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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-10-07 Planning Board Minutes 2 North Andover Planning Board 3 Unapproved Minutes 4 October 7, 2003 5 Regular Meeting 6 7 Members Present: Alberto Angles, Chair, George White,Vice Chair, 8 Rick Nardella,John Simons,James Phinney 9 Members Absent: Felipe Schwarz, Clerk 10 Staff Present: J.Justin Woods, Town Planner, Debbie Wilson,Planning Assistant 11 12 13 The chair opened the meeting at 7:06pm 14 15 Planning Board Business: 16 17 Forest View Subdivision—Pulte Homes—Revised Form F and Form J 18 The planner addressed the board and stated that apparently 6 lots were left off the paperwork for the 19 original agreements. He has confirmed that VHB's estimate amounts included these lots and the $40,000 20 bond was posted. Accordingly, the Planner recommends endorsing both the Amended Form F and new 21 Form J. Attorney Johnson addressed the board and stated that he has drafted the appropriate paperwork. 22 Nardella asked for clarification of the total number of lots and asked for assurance from the Planner that 23 the paperwork is in order. The Planner stated that the paperwork is in order. Nardella made a motion 24 for the Planning board to approve the amended form F that was left out_of_the original document 25 second by White Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 26 27 Nardella made a motion that the planning board approve and endorse the conformatory lot release 28 April S 2003 as amended this evenina, second by White Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 29 30 Town Meeting Prep 31 Alberto stated that he spoke with Mark Rees and he poled the board members and would like to post pone 32 the phased development bylaw. The Planner stated that because of the recent activity associated with the 33 proposed Adult entertainment facility, he would recommend proceeding with the definitional changes. 34 The Planner stated that the amendment to the Flood Plain District would make our bylaw consistent with 35 state building code and the National Flood Insurance Program standards and should go forward. The 36 Planner stated that the phased development bylaw could probably wait until the spring. He stated that the 37 articles would be ready for discussion on November 6h. 38 39 Sprint Spectrum/AT&T-- 732 Osgood Street 40 The Planner stated that this permit expires November 14, 2003. The applicants are requesting a one-year 41 extension. Amy Mower representing Sprint Spectrum/AT&T introduced herself to the board. Nardella 42 made a motion„to approve a one- year extension from the previous granted special permit, second 43 by White Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 44 {Simons arrived at 7:25PM) 45 46 Bond Release—Wallace Street 47 The Planner stated that Quality Realty Trust is requesting a waiver from the requirement of as-built plans 48 as outlined in the Notice of Decision for the Wallace Street subdivision dated April 9, 2001 and release of 49 the remaining $5,000.00 performance bond. The Street was accepted at Town Meeting and the street is 50 being reconfigured as part of the Saville St Subdivision. Nardella asked if the as-built plans would be 51 provided. The Planner stated that there are memos in the Planning Board packets from DPW. Nardella 52 read the DPW letter and does not fully agree with the letter since they do not require as built plans. 53 Nardella stated that he wants to see that as-built plans are produced for the Planning Department. The 54 Planner stated that he has the plans on file from the building department. White asked if the only changes I were to the cul-de-sac. The Planner presented the plans and went river them to the board. Simons stated 2 the board should hold the money until more work has been completed. The Chair would like to hang on to 3 the money and request that the as-builts be completed. Simons made a motion not to accept the waiver 4 and have the apolicant complete the as-builts but wait until the other work has been complete to 5 release the bond moneysecond by Nardella Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 6 7 Waiver-55 South Bradford Street—Proposed 8 x 8 Gazebo 8 The Planner stated that the applicant seeks to place a gazebo in the Non-Disturbance Zone. The Planner 9 stated that the applicant's engineer has submitted a letter stating that an 8x8 gazebo is proposed to sit on 10 concrete blocks. The under area will not be paved and therefore does not require compensatory storage. 11 The Planner drafted a letter granting the waiver for the 8 x 8 Gazebo. Mrs. Chatterjee introduced herself 12 and addressed the board to indicate on the plan where she would like to place the gazebo. Simons made 13 a motion to grant the waiver for 55 South Bradford Street second by Nardella Discussion. none 14 Motion caries 4-0 15 16 7:35PM Continued Public Hearings: 17 18 Little Professionals—Site Plan Review Special Permit 19 The Planner stated that the applicant has addressed the Board's comments from September 9, 2003, Carl 20 Dubay addressed the board and provided the members with a letter and feedback to VHB comments. 