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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 08/18/1982PLANNING BOARD AGENDA August 18, 1982 1. Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M. 2. Clerk's Report (a) Correspondence (b') Minutes of August 4, 1982 3. Warrant 4. Visitor's Agenda 7:50 - Tony Caponigro - Form A Plan - Elm Street 8:00 - Margot Jellinek - Canoe River Estates 8:10 - Warren Daniel - Fairfield Park - East Street 8:20 James Dunn - D. F. Monroe Company Site Plan - Chauncy Street. 5. New <Business (a) Around the Table (b) Status of Plans 1. Site Plan - Fairfield Park - East Street 2. Site Plan - D. F. Monroe Company - Chauncy St. 3. Form A Plan - Ronald Bonvie - Ware Street (c) Correspondence (d) Date of Next Meeting (e) Public Discussion 6. Adjournment PLANNING BOARD MINUTES August 18, 1982 Present: Chairman Kaufman, Clerk Flynn Planners: Brugliera, Genatossio, and Parsons* Planning Director Folkman 1. Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M. 2. Motion: To have Donald Kaufman be Chairman (Genatossio - Flynn, all in favor) VOTED 3. Motion: To have Marydee Flynn be Clerk (Genatossio - Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 4. Correspondence Letter to Paul Folkman from Jay Schmidt suggesting a possible drainage solution for Granada Park. Letter to the Planning Board from Gary J. Woolman requesting the board t16 take thenecessarysteps to complete Meadow Lane. Form A review checklist - Ronald S. Bonvie - Ware Street Site Plan checklist - D. F. Monroe Company - Chauncy Street Site Plan checklist - Fairfield Park - East Street Letter to the Planning Board from Warren Jones thanking the board for their vote on August 4, 1982, regarding the Apple Tree Diner. Copy of a letter from Mitchel Seifert to Allen Willis requesting that Allen attend the board's meeting on, August 18, 1982. Copy of a letter from Mitchel Seifert to the Board of Appeals regard- ing the board's recommendation for Incorp. Development's variance. Copy of a letter from Mitchel Seifert to the Board of Appeals regard- ing the board's recommendation for Lawrence & Kathy Cooper's variance. Copy of the Conservation Commission's minutes dated August 2, 1982. Copy of a memorandum from Paul Folkman to department heads and inspectors requesting that they review the site plans for Fairfield Park and D. F. Monroe Company. Copy of a letter from Mitchel Seifert to the Board of Appeals regard- ing the board's recommendation for the Apple Tree Diner's variance. Planning Board's minutes August 18, 1982 Page 2 Copy of three decisions from the Zoning Board of Appeals.. (1) Dominic and Diane Cimino - DENIED. (2) The Town of Mansfield - GRANTED. (3) James and Diana Palomba - GRANTED. Pamphlet from the R. S. Means Company, Inc. Copy of a letter from Kenneth G. Bedrosian to Paul Folkman advising the board that the Mansfield Inn should be located at a somewhat different angle on the lot. Pamphlet from the Planners Bookstore regarding Infill Development Strategies. Copy of a legal notice from the Town of Foxboro. A hearing will be held on August 19, 1982, at 8 P.M. on a proposed article to amend the Zoning By-laws to exclude automatic amusement arcades in all zones except S-1. Copy of a legal notice from the Town of Foxboro. Hearings will be held on August 26, 1982, on the following. 8:00 - petition of 13 registered voters to consider. rezoning. 8:45 - to consider regulating lot shapes when dividing parcels of land, and defining buildable areas. Copy of a legal notice from the Easton Board of Appeals. Hearings will be held as follows; on September 1, 1982: 7:30 - Joseph Raffaele - special permit to construct a building for industrial and retail use. 8:00 - Paramount Development - variance to allow_ warehousing and light manufacturing. 8:15 - Paramount Development - variance because the above proposed building would be situated within 500 ft. of a residence. 