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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-04-21Friday - April 21, 1972 Special Meeting The PLANNIN~ BOARD held a special meeting on Friday evening, April 21, 1972 at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Building with the following members present and voting: Charles W. Trembly, Jr., Chairman; Donald N. Keirstead, Vice Chairman; Fritz Ostherr, Clerk; John J. Monteiro and William Chepulis. There were 25 people present. This meeting was called as a working session to discuss recommendations, etc. from the public meetings that had been held for the past two weeks. Members of the Cochichewick Lodge were present to discuss their problem at the Old Center. The Lodge building and lot is zoned partially neighborhood business and residential. Earl Card, Bob Guptill, Paul Thompson, A1 Houston and Dick Heider were present for the discussion. A tracing had been made to shew exactly how the area is zoned. The Lodge is having a parking problem and with the zoning restrictions as they are, they are unable to provide off-street parking to the rear of their building. Mrs. Rogers was also present and said that th$~ of the Brick Store would make some exchange of property or give an easement for parking, if the area is kept residential. Mr. Guptill said they remodelled the build~ng because they want to stay in that locations he feels that £ of the abutters would mot complain but they want everything te be legal and proper so that they will be protected. The Board is not in favor of expanding the business area at the Center. An Historical Commission was formed by Town Meeting and they will probably want to keep that area historical. Mr. Trembly feels the area could be zoned B-1 and also allow fraternal organizations. After some discussion it was felt that maybe a specialpermit would be the answer for parking in residential districts. Mr. Keirstead made a motion that the Planning Board will draft regulations for providiug off-street parking in residential areas. Mr. Monteiro seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. Mr. Keirstead then made a motion to change the B-1 district to include the lot owned by Center Realty Trust on which are located the Hay Scales and the Brick Store property across the street, inclu~iug the street. Mr. Ostherr seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. PETITION AGAINST RE-ZONING: Mr. Blandini and Mr. Fragala presented a petition containing more than 100 names of residents in the area of Farnum, Johnson, Summer Streets, Mill Rd. and Raleigh Tavern Lane opposing the re-zoning of the area onRte. 1L4 from Rural Residential to Industrial-1. Mr. Monteiro made a motion to receive the petition. Mr. Che~,14s seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. The Board members were very upset by the action of the residents. ~pr~ ~1 (cont.) PROPOSED ZONING MAP: Mr. Ostherr explained the changes that have been made on the map which is as much up-to-date as possible. The Planning Sub-Committee (Ostherr & Keir- stead) marked the changes. Mr. Ostherr explained that Giard's garage would get little protection if it was made General Business because if he had to re-build he could not meet the set- backs. That area will stay as it is. The exact area of Becky's Pond must be defined. The proper boundary of Kent's business area should be shown. Mr. Ostherr made a motion to adopt the 300 foot setback on Boston and Sullivan Streets making a triangular shaped B-4 area on Rte. 111:. Mr. Keirstead seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. PUBLIC AREAS - ZONING MAP: Discussion was held on showing the public areas on the map. They could be shown with dotted lines. Mr. Keirstead thinks that showing public areas would only clutter up the map. Mr. Ostherr feels they should be shown; it clarifies useable land areas. Brooks School, Trustees of Reservaticns~ etc. should become a part of the By-Law. The P.A.C. was strongly in favor of showing public areas. The engineer did not see any problem in showing the areas on the map. Mr.' Keirstead made a motion not to shew public districts as zones and not include public zone as part of the By-Law but show them with dotted lines on the base map. Remove the areas from "P" district and revert them to the district they are presently ~n. Mr. Monteiro seconded the motion and the vote was 3 - 2. Mr, Che~,lts and Mr. Ostherr votedNo. B-3 AREA: RTE. 114. Discussion was held as to how to treat the B-3 area on Rte. Mr. Ostherr feels that the area should be treated separately from the rest of the area at town meeting; for example, one article for the entire map with the exception of the B-3 area and one article to re-zone a parcel of land to B-3 on Rte. 114. Mr. Trombly would rather go along with the whole thing and leave the B-3 area in. Mr. Keirstead said he doesn't want to loseall of the zoning because of one area. He said there are two alternatives; either recommend a specific site or recommend no site in the initial map and then offer an alternate. Atty. Victor Harem suggest putting three alternatives in. Mr. Keirsteadmade a motion to present the zoning map to the town as approved now with the exception that parcel B-3 be zoned as I-1 in the initial map and offer an additional article or articles to change that area. Mr. Ostherr seconded the motion and the vote was unan/mous. April 21, 1972- (Cont.) Mr. Monteiro made a motion to freeze the map, except the B-3 area, that the engineer be instructed to go ahead with printing the map$ call a meeting for next week after getting an opinion from Town Counsel. The meeting will be Saturday morning, April 29th, at 9:00 A.M. Mr. Keirstead seconded the motion and the vote was muanimous. Mr. Keirstead explained that Carl Martint the engineer, will prepare a 600 ft. scale map and have it ready for town meeting, possibly June 5th instead of May 22nd, which will cost probably less than $500. Discussion was held as to changing the town meeting date to June 5th since the engineer would not have enough time to prepare the map for May 22nd. Discussion was also held as to how to provide foradditional money needed for these costs; either a transfer from the reserve fund or an article at town meeting for more mamey. Mr. Keirstead will find out the costs of advertising and printing as soon as possible. SIGN BY=LAW: Mr. Ostherr said the Sig~By-Law will be considered separately at town meeting. The Board will discuss the Sig~By-Law further at the Saturday morning meeting. The meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M. Chairman (Charles ombly'; Secretary