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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-06-17 Planning Board Minutes PLANNING BOARD ( � Meeting Minutes v , June 17, 2014 '1' Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 1 Present: R. Rowen, L. Rudnicki, L. McSherry, D. Kellogg, M. Colantoni, J. Simons 2 Absent: 3 Staff Present: C. Bellavance, J. Enright 4 5 Meeting began at 7:00 pm. 6 7 BOND RELEASE 8 110 Sutton Street: Request for release of remaining $2,500 performance G bond plus 9 accumulated interest. 10 C. Bellavance: Based on the discussion at the last Board meeting the applicant has submitted a 11 revised landscaping sketch. The proposal includes relocating the shrubs along Sutton Street 12 closer to the building and additional landscaping along the building. 13 Karen Carberry, Representative for N. Chippendale's: The shrubs will placed in a mulch bed 14 and the crushed stone will remain from the bed to Sutton Street. There is direct sunlight for a 15 good portion of the day and it was taken into consideration when selecting the trees and species 16 that will be planted. 17 BOARD: There trees should be purchased with a caliper that equates to 7-8 feet in height. The 18 trees should be spaced appropriately to allow for growth. A few more azaleas should be added in 19 front of the arborvitaes. This landscaped area is not authorized for parking. The request for 20 release of the remaining bond funds should be made after the planting is complete. 21 K. Carberry: The placement of the Eastern Red Bud and Dogwood, existing curbing, and 22 existing posts eliminate any possibility of parking in this area. Some additional azaleas will 23 added, there will be mounted mulch beds where the plantings are going, the trees will be 7-8' in 24 height and spread far enough apart so that they will not interfere with the growth. 25 26 PUBLIC HEARINGS 27 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING, 1632 Osgood Street: Applicant proposes conversion of 28 existing space to performing arts center in the Industrial 2 Zoning District (I2) and in the Osgood 29 Smart Growth Overlay District. 30 C. Bellavance: This is an application for a project under the Osgood Smart Growth Overlay 31 District (OSGOD). A draft Notice of Decision has been prepared. The applicant has been asked 32 to submit a revised plan to update the Occupant Load numbers. That plan has not been received 33 yet. 34 MOTION 35 A motion was made by D. Kellogg to close the public hearing for ACT Theater Co. at 1632 36 Osgood Street. The motion was seconded by R. Rowen. The vote was unanimous, 6-0 in favor. 37 Draft Notice of Decision was reviewed. 38 Charles Gracy, Act Theater Co.: Explained the occupant load and seating numbers. 39 MOTION 40 A motion was made by R. Rowen to approve the OSGOD Special Permit for Act Theater Co. 41 1632 Osgood Street as amended. The motion was seconded by D. Kellogg. The vote was 42 unanimous, 5-0 in favor. J. Simons abstained. 1 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes June 17, 2014 Town Nall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 43 CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING, 500 Great Pond Road: Applicant seeks approval for a 44 practice facility and parking lot expansion within 100' of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland and 45 within the General and Non-Disturbance Zones of the Watershed Protection District. 46 C. Bellavance: The applicant requested a continuance until the July 1, 2014 meeting. The 47 applicant did go before the Board of Selectmen(BOS)to request approval to create four parking 48 spaces in the Great Pond Road right-of-way. The BOS did approve the request. 49 50 NEW PUBLIC HEARING, Dimitrios Saragas 107 Campion Road: Applicant seeks to construct 51 a single family dwelling, driveway, site utilities, and lot grading within an isolated wetland and 52 its 100 foot buffer in the Non-Disturbance Buffer Zone of the Watershed Protection District. 53 C. Bellavance: The applicant has received a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals 54 (ZBA)to construct a permanent structure within the Non-Disturbance Zone of the Watershed 55 Protection District. L. Eggleston sent a review letter late today. Reviewed L. Eggleston's 56 comments. It appears that the site may have been used as a staging area during development of 57 the subdivision. Some construction debris was left on the site there are some questions as to how 58 that debris has affected the soils and growth on the site. This project is before the Conservation 59 Commission as well. 60 J. Simons: Research the Notice of Decision for this subdivision to determine if there is a reason 61 for a legacy lot. 62 Bill Macleod, Andover Consultants: This lot was not built on. There were no wetlands on the 63 lot at the time of the subdivision approval. There were no wetlands shown on the original 64 subdivision plans. All the other lots have been developed. Wetland Preservations have done 65 some tests on the site and it has been determined that this was