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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 03/04/1981MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD AGENDA March 4, 1981 1. Call to order 7:30 P. M. 2. Clerk's Report a. Correspondence b. Minutes of February 25, 1981 3. Tarrant 4. Visitor's Agenda 8:00 P. M. - Allen Willis - Zoning Change Request 5. Old Business a. Status of Plans 1) W R C Properties, Inc. Subdivision - Norfolk St. 3/11/81 2) E R E Corp. - Earth Removal - Maple St. - 4/22/81 b. Zoning By-law Amendments 1) Off -Street Parking and Loading Requirements 6. New Business a. Status of Plans 1) Site Plan - Wendy's Restaurant - Copeland Drive 2) Form A — Thomas Coughlin - East Street 3) Form A -''Betsy Kentish - Elm Street 4) Preliminary Subdivision Plan - Anthony Chambers - West Street b. Correspondence c. Date for the next meeting d. Public Discussion e. Around the Table 7. Adjournment MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD MINUTES March 4, '1981 Present: Chaircan Flynn, Clerk Kaufman* Planners: Parsons, Brugliera, Genatossio, White Planning Director Folkman 1) Chairrgan Flynn called the meeting to order at 1:35 P. 11. 2) 'lotion: To nominate Planner Brugliera as Clerk Pro -tend in the absence of Clerk Kaufman. (White - Parsons, all in favor) VOTED 3) Correspondence was read by Clerk Pro -tem Brugliera from the following: Memorandum to the 3oard from Planning Director Folkman on a letter from the Board of Health concerning a sewage disposal plan and pond development of Peter J. Fontanini, located on South Street. ,,Iep,,oranduni to the Board from Planning Director Folkman on a Parking and Traffic Circulation Survey to be developed by the Downtown Advisory Comrai ttee. Memorandum to the Board from Planning Director Folkman on his review of the Form A. plan submitted by Thomas J. Coughlin for land on East St. *Clerk Kaufman entered the meeting at this point. ilereorandum from Planning Director Folkman on his review of the Chambers Estates Preliminary Subdivision Plan for land on blest Street. Letter from the Soil Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture enclosing a map of the important farmlands of the northern part of Bristol County. Copy of a notice of public hearing from -Sharon Board of Appeals for :larch 12, 1981 at 7:30 P.M. for Crowell -Rasher, Inc. for a variance to construct a 3 bedroom house less than 30 ft. from the sideline at 67 ilansfield Street. Copy of a notice of public hearing from the Sharon Board of Appeals for March 12, 1981 at 7:45 P. M. for Paul Milbury for a variance for an addition which will cover more than 25% of the lot area at 36 Beach Road. Copy of a notice of public hearing from Sharon Board of Appeals for "arch 12, 1981 at 8:00 P. M. for Sarah P. and Edwin S. Little for a variance for a belt sign 3' x 12' relating to a business in a residential zone at 346 North Main St. Minutes i' March 4, 1,981 Page 2 Copy of a notice of public hearing from Sharon Board of Appeals for March 12, 1981 at 8:30 P. M. for Paul N. Tsimortos for a variance to allow construction of a single family house at the rear of property located at 50 High Plain Street. Status of Accounts from the Town Accountants Office for February 1981 Building Construction for the Month of February 1981 from the Building Inspector. Copy of the Board's letter to Steven Dean, Director of Ground :later Management Systems for Whitman and Howard asking him to review the affects of the ERE Corp. earth removal proposal on groundwater. Copy of the Board's letter to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Scott inviting them to attend the Board's meeting of March 11, 1981 to discuss their Board of Appeals application. Copy of the Board's letter to the Board of Selectmen on tree removal. Copy of the Board's letter to the Board of Selectmen on the Whitmanand Howard proposal to support the concept of the Comprehensive Ground Water Resource Management Plan - Phase I. Copy of the Board's letter to the Board of Appeals on the application of Arthur A. Anderson recommending that the variance be granted. Copies of different types of forms the Board could possibly use from the Town Clerk's office. Economics Research Associates advertising folder. SRPEDD Newsletter for the winter of 1981. Copy of a notice from Attleboro Zoning Board of Appeals for hearings on March 12, 1981 at 7:30 P. M. for Frank and Wilhelmina Pasek for special permit to construct four houses with 16 units on the northwesterly side of Brown St; for Carole P. Tate for a special permit to teach Life Work Planning at 191 So. Main St. Letter from the Board of Health advising that they have approved the sewage disposal plan for 27 and 40 Grove St. with the stipulation that the septic system construction is not to start until the Board approves the plan. 4) Motion: To accept the minutes of the February 25, 1981 meeting as written. (Genatossio - White) Minutes March 4, 1981 Page 3 It was noted that a sentence was missing from the bottom of the first page. It will be added as follows: "a response on the Whitman and Howard consulting proposal." 5) Motion: To approve the warrant for $38.25 for letterheads from the Mansfield Press. (Parsons - White, all in favor) VOTED 6) Chairman Flynn read the memorandum from Planning Director Folkman on the parking and traffic circulation survey to be distributed to merchants within the downtown business zone. Planning Director Folkman explained that he feels the problem in the downtown is parking and they are looking for input from the Board on how to handle the survey. He asked members to write questions out for him to include in the survey. 