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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 12/06/1978MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD AGENDA December 6, 1978 1. Call to order (7:30 P. M.) 2. Clerk's Report a. Correspondence b. Minutes of November 29, 1978 3. Warrant 4. Old :Business a. Workshop Meeting - Zoning By-law review 5. New Business a. Status of Plans b. Correspondence c. Public Discussion d. Date for next meeting e. Around the Viable 6. Adjournment Note: Selectmen will hold Bi -monthly meeting with Boards and Committees on 12/6/78 at 8:00 P. M. MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD MINUTES December 6, 1978 Present: Chairman Parsons, Clerk Lesuer Planners: Grant, Mangiaratti, Mahana*, Hartmann* Planning Director Maurer 1) Chairman Parsons called the meeting to order. 2) Correspondence was read from the following: Invitation to Foamfab Open House December 10, 1978. Copy of a letter to Stephen Smith of SRPEDD from Planning Director. Legal notice from Town of Foxborough Board of Appeals for hearings on December 20, 1978. Notice of Meeting from SRPEDD on Joint Transportation for December 13, 1978. Summary on Building Construction in November. Notice of Meeting and Agenda from Downtown Advisory Committee for December 11, 1978. Summary of Planning Board Accounts from Town Clerk dated November 28, 1978. Copy of a letter from David White concerning drainage pipe on School St. and the possibility of flooding when I-495 is constructed. Notice of meeting for Housing Committee at Taunton Housing Authority on December 14, 1978. Letter to the Planning Director from Attleborough Savings Bank concerning securities for Riverside Park. Letter from Mansfield Co-operative Bank concerning securities for Rustic Acres. Copy of Planning Board letter to Allen Willis on Spruce Acres securities release. Memorandum from Planning Director on Zoning By-law amendments. Copy of 'Planning Board letter to Frank Morgan. Minutes December 6, 1978 Page 3 and other allowable structures for which a building permit has been issued. (b) As may be required in the normal maintenance of property including private domestic gardening. (c) As may be required in the performance of public works under the Municipal, County or State authority. Section V -G -f -l -a -b -c- is then deleted and f -2 -a -b is renumbered f -1 -a -b. Planner Grant suggested modifying the 150 cubic yard limit for the removal of surplus material without a permit.as found in V -G -3-f-2. It was the consensus of the Board to leave the amount as it is. Planner Mangiaratti suggested changing the wording of paragraph G -2-a on Page 23. The new wording is as follows: No earth material shall be removed from any lot within the Town of Mansfield unless a special permit has been granted pursuant to this By-law. For the purpose of surplus material removal as defined herein the Building Inspector shall be the permit granting authority. For all other earth removal the Mansfield Planning Board shall be the special permit granting authority. It was decided to change the wording of G -2-b-5 on Page 23 to read: Commercial Operation: Earth removal projects where the prime use of the lot or any part of the lot is for the removal of earth material. It was decided to delete Section 4-a and substitute the following: No special permit for the removal of earth material shall be issued by the Planning Board until the Planning Board has held the required public hearing and the Board determines that the application meets the technical requirements of the By-law. The Board shall have the authority to impose restrictions on any applications that are greater than those contained within the By-law and shall have the authority to waive certain re- quirements provided that the entire application meets the intention of the By-law. In no instance shall the Board waive the requirement from the minimum elevation above the seasonal high water table, the monitoring well requirements, or the minimum restoration requirements. Each application shall be reviewed and evaluated in conformance with the technical re- quirements of the By-law as well as the following general criteria. Planner Grant suggested changing the wording limiting trucks to one every three minutes to twenty trucks per hour.. No action was taken. Planner Mangiaratti suggested writing a letter to Town Counsel for an opinion on whether the Board legally has any flexibility in granting gravel removal restrictions. Motion: To request an opinion from Town Counsel. (Mangiaratti-Hartmann, all in favor) VOTED Minutes December 6, 1978 Page 2 (Planner Mahana entered the meeting at this time.) 3) Warrant for $171.14 including phone bill of $103.92. Planner Grant wanted to check on the possibility of having a special Boston line installed. Motion: To ask the Town Manager to reinvestigate the possibility of a Boston phone line. (Grant-Mangiaratti, all in favor) VOTED Motion: To approve the warrant of $171.14 (Mangiaratti,Grant, all in favor) VOTED 4) Motion: To approve the minutes of November 29, 1978. (Lesuer-Mangiaratti, all in favor) VOTED 5) The Board reviewed a request from the Mansfield Co-operative Bank to transfer $10,296.16 from the undisbursed mortgage fund account to Savings Account #1504320-0. Motion: To approve the transfer. (Grant-Mahana, all in favor) VOTED (Planner Hartmann entered the meeting at this time.) 6) The Board discussed the letter to John J. Sullivan of D.E.Q.E. from David White. (Planner Mangiaratti left the room during the discussion) Planning Director Maurer explained there is a 12" Town owned drainage pipe on Mr. White's property and the State is installing a 15" pipe for the new road construction that will empty into the existing pipe and Mr. White is afraid he will be flooded if the pipe sizes aren't coordinated. Motion: To send a letter to Mass. Department of Public Works expressing the concern of the possibility of flooding on private property because the drainage system hasn't been designed properly to handle the run-off. (Grant -Hartmann, all in favor) VOTED (Planner Mangiaratti returned to the room.) (Chairman Parsons left the meeting to attend the Bi -monthly meeting.) 7) Zoning By -Law review. The memorandum from Planning Director Maurer on earth removal. After discussion it was decided to delete Section V -G -2-b-8 on Page 23 and replace it with V -G -3-f-1-2-3 from Page 29 so that V-G-2�b-8 will now read as follows: 8) Surplus Material: The removal of surplus material shall include: (a) The material from the construction of building foundations Minutes December 6, 1978 Page 4 Motion: Move the Board take steps to amend the By-law and include all the rewording of gravel removal provisions as outlined in the minutes. (Lesuer-Mangiaratti, all in favor) VOTED 8) Margo Jellinek noted she has a letter from the Bureau of Accounts which states any gravel sold by the Town during pond restoration is part of the personal estate of the Town and requires a Town Meeting vote to sell. 9) It was the consensus of the Board to hold the next meeting on December 27, 1978. 10) Planning Director Maurer noted he has contacted SRPFDD concerning Wetland Zoning. They are completing a study on watersheds and they may meet with the Board. Maurer noted there is a difference between protecting wetlands and water supplies and the Board should decide which one it is going to protect. 11) Planner Mangiaratti advised the Board the Downtown Advisory Committee is meeting on Monday December 11, 1978 at 7:30 P. M. and invited members of the Board to attend. 12) Meeting adjourned at 9:45 P. M. Clerk ZA-c� 2r7 I Q 78 Date