HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-10Monday - March ~0, 1975
Regular Meeting
The Board of Appeals held its regular monthly meeting c~ M~nday evening, March ~0,
~975, at 7:30 P.M. in the Town Office Meeting Room. ~he following members were present
and voting: Alfred E. Frizelle, Acting Chairman; William N. Salemme, Dr. Eugene A.
~eliveau, Clerk; and Asso. Member, James D. Noble,
ART~R S. FUNDE~IAN: Petition to permit a garage and enclosed porch on ~he kitchen
siAe of the house. Mr. Salemme made a motien to accept the petition and gr~nt the
Yar~ance as recfaested. Mr. Noble seconded the motion. Dr. ~eliveau stated that he
didtt see a~y gre~t harm in granting this V~riance but it is n~t a good precedent to
set. He said he would vote for it inasmuch as it is located out in the country, but
this could create a problem if it happened in town due to the buildings being located
so much to one corner. Mr. Frizelle noted that there ~as considerable distance from
~tudeklia~'s house to the next lot line.
Mr. Frizelle stated tha-~, for the record, the four members who s~t c~ the publi~ tiearing
are present ~nd the vote must be unanimous. The vote w~s then taken and all members
voted unanimously.
Arty. John J. Willis, Jr. w~e present representing Robert ~tson. Mr. Watson was also
present. Mr. Willis described what is being done to date on the site and noted the
operating section' of the pit on the plan. Some rough grading has been started, the
front are~ has been leveled and some loam has been spread. Mr. Wa%sen has dug and is
in the process of enlarging a stump hole to bury boulders and stumps. He is alee in
the process of negotiating with Lynnfield Because they want rip rap material for a
reservoir and, therefore, would like to leave the boulders where they are right now
until such time as ~ymnfield comes up with a decision. By July ~s~ he is to grade
and seed the ~-k area and put in some trees. He will seed and put pine trees in %he
front area and the stumps will be clea~ed up and in stump hole by I~bor Day. He
~ants to keep the rest of the area open as of now Because it is either being worked
on or has not be touched.
Mr. ~izelle asked about Mr. ~tson's financial status ihasmuch as there h~i been ~ome
question about this in the recent past. Mr. Watson said that has been cleared up and
that the property is owned by his wife. The application should be made out in her name.
The fact that the permit expired in February was an oversight on their p~rt, said
Mr. Willis, and ~ant to thank the B0_A~D for estending them the 30 days. Mr. ~rizelle
mentioned that the origir~l permit was ussued in ~96~ and Watson requests a renewal of
an existing permit. The conditions of the original permit were read which states that
it is renewable without a public hearing upon submission of a report from the ~uilding
Inspector. The Building Inspector said th&t he feels the operation is proceeding
smoothly and is not offensive to ~he eye.
Member Frizelle cfue~ied how ~ acrea were presently being operated and Mr. Watson
answered, in the vicinity of 20 acres including the poud. S~narles Foster asked how
ma~y acres will be restored this s,,mmer and Mr. ~tson replie~, ~0. He has to keep
50 f~. away from the access road and 75 ft- away from the brook and the three ponds
are eventually going to Be all one. One pond is 22 ft. deep at its deepest point. ~is
plans are to build up the road between the ponds and Boston Brook. Mr. Foster reported
that he h~d been out there ~wice within the last two weeks. He would like to see %he
plan governing %his permit made more explicit so that the areas that Mr. Watson has to
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improve are sho~n on the map with their boundmrieso Now is the time to ~et mo~e definite
inform~tion~ because if there was ever to be development there in the f~ture we would
want to pinpoint everything e~actly. Mr. Watson should be made aware ttmt we are going
to m~_ke more inspections and probably will be more problems with this 'wi'th the implementa-
tion 'of the new by-law. We need to h~ve some parts of the site definitely restored as
quickly as possible. Mr. ~rizelle asked to have something %o indicate what has been done
and what is planned to be done and also some sort of time Sable as to when the operation
will be completed. Mr. Watson said it would Be 2 years. Mr. Foster recommende~d that they
hold the lo~m there until it is restored. Mr. Foster said, als6, there would be problems
applying the new by-law to mn existing permit. Mr. Watson said the boulders would be con-
rained in one specific ~rea. Mr. Frizelle preferred going to view the area and asked if
there was any objection to continuing the permit until the ne~ hearing? It was felt that
it would be a hard~hip at this time if they could not continue to haul out. There was no
objection by the BOARD to allow them to have an operation until the next meeti~ date of
April 14, 1975. It was decided that the BOARD Would view the site on Saturday, April l~h,
at 9 A.N. Dr. Beliveau stated that they ought to have the map ready for that morning in
order that the BOARD members could see e~ctly what is going to be done.
It was stated by Hr. Wa%eon that, in the end, the only access will be ~he A~ Site Rd. and
Mr. Willis ,added that these are not really ro~ds, But paths. The secretary was dire=ted
to send Mr. Willis a letter advising of the cont'inuance until April 14th.
NOTICE 0~ PUBLI0 ~.~w~ _ ARCHDIOCESE - Reoetved from the Conservation 0°mmlesien ~ud read
by Mr. Frizelle. The BOARD consensus was to officially advise the 0on. 0°m' of ~heir
decision and attach a copy of the brief. The BOARD will mttend the hearing.
The Em~h Remora/ By-Law proposal contains a provision that attempts to apply it to
existing permits. Mr. ~rizelle~s 'opinion was that you cannot impose the new conditions
on an em/sting permit. The BOARD should not be faced with making these decisiens and
perhaps we should advise the Planning Bomrd of our concern. Under this !anti, age, someene
l~e Watson is exempt because his permit states that he can ope.rate the "whole" site.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
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