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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 01/20/1982PLANNING BOARD AGENDA January 20, 1982 1. Meeting called to order at 7;00 P.M. 2. Clerk's Report (a) Correspondence (b) Minutes of January 13, 1982 3. Warrant 4. Visitor's Agenda 8:00 - Fairfield Park Public Hearing Continuance for Special Permit 5. Old Business (a) Status of Plans 1. Bonwood Corporation Special Permit - Fairfield Park Public Hearing Continued until January 20, 1982. 2. Form A Plan - Bruce Wood - Chauncy Street (b) Town Meeting Articles 1. Parking Bylaw Amendments 2, Water Supply Protection District Amendments 3, Industrial Rezoning 4, Master Plan Revision Funding (c) Subdivision Fee Public Hearing - February 3, 1982 (d) Master Plan Revision 6. New Business (a) Around the Table (b) Status of Plans (c) Correspondence (d) Date of Next Meeting (e) Public Discussion 7. Adjournment PLANNING BOARD MINUTES January 20, 1982 Present: Chairman Kaufman, Clerk Seifert Planners: Genatossio, Flynn, Brugliera, and Parsons* Planning Director Folkman* 1, Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. *Planning Director Folkman entered the meeting 2. Correspondence Copy of a letter from Donald Kaufman to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding Pet Memorial Park's appeal. *Planner Parsons entered the meeting. Copy of a letter from Donald Kaufman to Bertram Cook regarding the surplus material permit for Chauncy Place. Copy of a letter from Donald Kaufman to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding the application of Joseph Lesowski. Memorandum:;from Donald Kaufman to various boards and committees re- garding co-sponsorship of an article for the Annual Town Meeting - Master Plan updating funding. Copy of a memorandum from the Board of Selectmen to the Planning Board regarding the bimonthly meeting which will be held February 3, 1982. Copy of the Board of Health's minutes dated December 30, 1981. Pamphlet from the United States Department of Agriculture regarding a program on woodland dollars and sense. Invitation to a legislative reception from the League of Women Voters. The reception will be held January 29, 1982 at the Town Hall. Letter from Arthur Stockus to Paul Folkman regarding groundwater resources evaluation. Form A review checklist - Bruce Wood - Chauncy Street/N. Main Street. Letter from Ralph Seifert to Donald Kaufman regarding an article for the rezoning of industrial land. Legal notice from the Foxboro Planning Board. A hearing will be held on February 4, 1982 to consider a proposed amendment to their Zoning By-law. Planning Board's minutes January 20, 1982 Page 2 Copy of five pages from Foxboro's Zoning By-law regarding Cluster Development. Minutes of January 13, 1982 Motion: To approve as amended. (Genatossio - Seifert, all in favor) VOTED Planner Seifert pointed out that he made the motion under Item No. 10 and Planner Parsons seconded it. 4. Bill from New England Telephone - $69.04 Motion: To pay the bill for $69.04 (Parsons - Flynn, all in favor) VOTED Form A - Bruce Wood - Chauncy Street/N. Main Street This parcel of land is located on the easterly side of N. Main Street being a portion of land owned by Paul Thatcher and containing 2,349 square feet, bounded northerly by Bruce Wood, easterly by Bruce Wood, southerly by Michael Chambers, and westerly by Paul Thatcher. The parcel is being transferred to another parcel of land that conforms, in area and frontage, to existing by-laws and borders on an existing public,way. Motion: To sign the Form A (Seifert - Parsons, all in favor) VOTED 6. Parking By-law Amendments Planning Director explained the handout on the comparison of the parking before and after. He said that the two areas which need to be worked on are the subcompact car space and the parking for dwelling units. He told the board that the deadline for submission of articles for the Town Meeting is February 1, 1982. Planner Genatossio asked about the parking spaces for drive-in restaurants. Planning Director felt that because drive-in restaurant proposals appear before the board so seldom, the board could consider the parking for a drive-in restaurant when the plan was being proposed. Planner Seifert asked what the recent changes were. Planning Director went through the proposed parking article and explained what had been changed recently. Planner Parsons asked why the distinction was made on over and under 25,000 square feet. Planning Director explained that larger buildings use more office space, and if the same amount of parking was required, there would be alot of parking spaces not used. There was some discussion on why uses under 5,000 square feet required no off-street loading area except in instances where existing loading is done in the public street or sidewalk. Planner Parsons felt that 5,000 was a large building not to require off-street parking. Planner Flynn suggested inserting except when it is deemed necessary by the Planning Board. Chairman Kaufman suggested that one parking space per employee on the