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HomeMy WebLinkAboutmin of planning brd 01/07/04 I L. Jr' (~ Cl F' r~ j t~ ~: ~ Planning Board Minutes January 7, 2004 Jf:,!d t'"\ r r'"'J'" I'i. /0 f.~J ? C)Q. . r .- t j '-" ~'" Present: Tom French, Chair; Bernie Dolan, Clerk; Doug ~f W8lt0bT~~ Ken Torman, Fred Armstrong, John DeMassi 1 ~, S S jl" C H USE T T S "-,":-'-':, :',>';i'-'<:::"-' ,::_-"-_::^ ;":.':-;,),,'. , , , "',," '. """;'; . ,., ,,' ~, I ." ,", ' d",," .. 'I .\:~/:./~~ ::,;: ~>:-::~'\:'L:,"~~.~1'i~;-~::,:':i];':':':. r,..t~A;if~;~~:(*'~Mi~ia,\~!lt'.~_},.:."',.X'" " 1,~~~~~..t~..~:::,j",<:S:i{;';"'::'}:"'i}D "''''''', : ,',\ ,: ::.,:, '" " "j,;~ii$ii!<',C.~"t,'.: 1. December 17, 2003 Minutes Motion: To approve as submitted (Torman-Dolan) Six in favor. DeMassi abstained. PASSES 2. 86 Pratt Street special permit to be signed Motion: To sign the special permit (Torman-Dolan) Six in favor. French, DeMassi abstained. PASSES 3. Gourdine Circle subdivision plans to be signed Motion: To sign the subdivision plans (Torman-Jenkins) Six in favor. DeMassi abstained. PASSES 4. Form I Covenant Gourdine Circle Motion: To accept the covenant (Torman-Jenkins) Six in favor. DeMassi abstained. PASSES The board discussed when the intersection of West Street and Norfolk Street would be signalized. Mr. Burke said he would contact MassHighway. ,-- [Dr. Torman left the meeting at this time.] The board heard a presentation by Main Street Architects, Weymouth, for seven residential units and a first-floor retail unit with 14 parking spaces. The curb cut on North Main Street will be closed, and the West Cottage Street curb cut will be widened. The first floor units will be handicapped accessible. The storm water will remain on site beyond the five-year event. There will be 175 vehicle trips per day with the retail use and 60 with the residential use. Department Bead Comments The clerk read comments from the Engineering Department, which included the requirements for a digital as-built and 81 X plans. Board COlnments Mr. Dolan said he was concerned about non-residential parking in the rear parking area. Mr. Jenkins said he was concerned about delivery trucks blocking North Main Street during unloading. ,--. Mr. Armstrong asked about the headhouse for the elevator. There will be a three-foot ,-- parapet and a five-foot elevator headhouse. Mr. Armstrong said he was concerned about the mass of the building and about the headhouse being seen from the street. Mr. Dolan asked about the dumpster. It will be inside a six-foot white vinyl stockade fence. Mr. DeMassi asked whether the sidewalk would be concrete or asphalt; it will be concrete. Mr. AMino suggested the awning be lit from above, since recessed lighting is less prone to vandalism. The applicant should also show the means for covering the sidewalk on a plan, along with a timeframe for construction. Sheeting and shoring should be shown on the plan as well. A new concrete sidewalk should be poured to replace the existing walkway. The applicant should consider flipping the handicapped parking space from its proposed location to the other side of the parking lot, adjacent to West Church Street. Curb stops should be shown for all parking spaces. Parking lot lighting, with illumination values, should be shown on a plan. Mr. Annino recommended the applicant increase the planter sizes from one to five gallons, and the tree sizes from six to eight feet. A detail of the sawcut for the West Cottage Street entrance should be shown on the plan, and the transformer/electric pad mount location should be shown. The applicant should recess the fire protection OSY valve into the building. ,-- Mr. French asked ifthete would be enough room off the sidewalk within which to 'fit the awning, window bum pouts and planters. Motion: To send the building inspector a positive recommendation with the above comments, as well as staff comments, addressed. (AMino-Dolan) All in favor. PASSES Mr. Michael Trowbridge and Mr. Michael Trowbridge, Jr., Hutchins-Trowbridge and Son Associates, explained the conceptual plan for a development on 32 acres on behalf of landowner William Boutas. The Boutas family has owned the property for many years. Mr. Trowbridge is of the opinion the land constitutes one lot; his client would like to request the board consider supporting a variance to create two lots with less than required frontage off the end of Jennifer Drive, with the applicant donating the remaining 30 acres of land to the Town ofMansfieldlConservation Commission. Ed Tartufo, representing the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee, spoke in support of the proposal, saying one of the goals of the committee for the past several years has been to create a green beh along the waterways within the Canoe River ACEC. Mr. Trowbridge said no wetland areas would be disturbed, but there would be work in the buffer zone. ~ Motion: To send a positive recommendation to the Zoning Board of Appeals on the ,-- grant of the variance, at the time an application is submitted, with the benefit to the town being to acquire fee ownership in the land adjacent to the Little Canoe River as it provides a clear community-wide benefit. (Annino-Dolan) Six in favor. Jenkins abstained. PASSES Motion: To adjourn at 10:45 p.rn. (Dolan-Armstrong) All in favor. PASSES - Date of next meeting: January 14,2004, 7:30 p.rn. (Downtown Workshop) ~~~ 19nature ofCl ' J- 2)-1/ tj Date of Approval ,-- ,-...