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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-12-17 Planning Board Minutes DRAFT Approved by Planning Board 1u h Planning Board Meetingr December 1.7, 2002 .,., i Members Present: John Simons, Chair of Planning Board George White Rick Nardella (Arrived at 7:50PM) Felipe Schwarz Alberto Angles (Left at 8:04PM) James Phinney Associate Member Discussions: Meeting opened at 7:11PM Walnut Ridge Site Opening Bond James Phinney Staff Present: Kathy McKenna, Town Planner Debbie Wilson, Planning Assistant Release A representative from Walnut Ridge has requested that the bond be released. The landscaper has satisfied the landscaping issue and the roadway has a finish coat. The Planner explained that the Board has two cash bonds outstanding: a$5,000 site opening; bond and a$5,000 bond for lots 7 and 8. She recommended that both bonds plus interest be released. Alberto Angles motioned for all cash bonds to be released, 2ni1 by George White—All in favor, motioned carried. 141 Main Street Site Plan Special Waiver Re uest It was requested that the board allow Rennie's Florist to occupy the space where Sutton Travel was. It was discussed that,a florist was located at this location before. Felipe Schwarz motioned to grant a site plan special permit waiver for 141 Main Street to allow a florist, 2"d by George White. All in favor, motioned carried Napoli Trucking Project, Lawrence Airport Planning; Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 1 of 1 DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Dominic Scalise representing Napoli Trucking presented plans to the board proposing the idea of constructing two buildings of which one would be a garage with five bays. The access would be from Clark Road. This area of Lawrence Airport is non-aviation use. A portion of the lot is in the Watershed District. John Simons raised issues regarding waste material used at this location. Mr. Napoli spoke and said there would be no gas storage at this location. The building would be used mainly to store the trucks. The type of vehicles on site would be: small pavers, backhoes, small trucks, etc. Mr. Simons also wanted to know how it would look from the street. A Watershed special permit would be required. Drainage and screening would be important issues during the Board's future review. Mr. Schwarz stated that the applicant should try to minimize the amount of impervious surface area. He also inquired as to the layout and status of Clark Street, Mr. Scalise stated that Clark Street was taken by the airport and is now a dead end with the beginning portion paved. Mr. Angles added that the road was not well maintained and not very wide. Mr. Napoli stated that he would improve the pavement of Clark Street to withstand the daily truck traffic. Public Hearing Meeting opened at 7:30PM Verizon Wireless Deferred to the January 7th Planning Meeting 530 Turnpike Street Site Plan Special Permit Dick Landry, Landry Architect is the architect representing John McGarry for 530 Turnpike Street. He presented revised site plans. They would like to make some changes to the area around the building such as pull out the loading docks, create sidewalks; some improved landscaping, and change the parking areas to provide more parking. Felipe Schwarz asked about the location of handicap parking. It was recommended that one of the handicap parking spaces be changed to the front of the building. Per Kathy McKenna the Building Commissioner, Bob Nicetta needs to review the revised plans. She continued that Mr. Nicetta already has issues with the amount of parking provided, need for a variance for the setback from Route 114, and a variance for drive aisle widths. The Chairman stated that because the applicant is dealing with existing conditions, he is not too concerned about the variances. He continued that he would like more information on how the drainage works on site. Mr. Schwarz was comfortable with not going for additional drainage review. Dick Landry stated that the actual impervious area would be decreased less than 10%. George White suggested that landscaping improvements be included. As the discussion continued, Mr. McGarry was asked to look into a walkway between this property and the doctor's offices on the parcel to the rear. Mr. Nardella stated that he Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 2 of 2 � 7 DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On was comfortable with the new parking calculations. It would be appropriate to put a condition in the decision regarding the use and the necessary parking. Rick Nardella arrived at 7:50PM This board agreed that this should held open until the next meeting to receive comments from the building inspector. Alberto Angles left at 8:04PM Gray Street Frontage Exception Special Permit Attorney Stella representing The Stella Family Trust, property owners, opened the Gray St. discussion. James Rand, Pembroke Realty assisted Mr. Stella in presenting the Gray Street proposal. Lots have been perk tested and meet set back requirements. There will actually be less development because they are not going to build a road and proceed with a definitive subdivision. The owner will be extending municipal water. This proposal also meets Title 5 requirements. Mr. Rand displayed a plan showing house locations on the three lots. John Simons questioned Mr. Randt about isolated wetlands. Per Kathy McKenna, due to the size of the wetland it is not protect able therefore there appears to be no issue. Mr. Simons questioned the site distance