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HomeMy WebLinkAboutmin of planning brd 04/26/00 r- Planning Board . " ,_ Minutes of April 26, 2000 , ,"';' I.,; p' r;'. ! ,.., Present: Bernard J. Dolan, Acting Chair; Roger Achille, Acting Clerk; Thomas'P: . .' " McShane; Scott Frank; Mark Cook. Shaun P. Burke, Director ofPlannin and Develo ment ""'0 \.) Motion: To appoint Mr. Dolan Acting Chair and Mr. Achille Acting Clerk (Cook-McShane) All in favor. PASSES 1. Minutes March 29, 2000 Motion: To approve as submitted (Cook-McShane) All in favor. PASSES 2. Minutes April 12, 2000 Motion: To approve as submitted (Cook-McShane) Three in favor. Achille abstained. PASSES 3. Zoning Board of Appeals applications 30 King Arthur Way - Variance to enlarge the garage and add a second floor. Mr. Frank arrived at the meeting. r Motion: To send the Zoning Board of Appeals a negative recommendation because there is no demonstrated hardship to the land (Cook-Achille) All in favor. PASSES 17 Branch Street - Finding to allow the enlargement of a pre-existing non- conforming porch Motion: To send the Zoning Board of Appeals a positive recommendation because the non-conformance would not be increased (McShane-Cook) All in favor. PASSES 15 Fruit Street - Finding to allow the addition of a second floor to a pre- existing non-conforming structure Motion: To send the Zoning Board of Appeals a positive recommendation because the non-conformance would not be increased (Frank-Cook) All in favor. PASSES 18 Cooper Road - Variance for the addition of a deck Motion: To send the Zoning Board of Appeals a positive recommendation (McShane-Achille) All in favor. PASSES ~ 4. April 13,2000 memo from David McCarter re: Directional Signage in Industrial Park 5. April13, 2000 letter from David McCarter to Michael McClanahan re: approval of water main extension for South Meadow Estates Zoning Board of Appeals decision - 60 Forbes Blvd (Granted) - 1 - Meeting of April " 2000 r- Public Hearing notices - Foxboro Planning Board; Sharon Planning Board Municipal Advisor Newsletter Fiscal & Economic Newsletter New England Planning Newsletter Community Development Digest Planning magazine Meeting notices - Norton Planning Board, Attleboro Planning Board Richard Devine, representing Cable 8, asked if a member of the board would be willing to join a panel discussion of the town meeting articles. Mr. Devine returned to the meeting with the suggestion that two IDC and two Planning Board members Land of Frederick Ings, East Street at the Easton town line, creating three lots from one, all with sufficient frontage. Motion: To sign the Form A (Frank-Cook) All in favor. PASSES Town Engineer John Sullivan and DPW Manager of Special Projects Mike Ahern presented the board with revised plans showing two fields with wetlands around them. The fields have been reduced in size in order to stay away from the wetland areas and to save as many trees as possible. The parking lots will be gravel and drain toward the wetlands. Swales will be installed on either side of the parking lot with piping under the lot. There will be one wetland crossing and a replication area on the other side of the field. r One hundred two parking spaces are proposed, including eight handicapped spaces. Mr. Sullivan explained the formula he used to figure the number of spaces involved the number of children on each team and the number of games going on. Using that formula, he arrived at 90 spaces. The project has an Order of Conditions from the Conservation Commission. The drainage is designed for the 100-year storm with a one-foot separation between the bottom of the drainage and the water table. Department Head Comments The clerk read the department head comments. Mr. Sullivan said the plan would be revised to reflect Mr. Burke's comment regarding the v-notch weir. r Mr. McShane asked if there would be any danger from standing water in the two detention basins. Mr. Sullivan said during the 100-year storm event, the water could take 24 hours to leach out of the basins, but that both basins are well away from any of the fields and he did not think they need fencing. -2- Meeting of April , 2000 .-- Mr. McShane asked if there would be guard rails around the site. Mr. Ahern eXplained there would be rails at the wetland crossing and at the front of the site. Mr. McShane asked about the trees in the tot lot area; Mr. Ahern said they would be keeping those trees. Motion: To send the Building Inspector a positive recommendation with the condition that all department head comments, specifically the Police Department's request for a stop sign, be addressed (Frank-Achille) Four in favor. Cook abstained. PASSES David Oberlander, BDO Engineering and Tom Palanza, representing St. Mary's, presented the plan for a new parking area next to the church. Existing parking includes 126 spaces; with the new parking area, there will be 190 spaces, including 12 handicapped spaces. There will be two 24' curb cuts, and traffic within the parking lot will be one-way. The plan shows the islands being landscaped as part of Phase 2, which will include the school. (' Mr. McShane asked if a traffic engineer had looked at the plan. Mr. Oberlander said no. Mr. Frank suggested an alternate traffic flow plan for the new lot. Mr. Oberlander said the church is planning to connect all of its buildings to the new Route 106 sewer. Mr. Burke suggested a positive recommendation to the Building Inspector would the suggestion that the applicant look into an alternate traffic pattern. The clerk read the department head comments. The applicant has gone to the Conservation Commission for the appropriate permits. Mr. Palanza explained the parking lot has some existing lighting, and new lights would be added. Mr. McShane asked about landscaping; Mr. Palanza said they would add some, but they did not want to effect the sight distance. Motion: To send the Building Inspector a positive recommendation with the request that the applicant review options for the traffic pattern (Frank-Cook) All in favor. PASSES Ralph Maloon, RIM Engineering, presented the board with revised plans showing the base of pavement at 2", wetland, the homeowner's association documents, and the Conservation Commission Order of Conditions. He said the applicant would like Lot 3 to go to Natural Resources Trust rather than the Conservation Commission. .-- Mr. Dolan told the applicant that because this is a special permit, five votes would be needed to approve the plan. - 3 - Meeting of April , 2000 .-- Mr. McShane said the board had wanted Lot 3 to go to the Conservation Commission, and the maintenance of the drainage areas to be the responsibility of the homeowner's association. However, he said which agency gets Lot 3 should not hold up the board's decision. Mr. Cook suggested asking the Commission to reconsider taking Lot 3. Mr. Burke suggested a straw vote with conditions, and he would draft a decision for the next meeting. Mr. Frank suggested adding "passive" to the open space description. Mr. McShane suggested adding the 50' no cut buffer and drainage responsibility to the homeowner's documents. Applicant Ron Montaquilla agreed. Public Comment There was no public comment Straw Vote In a straw vote, all five members present indicated they were in favor of the project. Mr. Burke will draft an approval. r- , Motion: To continue the public hearing to May 3,2000 at 8:00 p.m. (Frank-Cook) All in favor. PASSES Motion: To adjourn at 9:45 p.m. (Cook-Dolan) All in favor. PASSES ~~_.~~~ Signature of erk <5'-.// "/Ji) Date of Approval Date of next meeting: May 10,2000 at 7:30 P.M. r -4- Meeting of April . 2000