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Two separate development projects were approved Monday night by the Bristol Zoning Commission, including renovations adding a drive-up window for a restaurant and a mixed-use development.
The first application was submitted by SBM Bristol LLC, which owns the former Boston Market restaurant that closed two years ago at 45 Farmington Ave., also known as Route 6. While the applicants do not have a tenant, they sought approval for a special permit and site plan to create a drive-up window to increase interest in the site.
During Monday’s continuation of a public hearing that began in May, Attorney James Ziogas, who represents the applicant, reminded the commission that while it had earlier approved the special permit to allow the drive-thru window, it had not approved the site plan and held the public hearing open for that portion of the application.
“There were some things that needed to be done,” Ziogas said, noting that “a couple of pages” of site-plan comments from city staff have all since been addressed.
The only exception to that is a request to add lighting to the back of the property, which the owners have agreed to do, he said.
The commission closed the public hearing and then voted to approve the site plan application, with the stipulation that the requested lighting be installed.
The other project approved during the meeting involved three separate applications, which sought a special permit and site plan approval for a mixed-use development with seven apartment units and two commercial units at 216 Central St., and a special permit for parking on a separate lot under the same ownership at 216 Central St. and 15 Circle St.
The applicants are Forestville Properties LLC, which owns the building at 216 Central St., which has commercial space that has been vacant for several years.
The application had been withdrawn because it was running out of time for the commission to approve it, but was resubmitted by the applicants for Monday’s meeting.
According to the application, the building has the three existing and occupied one-bedroom apartments on the second floor at 216 Central St. The first-floor commercial/office space formerly was home to Fletcher’s Plumbing and Heating Supply, which was dissolved in 2011.That space has been vacant since.
The plan would create two additional one-bedroom units, one on the second floor and one on the first floor. Each housing unit would be approximately 450 square feet.
The first floor would also have a separate, small office space that would be leased. The applicants state they have a tenant for one of the commercial spaces, a property management company.
Two additional apartment units are located at 15 Circle St. The two properties share a parking lot that is also owned by Forestville Properties. While 216 Central St. does not have parking on its site, the shared parking lot has 23 spaces, which is enough for the apartments and the commercial/office businesses, the applicant states.
A representative for the applicant has previously stated that the building at 216 Central St. was erected in 1900 and is showing its age, but that the plan is to get the building fully occupied while making no promises about improving the exterior.
After closing public hearings for each individual application, the commission voted to approve the project.
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