7) Planning Director Folkman reported to the Board on the site walk for ERE Corp. He noted that the observation well water levels were higher in some areas and less cut could be made. lie noted the wells will have to be monitored again and he will be checking the rainfall records for last year and this year. He stated he will go out there at least two more times with Ralph Maloon to measure the water levels again. 8) The Board reviewed the Form A - Approval Not Required Plan submitted by Thomas Coughlin for land on East Street. There are four lots but by the Norton Town line. It was noted that there would be one right of way over the wetland area to get to all the lots. There was a question on the frontage of two of the abutting lots, one owned by Cuddeback and one by Taunton Co-operative Bank. It was decided to postpone action on the plan until later in the meeting. 9) The Board reviewed the preliminary subdivision plan for eight lots on West Street submitted by Poni Corp. for Anthony Chambers. It was noted that the street was 800 feet long. The drainage from West Street was not tied in. Planner Parsons noted that the Board had established a precedent for 650 feet as the length of dead-end streets. Motion: To return the plan to the applicant because the 800 foot long street is unacceptable and ask that it be designed in accordance with the Subdivision Rules and Regulations. Also, to tell the applicant that the Board is intrigued by the concept of the leaching pits for storm drainage. (Parsons - Brugliera, all in favor) VOTED 10) The Board met with Allen Willis, Jr. to discuss his zoning change petition for Town Meeting. The land is located on School Street between Route 495 and Route 140 and School Street. He noted that the area north of the railroad tracks is all °Industrial. Fie is requesting a zoning change from Agricultural to Industrial. He told the Board that he owns 30 acres of the land to be rezoned. The piece to be rezoned would be close to 100 acres. Minutes March 4, 1981 Page 4 He noted that when he made the decision to go for Industrial it was because the General Business zoning was too restrictive. He hasn't talked to two of the property owners, but the others are in favor of the rezoning. He told the Board that if any of the owners don't want their land rezoned their parcel could be dropped. Mr. Willis noted that his entire parcel is a legal registered gravel pit. Mr. Willis then showed slides of the area to the Board and showed how he has the State's permission to put a utility sleeve under the highway and that it has been done. 11) The Board returned to the discussion of the Form A submitted by Thomas J. Coughlin for land on East Street. It was decided to get the original Form A for the first division of the land to compare the lot lines before a decision is made. 12) Planning Director Folkman to the Board that he had talked to Paul Dalton on the W R C Properties, Inc. Subdivision on Norfolk Street. Mr. Dalton told him he had nothing to send to the Board right now and they may have to ask for another extension. 13) Planning Director Folkman told the Board that he will not be able to get the Off-street parking and loading regulation ready for this Town Meeting, because of other demands on his time. 14) Planning Director Folkman told the Board that the Selectmen have accepted the Whitman and Howard proposal for the Ground Water Protection Plan and that he will be doing the legal policy and institutional analysis for the project. 15) The Board discussed the letter from the Board of Health on the sewage disposal plan for Peter Fontanini on Grove Street, noting that the system can't be built until the Board gives their approval because of the pond. Planning Director Folkman noted that there is no action necessary at this time. 16) The Board discussed the E R E Corp. application. Planning Director Folkman told the Board that he had been out to the property again to review the water levels of the test holes. He noted there will be some slight changes in the amount of fill that can be removed. It was felt that the Board should require,that he continue to monitor the wells weekly for the next several weeks. Planner Genatossio noted that she felt that Maple Street was as wide as many of the other streets in town. PD Folkman noted that the streets in Easton are all well developed. He told the Board that Steve Dean of Whitman and Howard will have a report on the effectsof the operation on the Easton wells. Chairman Flynn asked if SRPEDD or the Soil Conservation Service could give the Board any help. PD Folkman told them he would check on it. He will ask about the possibility of pollutants getting into the water supply from the operation. It was also noted that precautions should be taken to secure the pit at the end of the day to Minutes March 4, 1981 Page 5 prevent the possibility of hazardous waste dumping. 17) The date for the next meeting was set for March 11, 1981 at 7:30 P. M. 18) Under public discussion Margot Jellinek told the Board that she felt the correspondence isn't being read thoroughly enough and that everything should be read and not just a summary given. Chairman Flynn replied that everything that comes before the Board is read completely except for "junk mail". 19) Clerk Kaufman gave a report on the Citizens Airport Advisory Committee, and noted that he has a copy of the Proposed Master Plan from Fay, Spofford and Thorndike. There will be a public hearing on March 12th to go through the recommendations from Fay, Spofford and Thorndike. [0) The meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. e PDQ — Clerk Date