of the driveway. The surveyor of the site, Joe Serwatka would like to perform a field evaluation to answer that question. The issue of the long driveway was discussed and Mr. Randt stated that they would be willing to put in a 2" line for water pressure to help with the Fire Department. Rick Nardella questioned how the lots were designed. The Board would lake to see design alternatives, such as a layout without the two frontage exception lots. The applicant stated that it was in there interest to show a layout of a subdivision around a road. Mr. Nardella felt access off an existing street was preferable and this appeared to be a good use of the land. 3 Mr. Schwarz would like VHB to review some of the drainage 1 run-off issues associated with the development of the two frontage exception lots. The first abutter to speak was Barbara Rigoni. She indicate that she is the largest abutter and presented the Planning Board with a letter of 38 names that were opposed to two lots in question. She stated that she and the other residents were concerned that the building of the two houses may create a water problem on their properties. These residents have always followed the zoning requirements and were asking that this property owner do the same and not be granted any frontage exceptions. She stated that the proposal was not in harmony with the neighborhood. Abutter, Larry Rigoni felt the law was being changed and asked the board to address that issue. John Simons explained the rules and regulations and helped Mr. Rigoni that the laws were not being changed and this request was for a special permit. In fact, this used to be allowed as of right but the special permit was created to be more stringent. Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 3 of 3 L�� 3 DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Abutter, John Mongela is a neighbor that is against Mr. Stella's project. He does not like the idea of the two driveways. Rick Nardella explained that he could adjust the plans and put a road through the property, which would not be as nice as currently presented. Abutter, John Fourie discussed the wetland issue and felt it would adversely affect his property. Another gentlemen spoke about his concerns on drainage since the property is on a hill. Mr. John Simmons said he would like to see the drainage issue addressed to address all of the abutters concerns. He felt in good faith a drainage study should be done. Abutter, John Mengella claims there was an old town dump located near these two lots & drainage could be a problem. There is no confirmation that a dump was located here since he claimed it went back to 1900's. John Simons suggested if he had concerns regarding that the he should contact the Board of Health. Kathy McKenna requested topography plans and drainage information for the two lots. John Simons would like this deferred to the January 21sT Planning Meeting Peachtree Definitive Subdivision/Rea St. Chris Hunter represented Peachtree and discussed the site walk that he feels went well. Mike Rizotti, the project engineer, discussed the roadway width for the project. He stated that by tightening up the grading around the houses on several lots, he could save about ten feet of vegetative buffer. He explained the drainage proposal for the site. Water from the site ends up in Mosquito Brook. Per Kathy McKenna, the applicant has not yet responded to VHB. The applicant also stated that they are proposing a minimum slope impact. Felipe Schwarz inquired about landscaping in the open areas. Lindens, Maples &Ash trees are proposed. Richard Nardella requested that the homeowners association include a restricted covenant to keep things uniform. Tom Laudani also associated with Peachtree agreed to do so. Felipe Schwarz spoke regarding the curve at the corner of Rea and Chestnut and would like it addressed by DPW. George White addressed the visibility issue. John Simons asked if anyone knew how many accidents were at that location. That information was not known. Felipe Schwarz asked who was going to own the open space. A Female abutter from the open space committee suggested that the homeowners own the space. The board was in favor of the 22-foot road and 5 foot sidewalk. John Simmons will discuss cement instead of asphalt with the DPW. John Simons would like this held open until the January 7th meeting. The board proposed that there be two meetings in January and the next meeting will be scheduled for January 7"'. Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 4 of 4 �C� DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Rea Property Right of First Refusal This Property is under 6 1 A and the town has the right of first refusal. Richard Nardella moved that the Planning Board not exercise its right of first refusal on this property. George White 2"d the motion. The vote by the board was unanimous. Motion carried. Carter Farm/Bradford Definitive Subdivision Tom Zahoruiko was representing Carter Farm. He indicated that legislation was passed to change boundaries. Jon Simons asked about the open space. Tom indicated that the neighborhood association would take care of open space. Covenants would say the neighborhood should maintain it, but the Town of North Andover and the Town of Boxford should own it. The legislature engrossed and enacted the North Andover/Boxford boundary change. Motion to close by Felipe Schwarz,2nd by Richard Nardella—All in favor, motion carried 383 Johnson Street Watershed Special Permits Lots 12 3 and 4 Per Kathy McKenna all VHB comments were addressed. Motion to close