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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-09-20 Planning Board Meeting Minutes PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 1 Present: T. Seibert, R. Glover, J. Simons, M. Colantoni, R. Rowen 2 Absent: 3 Staff Present: J. Tymon, J. Enright 4 Meeting began at 7:02pm. POSTPONEMENTS 5 6 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 350 Great Pond Road, Application for a Watershed Special Permit 7 to construct an addition to an existing home and a new garage. 8 9 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 2009 Salem Street, Application for a 3 lot Definitive Subdivision 10 Plan. 11 12 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: Merrimack College, 315 Turnpike Street, Application for Special 13 Permit – Site Plan Review. Applicant proposes to expand the Volpe Athletic Center and add 66 parking 14 spaces. 15 DISCUSSION 16 3 Ironwood Road: Proposal for an addition within the non-discharge zone of the watershed 17 protection district. 18 J. Tymon: Applicant would like to put an addition on the back of his home. Reviewed a plot 19 plan and aerial view with the Board. Conservation has determined the wetlands are 20 approximately 200 feet away which puts this request in the non-discharge zone. 21 David Gruber, 3 Ironwood Road: Requested a waiver to build an addition. Provided an 22 overview of the topography of the land and the project’s proximity to the wetlands. The runoff 23 from the lot travels in the opposite direction of the wetland. The natural slope of the land and the 24 natural barrier of Dale Street prevent the runoff from traveling to the wetland which is across 25 Dale Street. Showed construction plans for the proposed addition. All setback requirements will 26 be met. 27 J. Tymon: Suggested drywells be installed to capture the roof runoff. 28 M Colantoni: Asked how many square feet will be added. The answer was 1,200 sq. ft. 29 J. Tymon: There are restrictions on size of additions in the non-disturb zone, but not in the non- 30 discharge zone. The only reason a special permit is required in the non-discharge zone is if are 31 stormwater runoff is being created. 32 R. Rowen: Expressed concern that the runoff during construction phase be addressed. 33 Suggested J. Tymon provides guidance during construction. 34 MOTION : 35 T. Seibert made a motion to waive the watershed special permit for 3 Ironwood Road. The 36 motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, and one abstained. 37 38 Metro PCS 39 : Proposal to add an additional cabinet and swap out three antennas at 203 Turnpike St. 40 J. Tymon: This is an application for renewal of a special permit and a modification to swap out some 41 antennas. 42 Bill McQuade: Representing MetroPCS. There is a hearing scheduled for Oct. 18. Here to advise the 43 Board of the application. Would like to have both the renewal and modification wrapped into the one 1 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 44 hearing. The fees have been submitted for the outside consultant review. All application material has 45 been submitted. 46 St. Michael’s Church 47 : Discussion regarding creation of new parking spaces at 205 Main St. 48 J. Tymon: This discussion is being postponed until the next meeting. 49 BOND RELEASE 50 673 Great Pond Road: Curt Young is requesting a $1,000 bond be released. 51 J. Tymon: The paperwork has not been received yet. This will have to wait until the next 52 meeting. 53 54 PUBLIC HEARINGS 55 56 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 1679 Osgood Street, Definitive Subdivision for 9 single-family 57 residential lots, common driveway, and frontage exception special permits. 58 J. Tymon: No additional information has been submitted since the last meeting. All reviews have been 59 completed. The Health Department has observed the test pits for the septic systems and concluded that 60 there are good soils for the septic systems. Draft Decisions have been prepared. 61 MOTION : 62 A motion was made by R. Rowen to close the Public Hearings for the Definitive Subdivision Plan and the 63 two Special Permits. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 64 Draft Decisions were reviewed. 65 MOTION : 66 A motion was made by T. Seibert to approve the Definitive Subdivision Plan, as amended, for 1679 67 Osgood Street. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The vote was 3-0. J. Simons, T. Seibert, and 68 M. Colantoni voting in favor. 69 MOTION : 70 A motion was made by R. Rowan to approve the Common Driveway and Frontage Exception Special 71 Permits for 1679 Osgood Street, as amended. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. The vote was 72 unanimous. 73 : 74 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING5 Boston Hill, AT&T is requesting a Modification to a Wireless 75 Special Permit. 76 J. Tymon: A structural report analysis was submitted. There is a recommendation in the report that has 77 been incorporated in the Decision. 78 J. Simons: Asked if anyone from the public wanted to comment. 79 There were no comments. 80 MOTION : 81 A motion was made to close the Public Hearing for 5 Boston Hill by T. Seibert. The motion was 82 seconded by R. Glover. The vote was unanimous. 83 Draft Decision was reviewed. 