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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-07-12 Community Planning and Development Commission MinutesTOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES OF JULY 12, 1993 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 July 1.2, 1993. In attendance were Richard Howard, Commission Secretary, acting as Chair; and Members Nancy Shipes, William Goodrich, and Thomas Baillie. Also present was Town Planner Jonathan Edwards. The meeting was called to order at 7:37 PM. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES The minutes of the Commission's meeting of June 21, 1993 were amended and accepted. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Given the absence of Mr. Barnes, the Commission decided to postpone this matter to its next meeting. SUNDRY MATTERS Based on a recommendation of the Town Engineer, the Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Ms. Shipes, seconded by Mr. Goodrich, to reduce the bond held in connection with the Kurchian. Lane subdivision by $42,887, so that $9600 will be retained. Upon recommendation of the Town Engineer, the Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Mr. Baillie, seconded by Mr. Goodrich, to endorse the definitive plans of the Autumn Lane sub- division, and the Commission then did so. The Commission members agreed to assign themselves as members of various subcommittees of the Water Supply Task Force. DECISION---NUGENT LANE DEFINITIVE SUBDIVISION PLANS Mr. Edwards presented memoranda from the Town Engineer and the Conservation Administrator, and reviewed the recent variances granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals; then it reviewed the several waivers requested by the applicant, including specifi- cally the waiver request for sloped granite curbing and sidewalk reduction. The Commission then voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Ms. Shipes, seconded by Mr. Baillie, as modified by an amendment voted 4:0 made by Mr. Goodrich seconded by Ms. Shipes, concerning condition #8, to approve these definitive plans with conditions as reflected in a Notification to Town Clerk dated July 13, 1993. PROPOSED PLANNED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT_-BAY STATE ROAD The Commission held a discussion with Mr. Robert Keegan concern- ing his proposal to develop a Planned Residential Development on his property on Bay State Road, together with his request that the Commission ask the Board of Selectmen to place an article on the Tarrant of the Fall 1993 Town Meeting to amend the Zoning Map to apply a PRD--G zoning overlay district to this property (Assessors Map 95 lots 7, 8, and 9). After review of Mr. Keegan's sketch plan, and after a discussion of various issues involved with it, the Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Ms. Shipes, seconded by Mr. Baillie, to request the Board of Selectmen to place such an article on the Fall `I'owa Meeting warrant. ADJOURNMENT At 10:03 PM a motion was made and seconded to adjourn and the Commission voted unanimously to do so. Respectfully Submitted: Approved: e~ G ~ ~ p Signed Date: / Richard Howard, Secretary 2 RECEI'V'ED ~0 ;nf td)0 L E R 1, R4_1.~{ I`NG, cz~ i 3~ t~3 JUL DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TOWN OF READING MEMORANDUM' TO: Catherine 9uimby,.Town Clerk ' Clerk to the FROM: Jonathan Edwards jommission Development SUBJ: Decision--Definitive. Subdivision DATE: July 13 , 1993 942-9012 Community Planning and Plans: Nugent Lane Please be advised that at its meeting of July 12, 1993, the Com- munity Planning and Development Commission voted to APPROVE Definitive Subdivision Plans, entitled "Nugent. Larie'', dated November 4, 1992 as revised through June 18, 1993, with the fol- lowing conditions-: General Conditions: 1. Within thirty days of the date of this decision the Ap- plicant shall submit to the Department of Community Develop- ment and.to the Engineering Division, Department of Public We a. b. C. d. e. f ,rks, satisfactory: Covenant Agreement, Conveyance of Easements and Utilities, Roadway Coordinates, Land Traverse, Hydraulic Calculations, Legal evidence of slope and landscaping easements on abutters properties. 2. The requirements of the Board of Health and o the Conser- vation Commission shall be met. 3. All necessary permits and approvals shall be. obtained prior to construction and occupancy, including as appropriate but not necessarily limited to: Street Opening Permit, Street Tree Removal Permit, Sewer Extension Permit, Lot Releases, Curb-Cut Permit, Building Permits, Proof of inspection and certification of Minimum Cellar Floor Fleva lions, Conserva- tion Orders of Condition for the subdivision and each relevant lot. 4. No construction of any dwelling or roadway or utility im- provement shall commence, nor shall any Lot Release issue, prior to the receipt and acceptance by the Commission of satisfactory: - a. Evidence that a blasting permit, if necessary, has been obtained and that all precautionary procedures required by appropriate laws and regulations, including but. not limited to provisions in 527 CMR: Board of Fare Preven- tion Regulations 13.11: Blasting, as obtained from the Fire Chief, have been adhered to and b. Evidence that applicant shall bind all assigns and agents, including contractors, subcontractors, and lot buyers and house buyers and their assigns or agents, including their contractors and subcontractors, to all applicable conditions s»ecitied herein. p 5. Comments of Town Staff as contained in Town Planner memoran- dum of January 11, 1993, except that the compensatory benefit to the Town shall be 250 feet of sidewalk, and in DPW--Engineering memoranda of January 11 and July 12, 1993 shall be addressed in full. 6. The Commission looks favorably upon the provision of under- ground utilities. 7. Construction activity shall not take place in the subdivi- sion or in any building contained therein except during the following hours: Mondays through Fridays inclusive: 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturdays: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sundays and Legal Holidays: none. 8. There shall be no underground fuel storage tanks located within this subdivision. 9. The applicant shall comply in full with any and all require- ments of local and State Law and regulation regarding any presence on the site of any hazardous or other environmen- tally dangerous materials, including full compliance with the requirements of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 21E. 10. The applicant shall require of all lot purchasers that con- struction contractors shall maintain each lot in a clean and presentable condition satisfactory to the Building Inspec- tor, who shall require that dumpsters be used and maintained sufficiently to meet this condition. 11. The applicant is put on notice that all grading shown shall be fully adhered to. 12. A satisfactory agreement shall be executed by the aplicant with the Department of Public Works concerning off-site sidewalk improvements. 13. Parcel A shall be eliminated and the corresponding street curve shall be straightened. 14. Brush within the Pearl Street right-of-way adjacent to 489 Pearl Street shall be trimmed back to establish sight dis- tances in accordance with the Environmental Impact Statement dated November 9, 1992. 15. Waivers requested as identified in the Town Planner's memorandum of January 11, 1993 are hereby granted. 16. Tree Preservation: a. Scope of Work: After the cutting of vegetation and rough grading for sub- division roadways but prior to any cutting of vegetation and grading of any lot, the subdivision developer and a Tree Review Committee, consisting of representatives of the Town of Reading delegated by CPDC, including a member of CPDC, subdivision site to review which existing site trees shall be saved for one or more lots. Before this meeting the developer shall have staked the corners of all lots and the corners of all proposed dwelling locations, and the developer shall have clearly marked with red flagging each tree or group of trees the developer proposes to save. At. this meeting, the Tree Review Committee shall approve or amend on site such marked trees and any others they shall deem appropriate to be saved, which shall immediately be similarly marked by the developer. Should the developer ob- ject or take issue with any determination of the Tree Review Committee, the developer may appeal such determination to the full CPDC. Prior to the commencement of any lot grading, the developer shall erect around all such marked trees barriers consisting of at minimum 1"x 1" or similarly sturdy stock for shielding around the trunks of such trees; these barriers shall be lo- cated no closer than six (6) feet from the trunk of each such tree or one-half (1/2) the distance from the trunk to the drip line of each such tree, whichever is greater. Also prior to the commencement of any lot grading, the developer shall prepare a Record Plan showing the approximate loca- tion, size, and type of all such marked trees to be saved and submit such Plan to the Tree Warden for verification. Any modification to the Record Plan may be made with the agreement of the above parties. The Town Planner shall not authorize the release of any lot within the subdivision for construction and the Building In- spector shall not issue a building permit for any lot within the subdivision until certification is received from the Tree Warden that these conditions have been fully and satis- factorily fulfilled. Large property areas, shown on the approved Definitive Sub- division Plans by Limit of Work lines, containing protected trees to be saved and separated from construction or land clearing areas, street rights-of-way, or utility rights-of- way or easements may be marked in lieu of the above by plac- ing stakes a minimum of three (3) feet high and not more than fifty (50) feet apart and tying highly visible ribbon, plastic tape, rope, or the like from stake to stake along the outside perimeters of such areas. b. Tree Replacement:, The developer shall provide replacement trees on each lot at the ratio of at least one such tree for each 2,000 square- feet of open area on such lot. Such open area shall be con- strued as the total area of the lot less the proposed imper- vious area on the lot as set forth in the hydraulic calcula- tions submitted with the Definitive Subdivision Plan, and for each lot shall be determined by the Tree Warden. Any trees left in good growing condition, as judged by the Tree Warden, on the site may be counted toward this requirement. Selection of replacement trees in this regard, their number, size, and species, shall be determined by CPDC upon the 2 recommendation of the Tree Warden on the basis of an analysis of tree canopy cover, soil conditions, and other relevant factors. C. Prohibition of Activity or Disturbance: Within the areas marked according to the above, there shall occur: -No grading or earth disturbing activities except hand- work, -No movement of equipment, -No storage of fill, equipment, debris, supplies, or any other materials. d. Enforcement: The Tree Warden, the Town Planner, or any CPDC member shall conduct periodic inspections of the site during land clearance and construction in order to ensure compliance with these conditions. Should the Conservation Ad- ministrator, Building Inspector, Town Engineer, Police Of- ficer, or any other Town official observe violations or pos- sible violations of these conditions, such official shall immediately report same to the Tree Warden or the Town Plan- ner. e. Remediation: Any tree shown on the above-mentioned Record Plan as to be saved which, however, is removed or whose survival is ir- redeemably jeopardized in violation of these conditions shall be replaced in a manner to be determined solely by CPDC on advice of the Tree Warden in accordance with the following guidelines: -Each such removed or jeopardized tree of less than 6" calipre shall be replaced in kind by a tree of not less than 2" calipre in as close to the original location as possible, -Each such removed or jeopardized tree of a calipre be- tween 6" and 12" shall be replaced in kind by two trees of not less than 4" calipre in as close to the original location as possible, -Each such removed or jeopardized tree of greater than 12" calipre shall be replaced in kind by two trees of not less than 6" calipre at locations deter- mined by CPDC with advice of the Tree Warden. Failure by the developer to comply with these conditions ex- peditiously mayresult in revocation of any and all con- struction and/or occupancy permits issued in connection with the subdivision; in addition the CPDC reserves the right to withhold from bond reductions or releases in connection with the subdivision sufficient sums to'cover the Town's costs of remediation. d f. Tree Survival: Should any tree subject to these policies or regulations re- quire replacement, as determined by the Tree Warden, within the periods set forth in the following table, the developer shall immediately after such determination replace such tree in accordance with the guidelines set forth in paragraph "e" above: -less than 4" calipre: one year -4" to less than 6" calipre: two years -6" calipre or more: three years g. Emergencies: When it is necessary to expedite the removal of damaged or destroyed trees in the interest of public health, safety, or general welfare following high winds, storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, freezes, fires, or other natural or man- made disasters, the Tree Warden may, after defining the geographic area of the emergency, suspend the requirements of these conditions for a period of up to thirty (30) days in the so defined area, provided that the Tree Warden report the emergency to CPDC at its next scheduled meeting. cc: James Nugent, 511 Pearl Street Latham & Latham, 643 Main Street DPW--Engineering Tree Warden Building Inspector Conservation Commission Board of Health Fire Chief Police Chief Town Manager F,