8:30 - Richard Schiffer - special permit to allow conversion of existing barn to dwelling. Copy of a legal notice from the Attleboro Zoning Board of Appeals. Hear- ings will be held on August 19, 1982, as follows: The :Robbins Co. - permit to extend a non -conforming use on O'Neil Boulevard. Gulf Oil Refining & Marketing - special permit to construct a carwash at 220 Pleasant Street. Joseph Arruda - appeal of the Building Inspector's decision to construct a storage tool and garden shed at 10 Walnut St. John Case - permit to extend a non -conforming use at 19 Colvin Street. Business announcement from Freeman Engineering Company. Planning Board's minutes August 18, 1982 Page 3 Copy of decisions from the Attleboro Zoning Board of Appeals.as follows: 1. Kenneth Patnode - DENIED 2. Joseph Serpa - GRANTED 3. Paul Greiner - GRANTED 4. Kenneth Guild - GRANTED 5. Isenberg Realty Trust - GRANTED 6. Anastasia Theodorides - Appeal - DENIED 7. City of Attleboro - GRANTED 8. FNBC Realty Corp. - GRANTED 9. 70 Park Realty - GRANTED Minutes of August 4,1982 Motion: To approve (Brugliera - Flynn, all in favor) VOTED Bill from New England Telephone - $58.39 Motion: To pay (Brugliera - Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED 7. Tony Caponigro - Form A Plan - Elm Street Tony appeared before the board and presented a revised preliminary site plan. He said he was hooking for recommendations from the board and a concensus of the revised plan. He said that Lot 6 has frontage on the right-of-way, and Lot 4 has frontage on Elm Street. Lots 4, 5, and 6 `- will have an easement. Three separate water lines 'Will 'be going to the site. There was some discussion regarding maintaining the right-of-way, which will be a private way. * Planner Parsons entered the meeting. The concensus of the board was that this Form A is better than the last one. 8. Margot Jellinek - Canoe River Estates Margot Jellinek appeared before the board and said that 50 percent of the surface drainage will be going into Beaumount Pond, and 50 percent will be going into Little Canoe River. She pointed out that Mr. Seifert had an Environmental Impact Study ,done on`Beaumount Pond, not Canoe River. She said that the land where the 12 houses are going will be sold if everthing is ok'd by Foxboro. She said that the board should have done something two years ago. She also said that the board has the attitude that they don't have to read all the correspondence. She said that legal notices from other town's should be read. :She said she spoke with the DPW Director who is strongly in favor of having an Environmental Impact Study done for Canoe River. She presented the board with a Geological Survey of Mansfield map. She said the map should be on the wall in the Planning Department so the board can use it to locate areas in town. Specifically, areas/plans near the town's wells. In reference to public hearing notices, it was the concensus of the board to underline what it is and the location in red. Planning Board's minutes August 18, 1982 Page 4 9. Warren Daniel - Fairfield Park - East Street Warren Daniel appeared before the board and presented them with six sets of plans and one colored one. He said the gables will be kept on the front and the entrances will be defined. There will be fences for privacy and skylights for the attic. He showed a blow up scale of the unit plans. There will be a raised living room for privacy, which will go down to the kitchen and dining area. There will be.a full basement. The upstairs consists of two bedrooms, back to back, and a bath in the middle. There will be a half bath on the first floor. The apartment building on East Street consists of 16 apartments: There will be five, two-bedroom flats; nine, two-bedroom duplexes; and two, one -bedroom flats. There will be front and back stairs in the middle of the units—cross over. The stairs will go up, three flights for the C Apartments. The C Apartments will be located overrthe cross over. The apartments are smaller than the condominiums. The Planning Director went throught the special permit decision and compared it to the site plan. There was some discussion about putting a chain link fence in. It was pointed out that there is and existing retaining wall. The developers would like to keep the retaining wall and dress it up. Motion: To approve the elevations for the apartments and townhouses as revised. (Genatossio - Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED Motion: To approve the site plan as revised and submitted to the board by Warren S. Daniel, Project Architect, of North Easton. (Parsons Flynn, all in favor) VOTED 10. James Dunn - D. F. Monroe Company Site Plan - Chauncy Street James Dunn, of Dunn Engineering, appeared before the board. With him was David Blackman and Arthur Anderson of D. F. Monroe Company, and Bill Smith the.builder. The