpe told Reminder Publications Moyer is working to resolve the solar permit issue.
“As of right now, the permit has not been rescinded, but it should be shortly,” she added.
Hellyer did not return a request for comment as of press time.