21 Mr. Dubay indicated that a full sidewalk has been indicated on the plans and the rear sidewalk has been 22 widened to six feet. A catch basin has been added to assist with snow removal. Nardella asked if they 23 obtained Mass Highway approvals yet. Mr. Dubay stated it was pending. The Planner stated that VHB 24 continues to recommend that any approval remain conditioned upon the acceptance of the right turn lane 25 being constructed along Sharpener's Pond Road as it approaches Route 114. At the Board's request and 26 with the assistance of VHB, the Planner stated that he could write a letter to Mass Highway explaining the 27 need for the right turn lane. Mr. Richards stated they would be adding approximately 100 feet of 28 pavement. Simons asked for clarification of theright turn lane and Mr. Dubay showed the area on the 29 plans. Nardella asked what the curbing would be made of and Mr. Dubay indicated cement. Simons 30 asked to see the style of the building. Mr. Dubay presented the plans that indicated the building style, 31 Simons asked about the parking. Mr. Richards stated that the rear of the parking would be for employees 32 and the front area is for pickup and drop off of the children. The Planner stated that drainage issues are 33 outstanding as this time. White made a motion to continue the Little Professionals - Site Plan 34 Special Permit until the October 21 2003 meeting, second bi Nardella. Discussion none Motion 35 carries 4-0 36 37 0 Stiles Street--Definitive Subdivision 38 The planner stated that the applicant has not yet contacted the department with revised plans. 39 DPW has verbally agreed in principle to a 40 ROW and will generate a memo after looking at 40 the revised plans. The applicant has requested a continuance. White motioned to grant the 41 continuance for 0 Stiles Street to continue to October 21 2003• second hL Simons 42 Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 43 44 Foster Farm Elements School—Site Plan Review 45 The Planner stated that the applicants did what they were asked to do, but the Vl-1B comments were not 46 received until Monday. The Planner stated that schools are actually exempt from going though the 47 process, but they are proceeding with the permitting process as a courtesy. Rick Rice, Denisco Design 48 and Ben Gary, Moriece and Gary introduced themselves to the board. Mr. Rice stated that the town did 49 not want to get involved in the process until the money was in place for this school project since the 50 project is slated for 2007. Mr. Rice explained the plans to the board and what the proposed school project 51 would look like. Mr. Gary addressed the board and gave the board an overview of the area. Nardella 52 asked how close the school is to the abutter's property line and it was stated approximately 100 feet. 53 Simons asked if there would be playing; fields. Mr. Gary stated that there are no proposed soccer fields 54 for the school. The Chair asked for clarification of the procedures that this school project must undergo i r t �l I 1 prior to building. Simons asked for clarity to the school plans. Mr. Rice went over the plans with the 2 board and articulated the building use. The Chair asked about the building style. Mr. Rice stated that 3 this is not the final project and the building style is still being modified since it will not be built in the 4 near future. Nardella asked about a second form of egress. Mr. Gary stated that he has discussed the 5 project with Police and Fire. They are working on an access easement and it is currently in the works 6 with a private party. Nardella stated that the high school has a second exit in case of emergency and he 7 would like to see one with this project. Nardella asked where the sidewalks are located. Mr. Rice 8 indicated it was on the left-hand side of the road. Mr. Rice stated that there would be approximately 850 9 students. The Chair asked how much parking was at the site. Mr. Rice indicated there would be 186 10 spaces. The Planner stated that VHB indicated that there is adequate parking for this project. Nardella 11 asked about the dumpsters. The Planner stated that VHB indicated that this was an area that needed 12 further clarification from the applicant. The Planner stated that the applicant has requested waivers until 13 the project is ready to be completed. Nardella discussed the VHB comments with Ben Gary. Simons 14 asked Mr. Rice if he would stake the area so the board members could walk the area. Mr. Rice stated he 15 would have the area staked for the board. Nardella asked the height of the building. Mr. Rice stated that 16 the total height is 39 feet. The Planner asked when the site would be staked and Mr. Gary stated 17 sometime next week. The Chair stated that the site visit is scheduled for October 19'h at 10.00am. White 18 asked about funding for the sidewalks. Mr. Rice indicated that the state would not pay for the sidewalks. 