HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Brd Min_6131990PLANNING BOARD'S
MINUTES
JUNE 13,1990
PRESENT: Chairman Madan, Clerk MCClanah3nx* N L 1 'El 0
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PLANNERS: Annino, Flynn) Caponigro, Quinn To1)l 3 iii i tf,)' Sk
1. Meeting called to order at 7:10 P.M. go SEP ^7 Pit S' 46
l MOTION; Planner Annino to be Acting Clerk.
(Caponigro- Flynn) All in favor. PASSES .CTAH��lrL0
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2. 7 ;10 - Katherine Court - Definitive Plan Public Hearing
Applicant: Karl Clemmey 'LEngineer: Bay ,Colony Surveying
Acting Clerk Annino read the public hearing notice
* *7:15 P.M. - Clerk McClanahan entered the meeting
Bill Buckley, Bay Colony Surveying, presented the plan
Katherine Court is a seven (7) dot subdivision located
off of Old Farm Road. The proposed roadway is 530' long
with a sidewalk on one side.
Correspondence
Department Head comments were read.
Two letters from Bay .Colony Surveying requesting waivers
Public Discussion
Karen Krevit -.72 Old Farm Road
=Jack Lander -.'66 Old Farm Road
Eddie McGill - 89 -93 Old Farm Road
Susan Lundell - 59 Old Farm Road
`.Mary Landers -.66 Old Farm Road
Jack Landers - 66 Old Farm Road
7:30 P.M. MOTION; To open the hearing for Alchemist Court and continue
it at the conclusion of this hearing.
'(Caponigro- McClanahan) All in favor. .PASSES.
Board Comments
Flynn - Would like to see: Testholes in retention area.
Street .trees every 50'.
'.Retention area .fenced and landscaped.
Landscape plan.
Quinn - The retention area should have sloped,. curvilinear sides.
Why are the waivers in the best interest of the Town?
Sidewalk on one side only
This subdivision is within the Water Protection District. One sidewalk
rather than two minimizes the amount of impervious area
'.'Width of roadway
The width was approved in the Preliminary stage because of the offsets
of the lots. The travel way is not reduced.
Granite Curbing
The existing neighborhood has granite curbing.
The applicant should talk to the Sewer Commissioners about the time frame
t for sewer in West Mansfield.
r .Annino - .Address absence of radii
sigh distance
Retention Area
Aount of time water will stay in retention area
- How deep will the water get? b feet
Kettlehole - Landscape plan
Street trees - Type
The new sidewalk should connect to the existing sidewalk.
EIS - Footnotes should be used for numbers being used.
Would like to see more specific data.
Caponigro — Drainage
Planning Director - Testholes in retention area
Perk test
B:00 P.M. MOTION: To continue Stearns Hill Estates until the
conclusion of Alchemist Court.
(McClanahan- Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
Request for extension of deadline until July 27, 1990.
NOTION: To grant the extension.
(Quinn- Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
NOTION: To continue the hearing on July 25, 1990 at 8:30 P.M.
(Quinn- McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES.
3. 8:15 P.M. - Alchemist Court - Public Hearinq
( :Applicant: Karl-Clemmey
The Clerk read the public hearing notice.
Bill Buckley of Bay Colony Surveying presented the plan to the Board.
Alchemist Court is a ten lot subdivision located off of Eastman Street
in which nine single family dwellings will be built.
Department Head comments were read.
Letter from Bay Colony Surveying requesting a waiver from Section 5.8.2.a
of the Subdivision Rules and Regulations
Public Discussion
Bill Billadeau - Heather Lane
Board Comments
Caponigro - Street off -set - Have you attempted to buy a piece of the abutting
land to avoid the waiver request? Yes.
Annino - Stump dumps are no longer allowed.
The roadway's effect on other subdivisions on Eastman Street
Street trees - location, species
Landscaping of detention basin
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+ Quinn - Check with the Sewer. Commissioner's to see when sewer will be
in that area.
What will happen if Monohan Way is not built? 11A cul -de -sac will
be put in. This should be discussed with the Planning Director.`;
MOTION: Request the Planning Director to arrange a meeting with Mr. Clemmey
and Mac Homes to encourage cooperation in roadway off -sets,
\ curb cuts, to provide land for Mr. Clemmey to make the curb cut
without a waiver request.
(Quinn- Flynn) All in favor. PASSES.
MOTION: Should Mac Homes and Mr. Clemmey not be able to cooperate to
avoid the waiver for the roadway off -sets, request the Engineer
Department's opinion of the effect the waiver will have should
it be granted.
