HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 01/12/1978MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
�January 12,;1978
Presents Chairman Parsons, Clerk Lesuer
Planners: Grant, Hartmann,'Mangiaratti
Planning Director Maurer
1) Chairman Parsons noted that he felt it was important that the business
zoning be apart of the Annual Town Meeting and the warrant will be
closing on February lst.
2) Board discussed the Special Business District Zone. Planner Grant
noted that the Special Business District needs alot of work and suggested
that it be put aside until the Board can really get into the setbacks
and designs and suggested presenting the General Business Zone.
3) Board discussed the dimensional requirements in the general business
district. Planner Grant noted his concern with theplanting of shrubbery
that could become very dense near the roadway and give poor vision when
trying to exit the parking areas. He suggested that the wording similar-
to "in no instance shall the screening be over three feet and no
closer to the road than 40 feet, or the setback of, the building The
Board noted that they did not feel that this is necessary because there
is a safety paragraph in the beginning of the Zoning By-law.
Motion: "The buffer between a residential
zoned area and a business zoned area shall be 10 feet." Also to be changed
is "In instances where two property owners want to share a parking facility,
the buffer requirement shall be waived."
(Grant -Les uer,anifavor);VOTED
Board considered adding the phrase "'such landscaping shall not be 'a traffic
hazard". It was noted that this would be more appropriatein the Site Plan
approval section of the by-law. Planner Hartman noted that there 'should `be
a curb requirement to preserve the 'buffer strip and that this would also
come under the site ',plan approval section of the by-law.
4) Board discussed the 'amendment to Section V -H of the Zoning By-law (signs).
Planning Director Maurer noted that the new formula proposed would be
praportionate to go along with the size of the front face of the building.
Motion: The formula for signs is based on an area of the sign of 2 square
feet of sign per runnino front foot of front building wall up to
200 square feet maximum: The front building wall shall be
determined as the 'side of the building which has the primary
entrance to the building. This area of sign can be divided
up into several sign types to be chosen by the applicant.' Sign
types include freestanding' sign and a wall sign. dFree standing
signs shall be a maximum of 49 saiare feet total.
(Grant= Mangiaratti, Hartmann in favor, Lesuer opposed) VOTED
Motion: The maximum height of a free standing sign shall be 16 feet
and cannot infringe upon the site of traffic flow.
(Hartmann-Mangiaratti, all in favor) VOTED
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Business District and -the Special BusinessDistrict and required more
effort in the planning of the development.`
Item #4 to be changed to read Board of Health instead of Massachusetts
Department of Public Health.
Motion: ToApprovedthe proposed Planned Business Development as
amended up to andminc1uding item #4.
(Grant-Mangiaratt, all in favor) VOTED
Board discusse ditem #5, intensity; regulations for the Planned Business
Development.
Motion: Toapprove the intensity regulations for the Planned Business
Development (item #5) as submitted.
(Mangiaratti-Grant, all in favor) VOTED
Planner Hartmann noted that on item #b he would like to see 2 1/2 inches,
of pavement.
7) Planning Director Maurer advised the Board that a memorandum was received i
from the Board of Selectmen noting that the warrant closes on February 1st
He noted that the Downtown Advisory Committee meets next Monday night and;
should have their proposal complete by then. He noted that if the Plannin
Board completes their zoning next week then the following week they can
have a joint meeting with the Downtown Advisory Committee and then the
articles can be submitted.'
=0) r+ wne +hP rnncPnrwz of the Board to holds workshop meeting next Thursday
January 19,1978 at 7:30 P.M.
9) eeting adjourned at 10:10 P.M.
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