2009-01-26 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes

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CPDC Minutes of 1/26/09 pre-existing plan they submitted showed 30 spaces and. they have not added any more but had only increased the area of the parking lot and. widened the driveway to provide better access for safety reasons. Mr. Rick Schaffer asked if the dimensions of the parking lot and parking spaces match what is currently striped for on the site. No one could answer this but the Chair noted the ZBA had limited- the-number of parking spaces on the site to 30. After much discussion, the Chair summarized what the Board would like to see on a revised plan: • The landscape strip between 16 Sanborn Street and 36 Woburn Street widened by 12 to 18 inches by removing pavement from the 36 Woburn Street side. • A curb added along the length of the 36 Woburn Street side of the landscape strip. • The six head-in parking spaces to the left of the dumpster to be replaced with as many angled parking spaces as would fit. • The first parking space to the right as you enter the site from Woburn Street (space 410 on the -plans) is to be replaced by a curbed landscape area. • Suitable trees (as determined by the Tree Warden) added to the landscape strip between 16 Sanborn Street and 36 Woburn Street and to the new landscape area on Woburn Street (the previous parking lot space #10). • An infiltration system to meet stormwater requirements. • Dumpster to be enclosed_ A member of the public asked if more mature trees could be planted so that screening is provided sooner. The Board and. Town Planner said this may not be possible because of the correspondingly greater size of the root-ball and increased chance of root shock. The Board was willing to give up some height for increased. chance of survival. The Tree Warden should be asked to suggest a species that would grow tallest and broadest in the areas provided. The applicant said they would like to speak with the Tree Warden and a revised plan should be ready by 2/23/2009. NS moved the Board continue the site plan review of 36 Woburn to February 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM. JP seconded. By a vote of 3:0:0, the Board continued the site plan review to 2/23/2009 at 7:30 PM. There would be no further notice of this hearing. Minor Modification to Master Signage Plan 580 Main Street, Bank of America Attorney Josh Latham and architect Mr. Gary Davis appeared for Bank of America. The Town Planner distributed a memo from the applicant which contained the plans. The sign will be located within the building's sign-band as per the plaster signage plan but will also: • consist of the individual letters of the words "Bank of America" and the bank's logo. • be in the bank's colors (red, white, and blue). Page 2 of 5