largest operating shift be added to the one parking space per four seats which is required for a restaurant. Planner Genatossio asked about the requirement of one parking space per sleeping room for hotel and motel. She pointed out that if all the rooms were filled, the help would have no place to park. Planning Director suggested adding a new paragraph under Section 3 which would be called Employee Parking. Under this new paragraph it would require that one parking space per employee on the largest operating shift be provided. There was alot of discussion by the board members Planning Board's minutes January 20, 1982 Page 3 ( regarding the parkin requirements for dwelling, multi -family (three or more units. The discussion was whether to keep the 1.2 parking spaces per unit in the Downtown Business District versus raising the 1.2 to 1.5. Also whether to keep the 1.5 parking spaces per unit in all other zones or to raise the 1.5 to 2.0. 7. At 6:05 P.M. the public hearing continuance for Fairfield Park began. A transcript of the public hearing is available in the Planning Board office. The Fairfield Park public hearing was adjourned at 9:35 P.M. Motion: That the motion which was made during the public hearing be taken off the table. See transcript for original motion. (Genatossio - Flynn, all in favor) VOTED Motion: To hold a new public hearing based on the new plan. (Genatossio - Flynn Discussion Planner Genatossio felt that the plan that was presented at the public hearing was substantially different; therefore, a new public hearing was requited. Planner Parsons pointed out that the density had been reduced. He said that if the density had been increased, he would agree with Planner Genatossio. Planner Flynn said she felt a new public hearing should be held to let the people of Mansfield know what is going on in the downtown. She said that if a new public hearing would hold up the project, that the board should write a letter to EOCD'ex- plaining the situation. Planning Director said that the plan had changed because of the imput and the comments the architect received from the public. He said that he felt that this is part of the pro- cedure of a public hearing. Vote: Parsons, Brugliera, and Seifert were opposed to this motion; therefore, the motion failed by a 3 to 2 vote. TO. Parking By-law amendments Motion: In the Downtown Business District to change the parking requirement from 1.2 to 1.5. (Flynn - Brugliera) In favor Genatossio Opposed - Seifert and Parsons Motion passed by a 3 to 2 vote. Motion: To change the multi -family dwelling, three or more units, parking requirement from 1.5 to 2.0 in all zones except downtown business. (Flynn - Brugliera) In favor Parsons and Genatossio Opposed - Seifert 11. Water Supply Protection District The Planning Director said he had met, with Whitman & Howard. He asked Arthur Stockus to come before the board to present all the background mapping work which has led up to the water supply protection map. Also Whitman & Howard has responded to all of the Planning Director's questions regarding the water supply protection map in a letter. Paul explained that the Ash Well has a very large cone of depression which makes it difficult to place strict land use controls within the cone. Planning Board's minutes January 20, 1982 Page 4 He said that there is a possibility that a Zone A and Zone B be created. Zone A would be the pumping cone of depression, and Zone B would be the recharge area. Chairman Kaufman said that he could not think of anything that would be allowed in Zone A and not in Zone B. 12. Industrial Re -zoning. The Planning Board received a letter from the Industrial Development Committee saying that they would be pleased to meet with the Planning Board if necessary. Planning Director presented two maps of the pro- posed industrial re -zoning. There was some discussion regarding how the board should treat the existing industrial uses. The Planning Director suggested that the board either make them non -conforming or re -zone the land around them. The board was in favor of re -zoning both sections. They would like to invite the Industrial Development Committee in to discuss how'�to treat existing industrial development. There was some discussion on whether to invite the existing industrial development land owners in to discuss the re -zoning with the Planning Board and the Industrial Development Committee, or to meet with the IDC and then get in touch with the land owners. 13. Master Plan Planning Director said that he will be getting a revised figure $4,000 to $4,200 from WEDD. Additional money will be spent with the B.L. Makepeace Company in Boston for photo reduction. 14. Village Estates Attorney Funk requested a release of covenants for Lot No. 18, Village Estates. The Town Manager informed Paul that these are town owned roads and that a release is not necessary. It was suggested to send a letter to Attorney Funk saying that the roads are owned by the town. 15. Date of next meeting is January 27, 1982 at 7:00 P.M. 16. Meeting Adjourned at 11:00 P.M.