Daily Five: Paris At The Library Tonight

1. Today, there is a chance of showers after 3 p.m., with a high around 56, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight there is a chance of showers, with a low around 39, according to the service.

2.  There was a confusing but significant argument Monday night during the Planning and Zoning Commission’s public hearing on Kobyluck Brothers LLC’s at 28 Industrial Drive.

First off, it is important to know that 28 Industrial Drive is at the end of Industrial Drive, and only has frontage on a cul-de-sac at the end of the road. Originally, the plan was to extend Industrial Drive through that piece of property.

Since Kobluck’s proposal would by action end any chance of that road going through, the company has to apply for a resubdivision, a necessary process whenever you build where a road was once planned to go, Town Planner Mark Wujtewicz said. If you apply for a resubdivision, it is incumbent on the applicant, in this case Kobyluck, to show the plan is a buildable lot, Wujtewicz said.

At Monday’s meeting, the town brought several issues with Kobyluck’s proposal. First, they argued that Waterford had not accepted the cul-de-sac as a town road, and therefore the property has no frontage on a town road, a necessary part of a buildable lot. Second, Waterford Planning Director Tom Wagner said Kobyluck’s plan was not within a buildable area, as the setbacks were not far enough away from wetlands associated with Jordan Brook.

Kobyluck’s lawyer Keri Olson argued that the town through public use accepted the cul-de-sac, something Town Attorney Rob Avena refuted. Kobyluck’s chief engineer Ellen Bartlett also said the plan showed a buildable area, but Planning Director Tom Wagner refuted that as well. The public hearing was continued until April 23 so Kobyluck could provide arguments against both allegations.

3. Curious about your tax assessment or the assessment of any property in town? It is all online on the town’s website. Click here to type in an address.  

4. Tonight at 7 at the Waterford Public Library, the library begins its April in Paris series with an illustrated lecture by Chris Kullstroem on the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Pere Lachaise is the eternal resting place of Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde, among others.

5. On this date in 1970, Apollo 13 is launched. The space ship was supposed to land on the moon, but suffered a variety of problems with the craft and couldn’t, although it did land safely on April 17, 1970. And on this date in 1951, in the middle of the Korean War, President Harry Truman dismissed Douglas MacArthur from his post as General of the Army.

Quote of the Day

“In the end, everything is a gag.”

-Charlie Chaplin

Trivia of the Day

What chain of fast food restaurants did Ray Kroc establish?

Yesterday’s Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby.