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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-04-06 Community Planning and Development Commission MinutesTOWN OF READING COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MINUTES APRIL 6, 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 April 6, 1992. In attendance were Nancy Shipes, Chair, Jonathan Barnes, Commission Secretary; and Member Thomas Stohlman. Also present were Town Planner Jonathan Edwards and Town Engineer Wil- liam Robertson. The meeting was called to order at 7:34 PM. APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES The minutes of the Commission's meeting of March 23, 1992 were amended and accepted. SOUTH STREET SCENIC ROAD Mr. Robertson reported that the State Highway Department District Engineer's office had informed him that they would not approve less than a 20-foot pavement width on South Street. Ms. Shipes asked for this information in writing from that office and la- mented that positions seemed to have become staked out without exploring all possibilities. PUBLIC HEARING: SITE PLAN REVIEW, DUNKIN DONUTS, 151-157 MAIN ST. At 8:00 Ms. Shipes opened a public hearing to review a Site Plan for a proposed Dunkin Donuts restaurant and two retail stores at 151-157 Main Street. Mr. Barnes read the public hearing notice. Mr. 0. Bradley Latham, representing the applicant, made a basic presentation, followed by Mr. Stephen Stapinski outlining the details of the site plan. Messrs. Edwards and Robertson presented staff comments. At 8:16 PM Mr. Goodrich arrived to join the quorum. Mr. Stohlman pointed out that no part of the residentially zoned portion of the site can legally be used for commercial because the majority of the rear lot was not commercially zoned, and the Zoning By-Laws specify this exemption applying to lots as they were configured at the time of By-Law adoption. Mr. Latham stated that he would research the matter. Ms. Gentile, an abut- ter, objected to potential noise, rubbish, rodents, lighting, traffic, blasting, and effect on access to her own land. Mr. Stapinski stated that a pre-blast survey would be done and seis- mic readings taken, and that deliveries would be done during non-peak hours as much as possible. Mr. _ Goodrich raised_ a number of _concerns_, including_ the loading zone being visible from Main Street, the Building Inspector would need to determine the application of parking and loading require- ments to this proposal, poor location of the handicapped parking space, brick veneer should face the dumpster enclosure, lighting contour diagrams should be presented, the applicant should show the Commission samples of building materials, and potential icing of walkways. Ms. Shipes raised concerns with handicap provisions being inadequately designed. Mr. Robertson questioned the loca- tion for plowed snow storage and suggested that a silt fence may be needed. He noted that the traffic report and his own ex- perience indicated a substandard traffic safety situation with regard to left-hand turning movements into Main Street. Mr. Ed- ward Clarke, a neighbor, stated that runoff could become unaccep- tably high from the site in an area known to have serious exist- ing runoff problems. Mr. Latham and Ms. Shipes signed an Extension Agreement to May 18, 1992, following which the Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Mr. Stohlman, seconded appropriately by Mr. Barnes, to continue the public hearing to 8:00 PM on May 18, 1992. SOUTH STREET SCENIC ROAD (CONTINUED) The Commission reviewed Article 7 of the Warrant for the Special Spring Town Meeting, concerning the filing of Home Rule Legisla- tion for South Street by which Scenic Road criteria could over- ride any Chapter-90 street design standards. The Commission voted 4:0 to approve a motion made by Mr. Stohlman, again seconded by Mr. Barnes, that the Commission recommend to Town Meeting the concept contained in Article 7. ADJOURNMENT At 10:14 PM a motion was made and seconded to adjourn and the Commission voted unanimously to do so. Respectfully Submitted: Approved: May 5, 1992 S igne Date : na han Barnes, Secretary _CF