Site plan for proposed gas station withdrawn

By Becky Harvey
Patriot Correspondent

The July 9 meeting of the Webster Planning Board went smoothly and without much truly new business.  The nearly year-old business of Krishna Patel/OM Jay Corporation was closed after Patel requested to withdraw the site plan from the public hearing.  The easement issues for the proposed gas station at the 138 E. Main Street address is still in question and without a plan that has been finalized by the courts, Patel felt it was pointless to continue.  Once the easement issue is decided, the board can vote to open a new public hearing on the matter.

Site plans for both the East Village Square and Gore/Thompson Roads developments went without votes on modifications.  The board agreed that both still needed some work, but that it was nothing of major note.  All discussions were tabled until the next meeting.

The owners of the property where the now-closed Mohegan Bowl and adjoining Lic’s Restaurant are located submitted an “Application for Endorsement of a Plan Believed Not to Require Approval,” or ANR, to separate the subjoined property on which sits a single family home.  The request was to separate the property, making the home a non-commercial or residential property.  The application was endorsed unanimously by all present.

The final business of the evening was the sponsoring of two new articles for the warrant at the next town meeting.  Both articles were scheduled to be on the warrant (article three and four) from June 11^th, town meeting, but because there was not enough time to schedule hearings on the matters, they were abruptly pulled.  The two articles are as follows:

ARTICLE 3: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Webster Zoning Map referenced in Section 650-13 of the Code of the Town of Webster by re-designating certain parcels of land the current zoning of Single-Family Residential (S.F.R.) to a zone of Business without Sewer (B-5) identified as said real estate in the Town of Webster located on Harry's Way, Old Worcester Road and Bigelow Road in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as shown on Assessors Plat 23, Lots A2, A3, A3.I, A3.2, A3.3, A4 and Assessors Plat 18 Lot Bl. The subject parcels consist of 47.5 acres of land, more or less. Said parcels are currently assessed to Webster-Dudley Sand & Gravel, Sunny Shores Estates/Ralph Leo, Harry and Elizabeth Leo, DJJ Realty, Henry J. Ceppetelli Co., Inc. and Cam’s Oil Service, Inc. Said described land to be re-designated is bounded as follows: To the north by land currently designated as Business with Sewer (B-4) zone which is proposed to be re-designated as Business without sewer (B-5) under a separate Article, by land now or formerly of St. Joseph's Cemetery, and by land now or formerly of the Town of Webster; To the west by Bigelow Road; To the south by the center line of Mill Brook and by land now or formerly of New England Power Company; and To the east by land now or formerly of the Town of Webster Mt. Zion Cemetery and by Old Worcester Road; or take any other action relative thereto.

ARTICLE 4: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Webster Zoning Map referenced in Section 650-13 of the Code of the Town of Webster by re-designating certain parcels of land the current zoning of Business with Sewer (B-4) to a zone of Business without Sewer (B-5) identified as said real estate in the Town of Webster located on Harry's Way and Old Worcester Road in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as shown on Assessors Plat 23, Lots A1, A2 (portion), A3.3 (portion), A4 (portion) and Assessors Plat 18 Lot Bl (portion). The subject parcels consist of 6.9 acres of land, more or less. Said parcels are currently assessed to DJJ Realty, Henry J. Ceppetelli Co., Inc., Cam’s Oil Service, Inc. and Webster-Dudley Sand & Gravel. Said described land to be re-designated is bounded as follows: To the north by land currently designated as Single Family Residential (S.F.R): To the west by land currently designated as Single Family Residential (S.F.R) which is proposed to be re-designated as Business without sewer (B-5) under a separate Article, To the south by land currently designated as Single Family Residential (S.F.R) which is proposed to be re-designated as Business without sewer (B-5) under a separate Article, and To the east by Old Worcester Road; or take any other action relative thereto.

The next meeting of the planning board will be on August 6^th.