1992-05-05 Community Planning and Development Commission Minutes

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TOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES MAY 5, 1992 A meeting of the Community Planning and Development Commission of the Town of Reading was held in the Selectmen's Meeting Room of the Town Hall, 16 Lowell Street in Reading, Massachusetts on Tuesday, May 5, 1992. In attendance were Nancy Shipes, Chair, Jonathan Barnes, Commission Secretary, and Members William Goodrich, Richard Howard, and Thomas Stohlman. Also present were Town Planner Jonathan Edwards and Town Engineer William Robertson. The meeting was called to carder at 7:34 PM. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES The minutes of the Commission's meeting of March 26 and April 6, 1992 were amended and accepted. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING, SITE PLAN REVIEW, DUNKIN DONUTS, 151- 157 MAIN STREET At 7:45 PM Ms. Shipes opened a continued public hearing to con- sider Site Plan Review for property at 151--157 Main Street on which a Dunkin Donuts business is proposed to be developed. Mr. 0. Bradley Latham, representing the applicant, stated that the zoning issue as to legal encroachment of business use into the residential zone on the property had the day before been referred to the Building Inspector for an interpretation, and he presented a survey and deed showing two of the current lots being combined in 1942 when the Zoning By-Law was enacted. Mr. Stohlman produced a calculation showing that the majority of this combined lot was contained in the residential zoning district, thus disal- lowing the encroachment. The applicant's engineer was requested to calculate these areas and advise the Commission. Mr. Latham then outlined changes in the proposal since the last meeting and presented a sketch plan showing these: elimination of the two retail spaces, a reduced number of parking spaces, and the relocation of the site entrance to the north. Mr. Edwards pointed out that there still remained a zoning interpretation issue regarding the basis for calculating required parking due to the dual use of the property as retail and restaurant as proposed for the donut operation. Ms. Shipes read letters in opposition to the proposal from Janet Triglione and Senator Richard Tisei. Pamela Katsiris, an attor- ney representing several neighbors, presented a petition signed by approximately 304 people in opposition to the proposal and which outlined several objections to it. Mr. Goodrich noted the eed__ foran adequate sit.e_ lighting plan _and for a _safety fence on any retaining wall of significant height as previously proposed. Mr. John Perkins, a neighbor, said that traffic impacts had not yet been sufficiently addressed.