public hearing by Richard Nardella,2°d by Felipe Schwarz—All in favor, motioned carried Wallace/Seville Street Definitive Subdivision Jack Soucy from.Millstone represented Wallace St. Mr. Simons requested an update on the plan since it had been awhile since this project had been before the board. Mr. Soucy would like to address a couple of issues including slopes and sidewalks. He is asking for a waiver for sidewalks due to the cost and the fact that there is no network of sidewalks in d the area. The applicant discussed several other waiver issues presented by the project and requested: above ground utilities, K value, landing zones, turnaround at Booth Street, a slope within the ROW in excess of 3:1, and sidewalks. The applicant agreed to a sidewalk contribution in the amount of 250 linear feet of sidewalk times the current DPW cost factor. The Board agreed with the applicant's contribution that a waiver would be favorably considered. With regard to above ground utilities, Rick Nardella stated that he didn't think the Board had ever granted a waiver for this. The Board was not in favor of granting this waiver. The Board felt that the other waiver requests were agreeable. Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 5 of 5 C1� DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Mr. Nardella brought up a waiver request in a document that stated that the Town would maintain the roadway. He wanted to absolutely clarify that the Town was not responsible for maintaining the road and that this should be included in the deeds of the two new properties. Once the developer is no longer responsible for the roadway the responsibility of maintenance falls upon the new property owners, not the Town. 10 Commerce Way, Car Wash Facility,Site Plan Special Permit Jim Comeau, Hancock engineering, represented 10 Commerce Way. He indicated that application before the Conservation Commission is pending. VHB wants a traffic report. He would like to know what the board would like addressed. John Simons had concerns about the entering and exiting of the site. Mr. Comeau said he will be maintaining the current building height and he indicated that the drainage drains to the Merrimac River. He claims they are out of the 100ft flood plan. Richard Nardella asked about the chemicals that will be used and kept at the site. Mr. Comeau said that there is a reclaim system and only 10% of the water would not be recycled. The vendor they would be using is called Hanna. A woman at the hearing asked how much water would be used and if it would put a drain on the current water supply. John Simons said he would like to speak with the Water Dept. A new parking lot is proposed with 13 parking spaces and an area to vacuum out cars. John Simons requested the hours of operation and inquired about outside lighting. Mr. Comeau did not know the exact hours of operation, but did say they would be using square lighting. This has been continued to the January 7th Planning Meeting Decisions: Omnipoint/1 High Street Wireless and Site Plan Special Permit Per Kathy McKenna Snyder Electric and the entire building is all 1 High Street;therefore the abutters were all properly notified. A female spoke claiming to be an abutter that was not properly notified said she is appealing the zoning board decision. The Planning Department properly notified everyone on the list in which we were provided. Rick Nardella and George White did not feel comfortable approving at this time. John Simons thought it would be appropriate to hold off a final decision until the entire Board is present. This has been deferred to the January 7th Planning Meeting Verizon Wireless/401 Andover Street Wir*ss and Site Plan Special Permit This has been deferred to the January 7th` meeting 383 Johnson Street WatershedSpecialPermit Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 6 of 6 I r, DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Lot 1 Motion to approve by Felipe Schwarz,2"d George White—All in favor, motioned carried Lot 2 Motion to approve by Felipe Schwarz, 2nd George White—All in favor, motioned carried Lot 3 Motion to approve by Felipe Schwarz, 2°d George White—All in favor, motioned carried Lot 4 Motion to approve by Felipe Schwarz,2"d George White—All in favor, motioned carried Carter Farm/Bradford Street Definitive Subdivision Kathy McKenna read the decision to the board and the board agreed to accept per the minor rewording done to the document. Motion to approve the Carter Farm Definitive Subdivision by Rick Nardella,2"d by Felipe Schwarz—All in favor, motioned carried Motion to approve the Planned Residential Development Special Permit by Rick Nardella, 2° by Felipe Schwarz—All in favor, motioned carried Motion to approve the Watershed Special Permit by Felipe Schwarz, 2"d by Rick Nardella—All in favor, motioned carried 180 Marblerid a Road Watershed Special Permit Motion to approve the Watershed Special Permit for 180 Marbleridge Road by Felipe Schwarz, 2°d by Rick Nardella - All in favor, motioned carried. 7 Berrington Watershed Special Proiect Motion to approve the Lot 7 Berrington Watershed Special Permit by Felipe Schwarz, 2° by Rick Nardella—All in favor, motioned carried Filing Fee Increase Kathy McKenna addressed the board as to the Filing Fee Increase. Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 7 of 7 DRAFT Approved by Planning Board On Motion to approve by George White, 2nd by Rick Nardella—AD in favor, motioned carried Meeting Adjourned at 12:08am Upcoming Meeting January 7, 2003 Planning Board Minutes December 17, 2002 Page 8 of 8 l �