(Quinn - McClanahan) -'All in favor. PASSES.
Request for extension of deadline until July 27, 1990
MOTION: For the final deadline to be July 27,;1990.
Quinn- McClanahan) All in favor. 'PASSES.
MOTION: To continue the hearing for Alchemist Court on July 25, 1990 at
9:00 P.M.
(Quinn- McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES.
4. 9:05 P.M. - Stearns Hill Estates - Continued Public Hearing
Ralph Maloon presented the changes that have been made to the plan
to the Board
Public Discussion
Rick Style - 97 Stearns Avenue
MOTION: To continue the hearing for the Motorcycle Shop special permit
until the conclusion of this hearing.
= (Quinn- McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES.
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Connie Petrif - 103 Stearns Avenue
Board members asked questions and made comments about the following:
Annino - Testholes in basin? Yes.
Groundwater? 3"
Detention area
12" wide channel
Quinn - . Applicant should speak with the Sevier Commissioners about their
intentions of,sewering this area.
Detention area -
Planning Director -.rate of .flow in channel
- public safety issue
- maintenance
channel vs. manhole
Public Discussion
Debbie Wirth - 190 Stearns Avenue - concerned with Stearns Hill handling
heavy construction traffic
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MOTION: To ask the applicant to do core samples on Stearns Avenue ender
the direction of the Planning Director.
(Flynn- Annino) (2 -4) FAILS. (Planners Flynn and Annino in favor)
MOTION: To send a letter to the Board of Selectmen stating that a concern
has come up of Stearns Avenue handling both new construction equip-
ment and added traffic from this proposed development and that we
have talked to the applicant and asked that core samples be taken.
Should the Town or the applicant of this project pay for the core
samples?
(Annino - Flynn) (5 -1) (Planner Caponigro opposed) PASSES.
MOTION: To continue this hearing on July 25, 1990 at 7:30 P.M.
(Quinn- Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
5. 9.30 P M Motorcycle Shop - Special Permit Public Hearing
MOTION: To continue the hearing for the Subdivision Rules and Regulations
Amendments until the conclusion of the motorcycle shop hearing.
( Caponigro- Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
The Clerk read the public hearing notice.
The applicant, Richard George, presented the plan to the Board.
Public Discussion
Bob Hebert, Manager of Milhaus apartments, presented the Planning Board
:with eighty -three (83) signatures in opposition of the .special permit
being granted.
Joanne Wood - 150 Rumford Avenue opposed to special permit being granted
Mark Price - 150 Rumford Avenue
Kevin MCNatt - 150 Rumford Avenue
:Frederick Spaulder - ...76.Samoset Avenue - In favor.
Robert Brennan-- 65 Samoset Avenue - Li favor.
Laren Bacheler - 150 Rumford Avenue
Sean George - 77 Samoset Avenue - In favor.
Board Comments
Flynn -.Not a good area for an autobody shop. The applicant should try
the B3 Zone.
Quinn - If the ,special permit is issued, who has title to it. Cycle -tech.
'.:The special permit is not transferrable. Any change in the ownership
would require a new special permit.
Annino -.The structure . is not being visibally improved.
Lighting? Spot lights.
Pavement? Proposing asphault.
McClanahan - Speed, noise. Will work take place back or in front of the
shop? No, work will be inside only.
The Board took a concensus of who was in favor of having this shop in
this location.
Flynn - Opposed.
-Quinn - Opposed.
Annino - Opposed.
`McClanahan - ..Maybe.
Caponigro - Maybe.
Madan - .Unknown.
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10:35 P.M. - Planner _Flynn left the meeting.
MOTION- To close the hearing and formulate the vote on June 27, 1990
at 7:45 P.M.
(Quinn- Annino) All in favor. 'PASSES.
6. 10 :50 Subdivision Rules and Regulations Amendments - Public Hearing
The clerk read the public hearing notice
/ Department Head comments were read.
Memo.from Conservation Commission recommeding that the Board
extend the length of a dead -end street to 850'
Section IV. DESIGN STANDARDS a. Streets, 9. Dead -End Streets
To amend Paragraph ,S, Page 23.
For the purposesof this section, any proposed street which intersects
soley with a dead -end street shall he deemed t be an extension of the dead -end .
