HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 08/31/1977MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD
AGENDA
August 31, 1977
1. Call to order (7:30 P.M.)
2. Clerk's Report
a. Correspondence
b. Minutes of August 17, 1977
3. Warrant
4. Public Hearing 8:00 P.M. Zoning Amendment
5. Workshop Meeting
a. Earth Removal
b. Business Zoning
c. Other Zoning Amendments
6. New Business
a. Correspondence
b. Public Discussion
c. Date for next meeting
d. Around the table
7. Adjournment
* Please review and bring all material previously handed out on earth removal
and business zoning
MANSFIELD PLANNING BOARD
Minutes
August 31, 1977
Present: Planners Mahana, Mangiaratti, Plourde, Tighe
Planning Director: Maurer
1. To elect Planner Tighe as temporary Chairman and Planner Mangiaratti as
temporary Clerk. (Mahana-Plourde all in favor) VOTED
2. Correspondence
To W. Chadwick Maurer -From Universal Engineering Corporation
re Liveable Cities Program
Board of Health to Planning Board -Minutes of August 23, 1977
To Carl Clemmey from Angelo's Sandwich Shops- Out of season percolation
test at 172 Copeland Drive
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS APPLICATIONS
Edna A. Murray for variance to convert an existing two family
dwelling at 49 Union Street
Bruce S. Evans for variance to divide a parcel of land at
208 Pratt Street
Robert G. McCoy for a variance for the sale of auto parts at
95 South Main Street
Richard Morse tfoPia,�spegial permit to remove gravel from a
parcel of land located at 581 Elm Street
Camelot Trust for a variance to remove excess fill from an
approved subdivision off Williams Street and Tremont Streets
3. Motion: To approve the minutes of August 25, 1977 (Mahama, Mangiaratti
all in favor) VOTED
4. Planning Director advised the Board that next week representatives of
SRPEDD would be meeting with the Selectmen tt7discuss Mansfields member-
ship in SRPEDD. The Planning Director will attend the meeting.
5. Public Hearing for Zoning Amendment for use of variances. (transcript
on file)
6. Mrs. Jellinek and Mr. Sherman will be on the Planning Board agenda on
September 7, 1977 at 8:00 p.m. to discuss Camelot earth removal.
7. Board discussed business zoning and concluded that maps should be pre-
pared for each of the 10 areas under consideration in order that the
area can be reviewed in detail. The Board intends to-pfevenrt Busi-
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August 31, 1977
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ness Zoning Amendments to the 1978 Annual Town Meeting and a work
scheduled for accomplishing that task will be prepared.
8. Board discussed earth removal. It was suggested that the Board
earth removal regulations from other communities. Also discussed was
to put a moritorium on new earth removal permits until amendments to
the Zoning By -Lau are adopted.
Motion: To direct the Planning Director to review the possibilities for
a moritorium on earth removal and if it is feasible take the
necessary steps to have an article for a fall special Town
Meeting.
(Mangiaratti-Mahana all in favor) VOTED
9. It was the consenses of the Board to wait until the petition came in for
the rezoning north of Fruit Street before taking any actions.
10. Margot Jellinek advised the Board that she felt that a zoning moritorium
could only be voted at the Annual Town Meeting.
11. Board discussed the letter from Universal Engineering regarding the
National Endowment for the Arts Liveable Cities Program for the down-
town area.
Motion: To advise Universal Engineering to proceed with the applica-
tions with the understanding that the applications will be
prepared at no cost to the Town and that if the grant is re-
ceived Universal Engineering in Eonjunctions with Micheal
Southworth will perform the professional services. The Towns
matching finds would be in th,form of inkind services only.
(Mahana-Mangiaratti all in favor) VOTED