84 Henry Fink, Turnpike Street: asked what the modification was. 85 Susan Roberts, Representing AT&T: Explained there will be three additional antennas added to the 86 structure. 87 MOTION : 2 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 88 A motion was made by R. Glover to approve the Decision, as amended, for 5 Boston Hill granting a new 89 wireless special permit and to modify the pre-existing facility. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. 90 The vote was unanimous. S. Roberts: requested the Board grant the waiver requests and that the dates for annual 91 compliance reports be tied to the date of the Decision. 92 J. Simons: The waivers will be stated in the Decision. 93 94 95 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 723 Osgood Street, AT&T is requesting a Modification to a 96 Wireless Special Permit. 97 J. Tymon: There has not been any additional information submitted. 98 MOTION : 99 A motion was made by R. Rowen to close the Public Hearing for 723 Osgood Street. The motion was 100 seconded by M. Colantoni. The vote was unanimous. 101 Draft Decision was reviewed. 102 MOTION : 103 A motion was made by R. Glover to approve the Wireless Special Permit for 723 Osgood Street, as 104 amended this evening. The motion was seconded by T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 105 106 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: 1780 Osgood Street, Application for Special Permit – Site Plan 107 Review. Applicant proposes interior renovations to expand existing office space, removal of bottom four 108 feet of metal cladding and replacing with masonry on north side of the building only, and construction of 109 a 60’ x 50’ garage addition. 110 J. Tymon: The project has been reviewed by L. Eggleston and the applicant has replied to all of her 111 concerns. There are no open issues at this point. 112 Michael O’Neil, LMR Engineering: Reviewed the response to L. Eggleston and the changes made to the 113 plans since the last meeting. 114 J. Simons: Stated the hearing will be closed at the next meeting and a vote will be taken. 115 116 NEW PUBLIC HEARING: 1275 Turnpike Street, The Shelter Group, Application for Special Permit – 117 Lot Slope Exception to permit the alteration of slope areas in connection with the construction of a 118 continuing care retirement facility. 119 J. Tymon: Explained that there is a requirement in the Bylaw that requires a Special Permit to disturb 120 slopes 3:1 or greater for more than 30’ and that is the case for this project. Paul Marchionda will show 121 where the slopes are on the plans. The plans are not changing. The retaining wall is staying in the same 122 spot, the building is staying in the same spot, and all the conditions for a Lot Slope Special Permit have 123 already been provided for in the conditions for the CCRC Special Permit. 124 J. Simons: The functionally we have already approved what they are requesting. We just didn’t do it 125 specifically. 126 J. Tymon: They have already met the requirements for this Special Permit. A Decision has been drafted. 127 John Smolak, Representing The Shelter Group: The plan shows that the defined slope area is about 1.1 128 acres of which 18,000 sq. ft is being disturbed. The Board did review this project and we recently noticed 129 that this Permit wasn’t covered. This is more procedural than substantive. 130 Henry Fink, Turnpike Street: Concerned with the amount of water that may be generated. Requested 131 strongly that there be no blasting. 132 MOTION 3 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 133 A motion was made by T. Seibert to close the Public Hearing for 1275 Turnpike Street Lot Slope 134 Exception Special Permit. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. The vote was unanimous. 135 Draft Decision was reviewed. 136 MOTION 137 A motion was made by R. Rowen to approve the Lot Slope Exception Special Permit for The Shelter 138 Group, 1275 Turnpike Street, as amended this evening. The motion was seconded by R. Glover. The 139 vote was unanimous. 140 : MEETING MINUTES 141 Approval of September 6, 2011 meeting minutes. 142 A motion was made by R. Glover to approve the meeting minutes for September 6, 2011. The motion 143 was seconded T. Seibert. The vote was unanimous. 144 145 . Next year’s Planning Board meeting scheduled was reviewed 146 147 ADJOURNMENT 148 MOTION 149 A motion was made by T. Seibert to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by M. Colantoni. 150 The vote was unanimous. 151 152 The meeting adjourned at 8:25pm 153 154 MEETING MATERIALS: Agenda, Draft Decision for 1679 Osgood Street Definitive Subdivision Plan, 155 Draft Decision Common Driveway and Frontage Exception Special Permits 1679 Osgood Street, Draft 156 Decision AT&T 5 Boston Hill Wireless Special Permit, Draft Decision AT&T 723 Osgood Street 157 Wireless Special Permit, Eggleston Environmental review memo dated 8/24/2011 re: 1780 Osgood St 158 review. 1780 Osgood Street Detail Plan, 1780 Osgood Street Site Plan, Draft Decision 1275 Turnpike 159 Street Lot Slope Exception Special Permit, Notice of Decision 1275 Turnpike Street dated 4/6/2010, 160 Meeting Minute draft 9/6/2011, 3 Ironwood Rd Plot Plan, Aerial view 3 Ironwood Rd., Proposed 2012 161 Planning Board meeting schedule. 4