Dead -End streets and their extensions, if any, shall not be longer than eight
hundred and fifty feet measured between the sideline intersecting the street and
the center of the turn- around unless in the opinion of the Board greater length
is necessitated by topography or other local conditions. The eight hundred and
fifty (850) foot maximum dead -end street length shall only apply to subdivisions
permitted after the date of this amendment. In no case shall an existing
permanent dead -end street having a maximum length of six hundred and fifty (650)
feet be extended beyond the then in force six hundred and fifty (650) foot
maximum. 'In addition, the number of dwelling units served by a dead -end street
'shall not exceed fifteen (15).
MOTION: To accept.
(Annino - Caponigro)
MOTION; To table.
(Quinn - Madan) (1 -4) (Planner Quinn in favor.) FAILS.
MOTION: To accept.
I (Annino- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES.
Section III. PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF PLANS
c. Definitive Plan
1. General
To be added to Paragraph b., Page 10.
In addition, the applicant is responsible for preparing all notices to abutters
certified mail return receipt requested. The prepared notices, pre- addressed
envelopes, and completed certified mail receipts shall be submitted to the Board
or its agent for verification by way of comparison to the Certified List of
Abutters (Form E). Return receipts shall be addressed to the Planning Board.
The prepared notices /certified mailings shall be delivered not less than twenty-
one (21) days prior to the public hearing.
MOTION: To accept.
(Annino- McClanahan) (4 -1) (Planner Quinn opposed.) PASSES.
Section III. PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL OF PLANS
11. Performance Guarantee
b. Approval with Bond, Surety, or Passbook
To amend Paragraph b., Page le.
To amend Paragraph llb. by deleting the last line of Paragraph b. and replacing.
it with the following: "The Planning Board shall require that the total
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surety or remaining balance of the surety shall be reviewed annually by the
Board or its agent, and the applicant shall be .required to increase the surety
amount if necessary, to cover increased construction costs.
Public Discussion
Philip Beatty - 24 Shiloh Drive
/ MOTION; To accept.
(Annino - McClanahan) (3 -2) (Planners McClanahan, Madan, and Annino
in favor.) PASSES.`
MOTION: To close the hearing.
(Quinn - Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
7. Correspondence
Request from Harrington & Matto and recommendation from Andrew French,
Construction Inspector, to release $50,759.00 for the Riverwood subdi-
vision
MOTION: To release $50,759.00 for the Riverwood subdivision.
(McClanahan - Caponigro) (3 -1 -1) (Planners McClanahan, Madan, and
Caponigro in favor; Planner Annino opposed, Planner Quinn abstains)
PASSES.
Memo from John Rhind, Maintenance Superintendent, to Shaun Burke, Director
of Planning and Development regarding water from the Sandy Hill Estates
Subdivision running .across Mill Street
Request from Richard Staples and recommendation from Andrew French, Con-
struction Inspector to release $11,598.12 for the Windemere subdivision
MOTION; To release $11,598.12 for the Windemere subdivision.
(McClanahan- Annino) (4 -0 -1) Planner Quinn abstains. PASSES.
( Letter from peter DiMascio stating that there was a typos on a Form J
for Forest Park in reference to the Book and Page Nos. and requesting
the Hoard sign the corrected Form J.
MOTION; To sign.
(McClanahan- Annino) All in favor. PASSES.
Memo from the Planning Director to the Town Manager regarding King Street
Memo to the Board of Health from the Planning Board regarding "The Elms
Memo from the Board of Health to Richard Morse regarding "The Elms"
Memo from William Sarro,.Board of Light Commissioners, to the Planning Board
regarding street light placement
Copy of letter to the Walmark Corporation from a resident of Van Koert Farms
Memorandum from the Town Manager to the Board of Selectmen "Miscellaneous Mat-
ters"
Zoning Board of Appeals Statement of Facts
Karen Niemi Bregnard - 315 Ware Street - GRANTED
APA - Looking for new members
The Practice of Local Governmental Planning (1989 Edition of Popular ICMA
Self -Study Course)
.Planners Bookstore advertisement
:Zoning News
County Home. Data
MAPD
/ Foxboro Public Hearing Notice
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Attleboro Public Hearing .Notice
land Use Commentary
Form A (ANR) Plans
Stanley Zola - Maple Street
MOTION: To sign.
(Annino- McClanahan) All in favor. PASSES.
CB. Around the Table
The Planning Director stated that his annual review will be June 14, 1990.
MOTION: To instruct the Chairman to accompany the Planning Director during
his review and to write his own review at the end of meeting and
send copies to the Board of Selectmen.
(Quinn- Caponigro) All in favor. PASSES.
,9. ADJOURNMENT - 12 :15 P.M.
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C erk's Signature
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Date of Approval
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