probably used as a staging area 66 and that soils were likely dug out of other areas on the site and left on this lot. There is a very 67 shallow layer of hydric soil on the top and there are upland soils underneath. This would not be 68 seen unless the hydric soils were deposited on the top. There is a pocket area on the lot that has 69 grown wetland vegetation. This wetland is not a wetland under the State's Wetland Protection 70 Act. It is a wetland under the Town's Wetland Bylaw. This wetland is an isolated pocket. It is 71 not connected to the Lake. 72 C. Bellavance: The variance from the ZBA was required because the project is within the Non- 73 Disturbance Zone. If this isolated wetland did not exist the project would be in the General Zone 74 of the Watershed Protection District and a variance would not be required. 75 B. Macleod: If the isolated wetland was not on the lot permitting before the Planning Board 76 would not be required. The project would be outside the Non-Disturbance and Non-Discharge 77 Zones. The lot is approximately 500' from the Lake. The proposal includes the installation of 78 three rain gardens and a swale. The runoff protection post-construction will be much better than 79 what exists today. Currently, the runoff from the lots above this lot sheet flows across it. The lot 80 is grandfathered. It has not been held in contiguous ownership since the zoning change from a 81 minimum lot size of one acre to two acres. It has sufficient frontage. The isolated wetland is less 82 than 5,000 sq. ft. The lot was held in separate ownership soon after the subdivision was built. It 83 was sold by the developer to someone. The applicant bought the lot 12 years ago. An attorney 84 submitted a report at that time stating that the lot was grandfathered. The driveway is being kept 2 r PLANNING BOARD • Meeting Minutes June 17, 2014 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 85 at existing grade. There will be a walkout basement. There are no major cuts/fills on the lot. 86 The lot has secondary growth on it. It was an open lot when the subdivision was built. 87 Bill Stucky, Campion Estates: Demonstrated pictures that were taken from the back side of the 88 Campion Estates condos. Currently trees mask the surrounding houses. How high will the 89 vegetation be that is placed on the lot? 90 B. Macleod: None of the existing vegetation will be kept on the lot. The backyard will have 91 lawn and a rain garden. A substantial amount of trees were cleared along the property boundary 92 line when Campion Estates was developed. There is only one place on this lot that the house can 93 be place because of setback requirements. There will be plantings around the house and along 94 the side boundary line. 95 D. Kellogg: There would be nothing to stop Campion Estates from installing more trees on their 96 property. 97 B. Stucky: Will the house be at existing ground level or will it be raised? 98 B. Macleod: The cellar floor on average is 3.5' into the ground. It will have an 8' high 99 foundation wall and a two-story house with a pitched roof will be built on that. The house will 100 comply with the height requirements in the Zoning Bylaw. 101 B. Macleod: Requested a copy of L. Eggleston's review letter. 102 J. Simons: This will continue to the July 1, 2014 hearing date. 103 04 MEETING MINUTES _05 Approval of June 3, 2014 meeting minutes. 106 MOTION 107 A motion was made by L. Rudnicki to approve the June 3, 2014 meeting minutes. The motion 108 was seconded by D. Kellogg. The vote was unanimous, 6-0 in favor. 109 110 ADJOUNMENT 111 MOTION 112 A motion was made by L. Rudnicki to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by D. 113 Kellogg. The vote was unanimous, 6-0 in favor. 114 115 The meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm. 116 117 MEETING MATERIALS: Agenda, 110 Sutton Street: Original Site Plan dated 3/6/2014, Arch 118 Rendering Sketch Plan, proposed landscaping sketch, 1 property photo; ACT Theater: Draft 119 Notice of Decision dated June 17, 2014, Letter from G. Brown dated 5/7/2014 re Parking 120 Analysis, aerial photo, 3 property photos, Act Theater building plans dated 4/26/14, signage and 121 traffic/parking plan, 1600 Osgood Street Smart Growth Overlay District Zoning Map; 500 Great 122 Pond Road: Existing Conditions Plan and Site Plan revised to 6/10/2014, letter dated June 10, 123 2014 from Scott Cameron re: Response to Stormwater Review, Letter dated June 11, 2014 from 124 Gene Willis re: NACC parking expansion review 1; 107 Campion Road: Watershed Special 25 Permit Application, Watershed Special Permit project description, L. Eggleston review letter 3 PLANNING BOARD Meeting Minutes June 17, 2014 Town Hall, 120 Main Street 7:00 PM 126 dated June 17, 2014 re: Watershed Special Permit, Plan# 9887 Definitive Subdivision Plan of 127 Land of Campion Hall North Andover Ma revised to 5/13/85, Letter from Bill Stucky dated May 128 22, 2014 to Curtis R. Young, Landscape Plan dated June 9, 2014, Site Plan revised to June 16, 129 2014, Draft meeting minutes 06/03/2014. 4