proposed site is located on Chauncy Street, and it is mostly wooded. The site slopes from west to east. He explained the elevations to the 'board. The site is 1.75 acres and is .zoned Ind. It will be Used as a warehouse/storage building with a 21400 square foot, office. The building will be 120 ft. deep and 200 ft. across. The plan does meet the zoning setback requirements. The area has been tested by the Board of Health, and it was approved. James Dunn explained the drainage system to the board. The drainage will enter a manhole, which does not exist as of yet. The D. F. Monroe Company plans to install an 8" water line on the southerly side of Chauncy Street. For screening they will use pine trees, and there will be some landscaping along the front edge of the building. There will be 15 employees,and'15 parking spaces. One of the parking spaces will be designated for handicapped. The total building area is 24,000 sq. ft. There will be four delivery trucks. Bob Smith presented the board with a plan indicating the material that will be used. The Planning Director said that the Fire Chief would like to see the location of the hydrant moved. The Fire Chief was concerned with access to rear of the building. Planning Director pointed out that George Wey did not have an opportunity to review the plans before tonight's meeting. Also the Planning Director felt that the handicapped parking space should not be included as one * Chairman Kaufman left the meeting during this discussion. Planning Board's minutes August 18, 1982 Page 5 ' of the necessary 15 employee parking spaces; therefore, one additional parking space for handicapped should be added. Motion: To recommend in favor of the site plan to the Building Inspector provided that the hydrant be relocated, George Wey reviews the plans and puts his comments in writing, and Bob Morrison's comment, listed on the staff review sheet, be included in the final water line construction. (Parsons - Genatossio, all in favor) VOTED *It was the concensus of the board to have Joseph Brugliera be Clerk 11. Form A - Ronald S. Bonvie - Ware Street This Form A is a parcel of land on the easterly side of Ware Street, bounded northerly by land of John Bonome, easterly by Ronald Bonvie, southerly by Wind Chime Drive, and westerly by Ware Street. The reason the plan does not constitute a subdivision is that the lot has sufficient frontage on an existing street. Motion: To approve (Parsons - Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 12. Correspondence The Planning Director informed the board that a letter was sent to Mr. Willis's home and office requesting that he attend the meeting of August 18, 1982. Mr. Willis could not make this meeting, but he will be able to attend the meeting of September 1, 1982. In reference to Granada Park, the Planning Director said that he had met: with Al Paglia and Mitchel. Planning Director requested that Al, Paglia get together with the neighbors and come back with a solu- tion. He suggested giving them a few weeks to work something out. If they do not, then the board may impose a solution on them. The Planning Director said that Bertram Cook is familiar with the area. The Planning Director has been out there with Bertram. Bert showed how the water flowed. Planner Genatossio questioned the foundation. Paul said that the Building Inspector has to certify the foundation one foot above the water table. When the first complaint was received, the Building Inspector and.the Plumbing and Gas Inspector went out to inspect the problem. At that time, it was the Building Inspector's opinion that it was surface water coming through the woods. 13. Round the Table Planner Genatossio suggested that the board prepare an article for the . Town Meeting which would rezone Chauncy Street to Special Business. It was the concensus of the board to put it on the work list. Planner Parsons asked if there was a sidewalk on the Newport Creamery and Apple Tree Diner site plans. Planning Director said he would check it tomorrow. Planner Parsons also asked if the Planning Director would check what the land in Easton by Route 106 is zoned. Also to find out what their long range plans for that area are. Planning Board's minutes August 18, 1982 Page 6 15. Date of Next Meeting is September 1, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. 16. Adjournment 9:45 P.M. CLERK DATE