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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-03-17 Planning Board Minutess Russell E. and Betty J. Carter ensued. The Board's opinion is that an application must be made to the Board of Appeals for a variance as pertains to the Town's Zoning By-laws, $-e-c . 6.3.1.3. Historical Commission The Chairman of the Historical Commission appeared before the Board to ask that the Planning Board share their secretarial services with them. The Board will review the matter and inform Ms. Adams of their decision at a later date. Upon a motion duly,ymade and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:20 B.M. Respectfully submitted, John. Zorabedian, Jr. Minutes of the Meetinq of March 17. 1980. Chairman Sturm called the meeteing to order at 7:30 P.M. in Room 19, 52 Sanborn Street (the Community Center) with J. Zorabedian, B. Mitchel and E. Childress present. Correspondence Mail was reviewed. A letter was received from the Personnel Board stating that the Historical Commission could use the secretarial services of the Planning Board as long as the maximum hours do not exceed 192 hours per week. The Board unanimously voted not to share the secretarial service duties as the secretary is presently working the maximum limit of hours for the Planning Board. Minutes The minutes of March 3, 1980 and March 10, 1980 were accepted unanimously. Lot #20 Collins Avenue - Arthur Pol chrones et ux Arthur Polychrones appeared before the Planning Board showing evidence and seeking a recommendation from the Planning Board that the Board of Appeals should issue a variance for a Building Permit on the above-men- tioned lot. After the presentation of evidence, the Board was unable to make such a recommendation. The hearing with the Board of Appeals is scheduled for March 2E, 1980. Article 51 - Buffer Strip Representatives from the West Side Citizens' Committee (WSCC) were present and discussed the Article as redrafted. The Chairman suggested that the buffer strip be implemented by the use of a dimensional control (100 West Side Citizens. -CommitteeJacob WaY Development Robert G. Beane, Donald Neary, Ron MacKay and Richard Mattorana of the West Side Citizens Committee. (WSCC) appeared-before the Board at 8:15 P.M. They discussed the Article for a.buffer area between abutting Business and Residential. districts-. Mr. Mattorana stated that the WSCC had prepared an Article and submitted it at 7:45 P.M. this evening for inclusion on:the.Annual.Town Meeting Warrant. They restricted the-article:to abutting Residential and Business C districts.. Again they:stressed the position that the residents in this area wanted to be protected against the new construction proposed by TASC in the Jacob Way complex., The Chairman stated the Board's position at present and- noted that the presently drafted Article needed--to be rewritten to include all.the protections the_Board felt necessary for the Town. Work was to continue on-the-preparation of this Article. Hopefully the_Board will have the,-Article ready for inclusion on the proposed Warrant for a.Special-Town Meeting. Once the Article is accepted for any Warrant,_the Building inspector must consider.all permits from his office as if the-Article were in force. Discussion of the Public Hearing required for this Article ensued.. The Board will try to:coordinate the Public Hearing on this article with.the WSCC Article. (Tentative schedule for the Public Hearing proposed for April 10, 1980. Publication.of the notice in. the newspaper;no later. than March 26, 1980 to be sent to the paper before noon on.March 24, 1980.) The Board.thanked the WSCC representatives,for,their input and resumed discussion _of,agenda.items ,at 9:15 P.M. Minutes The Board unanimously accepted the minutes of-.January 28, 1980; February 4, 1980; February 11, 1980._and_February 25, 1980, as corrected. Finances The Board amount of Submissio Engineer, Maps, was unanimously approved payment of..Bills Payable in the $24.48. a of a bill from Frank Board of Public Works in.the.amount of $30.00 for corrections to the Zoning reviewed by the Board. Annual Report Afterdiscussion of the, final draft: of the Annual. Report, the Board unanimously voted to submit the corrected draft in final form as requested in, a memo dated -February. 28, 198Q-:.from Execu- tive Secretary, John Agnew. "Clean Air Study" A memo will be sent to the Board of Selectmen, Board of Public Works, CTPS and "T" representatives one week before the scheduled March 19, 1980 meeting. MAPC Representative Chairman Sturm stated that he wished to resign his position as MAPC representative and asked the Board members to consider serving as the Town representative to MAPC, Mr..Zorabedian promised to give consideration to the request so that the Board can make a recommendation to the Selectmen when announcing Mr. Sturm's resignation. Mr. Zorabedian will respond to this request at next week's meeting. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:20 P.M. Respectfully submitted, John Zorabedian, Jr. Minutes of the Meeting of. March 10, 1980. At 7:50 P.M., Vice-Chairman Mitchel called the meeting to order in Room 19, 52 Sanborn Street (the Community Center) with J. Zorabedian and E. Childress present. Also present were four representatives from the. West Side Citizens Committee-Mr. Donald Neary, Mr. Richard Mattorana, Mr. Ron MacKay and Ms. Diane Dresser. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the Board voted to take Item C out of order on the listed agenda for discussion. Warrant Articles Article 51 Buffer Zone by petition by WSCC Discussion on Article 51 focused on the following issues: The Article as written can be reduced in scope but cannot be further encompassed (broadened) that a"buffer zone" would be difficult to pass at Town Meeting a buffer strip or screen could be used in place of the present "buffer zone" - where are plants in relation to the fence? - what is the depth of the strip (not width)? use of the wording "mature evergreen" Discussion on the Planning Board Article for submission by the Board for the Special Town Meeting scheduled for April 17, 1980 (deadline for Warrant is March 20, 1980) ensued. Topics of concern were - Plantings - how far apart should a 3 foot evergreen be