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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 10/04/1978MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD MINUTES October 4, 1978 Present: Chairman Parsons Planners: Mahana, Grant, Matoian, Mangiaratti, Hartmann* Planning Director Maurer 1. Planner Mangiaratti noted that he and planner Grant had attended a SRPEDD meeting _ .on September 27th and that SRPEDD reviewed several projects and they recommended for or against them regarding funding. He noted that there were no projects for Mansfield however, there is availableforMansfield some staff time to do work on a Mansfield Project. He noted that some of the Towns have SRPEDD working on Wetland Zoning and items like that. 2. Board discussed the 1978Special Town Meeting. Planning Director Maurer noted that there are the street acceptance articles for Brookside Estates and there is a zoning petition from Cuneo's on the corner of Central Street and Paine Street. He noted that no Public Hearing was scheduled for this petition because the public hearing ,has to be within a certain number of days prior to Town Meeting action. He noted that this is before the Selectmen and it is up'to,them if they want to put it on the warrant for the Special Town Meeting. 3. Board reviewed the Zoning By-law, and noted the following: Planner Mangiaratti: Page 1, Section I -B, questioned if this paragraph was necessary -as itis thelawon prior -existing -uses and the law may change by court decision and may cause this to be ambiguous. Page 1, Section I -C questioned the intent of this paragraph and felt it should be reworded.to read "provided that prior toanyconstruction on such non -conforming lots the proposed setbacks are approved by the Board of Appeals as being as close to conforming with the By-law as possible. Planning Director Maurer read the non -conforming use section in Chapter 808 and noted that this clause in the by-law does not apply any longer. (Planner Hartmann entered the meeting at this time.) Motion: To reword Paragraph I -C as follows: "Any lots whI0 do not conform to the dimensional requirements of this by-law, recorded at the time of the adoption of this by-law, may be used for any permitted use in the district in which the lot is located, in accordance with Chapter 40A, Section 6 of the General Laws. (Mangiaratti-Grant, all in favor) VOTED Minutes QctQber 4, 1978 Page 2 (Chairman Parsons and Planner Mangiaratti left the meeting to attend the Selectmens bi-monthlty meeting) Planner Mahana: Page 16 - Section IV -B - Noted that you can have a detached garage 5 feet from the property line, however if a garage is attached it has to be to meet the sideyard setback requirements in the zone and felt that perhaps the sideyard should be adjusted for garages and other uninhabited structures. Page 18, Section V -B-2 -a, questioned why they are limiting it to garages for 3 cars and why not increase it to 5. Planner Grant noted that in Attleboro there are large garages and they do not look good. Planner Grant: Regarding parking that with a 30,000 square foot lot that there should be no reason for people parking in the streets. Planner Mahana: Page 19 -Section V -C-3 durable curbing, felt it should be either more specific or deleted completely. Planner Grant noted that regarding this section it applies to all zones, which means that all driveways in the residential zone must have 2 1/2" of pavement and durable curbing. Planner Mahana felt that this should be reworded to read "all parking areas, with the exception of residential dwellings containing up to families, shall contain ....." to be reviewed further. Page 24 - Section V -G -3-b, questioned if operational hours should be only monday through Friday and whynot Saturday. Page 28, Section V -G -3 -f -2)b. questioned if the 14 days referred to calendar days or working days. It was noted that it is calendar days. Planner Hartmann noted that Mrs. Jellinek brought up at the last meeting the deleting of pond development. Planner Matoian noted that he read recently of federal funds available for building ponds for catfish. Planner'Mahana noted that he would like to have more members present to discuss the revisions in detail. Planner Matoian questioned the size of signs allowed on vehicles. It was noted that the Zoning By-law cannot control this. Minutes October 4, 1978 Page 3 4. Planner Mangiaratti advised the Board that he informed the Selectmen that the Downtown Advisory Committeeis preparing a proposal for the disposition of the Fairfield Property. 5. Meeting adjourned.