19 Public comment: Norman Tidie, 252 Boxford Street addressed the board. He stated that he could not 20 understand why the Conservation board will not allow a bridge to obtain access to the school. He further 21 indicated that the soccer field parking was full tonight and he feels that there is not enough parking for the 22 area. He stated that he has lived in the area since 1967. Mr. Tidie stated that this is a dangerous area 23 since he has observed many accidents since he has lived in this area. He would like clarification of the 24 entrance- way since he feels this area is unsafe and could not handle additional traffic. Nardella stated 25 that the children attending this school will be walking and do not qualify for buses so there would not be 26 minimal bus traffic. Mrs. Jacqueline Tidie addressed the board and stated that the proposed school 27 entrance is in a dangerous area. Simons discussed the traffic report with the applicant. Dorothy Varga 28 addressed the board and asked if there would be a clear identification of the school zone. Nardella stated 29 that they would be painting the street indicating school zone. John Lozim addressed the board and asked 30 the board to entertain a second form of egress. He also asked about the gas line in the area and what 31 provisions would be made about that. Mr. Rice stated that the gas line would not be an issue. Mrs. 32 Tidie indicated concern that her well would be affected by the construction. Simons would like to have a 33 representative from the school committee present at the next board meeting. Phinney stated he would like 34 to see if there is another possible entrance to this project. The Chair would like the applicant to look into 35 alternate ways of egress by the next meeting. Simons made a motion to continue the Foster Farm 36 Elements School - Site Plan Review until October 21st,• second by White Discussion none Motion 37 carries 4-0 38 39 Carter Crest—2-Lot Subdivision-Watershed Special Permit - Common Drivewa 40 41 The Planner stated that a letter has been provided to the board addressing the proposed 42 subdivision with two lots and a common driveway to service these lots. The applicant has 43 submitted a Form A plan to create two ANR lots and submitted a new application for a special 44 permit for access other than legal frontage. The lots meet all of the frontage requirements, except 45 that one lot consists of frontage that involves wetlands. The Planner recommends approving the 46 ANR with a stamp that say's "the above endorsement is not a determination as to conformance 47 with Zoning Regulations". Mr. Zahoruiko addressed the board and explained how he would 48 currently like to proceed with his applications. The Planner stated the only issue he could see is 49 with the driveway and should it be gravel or require a paved way. The planner stated there is 50 enough room to move the driveway out of the conservation area, but it will upset vegetation in 51 the area. The Chair stated that the driveway is already in place according to the plans "as it is" 52 and it would be beneficial to maintain it where it is so it does not further disturb the environment. 53 Nardella asked the Planner what the Zoning Bylaw says about driveways in the zoning bylaw 9 I hook. The Planner read the zoning bylaw in regards to the driveway and it stated that the 2 applicant could pave an existing driveway. The Planner stated that the.decision could indicate 3 paving does not change topography or grade. Simons made a motion to have the Planner 4 aggrove the Form A for Bradford Street with the stamp tonight, second by Nardella 5 Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 6 7 Simons made a motion to accept the subdivision withdrawal,• second by White Discussion none 8 Motion carries 4-0 9 10 Simons made a motion to continue the Public hearin until October 21st second by White. 11 Discussion none Motion carries 4- 12 13 1789 Great Pond Road—Watershed Special Permit 14 The planner stated that the applicant verbally requested a continuance at the TRC meeting to revise plans. 15 Simons motion made by to continue 1789 Great Pond Road, Watershed Special Permit until October 21, 16 2003, second by White Discussion none Motion caries 4-0 17 18 1003 Osgood Street--Site Plan Special Permit 19 20 Chris Huntress addressed the board and introduced John Woodman, Woodman Associates and John 21 Darcy. John Woodman addressed the board and stated he was the architect for this project. He stated 22 that there are many floors that he is addressing in this project. There are two apartments in the building 23 and he has modified the second means of egress so that it is appealing with the look of the building. He 24 stated that it was important to maintain the integrity of the building. Simons asked for clarification of 25 where the new footprints would be in the design. Mr. Woodman indicated the footprints on the plans. 26 Phinney asked what the addition to the faeade material would be made of Mr. Woodman stated he was 27 not sure at this time. He further indicated Haat in restoring a building that it is receiving historical credits 28 they like to be able to identify the old and new areas of the building so the material most likely would be 29 different. The Planner asked if Chris Huntress had any plans on maintaining the fields. Mr. Huntress 30 ,stated that he has an organic fertilizer and a plan to maintain the fields that he will submit to the board. 31 The planner asked about lighting. Mr. Huntress stated they were still looking into lighting. The Planner 32 addressed the board about expanding the driveway or sidewalks to Treadwell's. Chris Huntress stated 33 that he would check into sidewalks for the area. Mr. Huntress indicated that Treadwell's was not forth 34 coming with accepting this project. White made a motion to continue the 1003 Os ood Street - Site 35 Plan Review until October 21st second by Simons Discussion none Motion carries 4-0 36 37 Planning Board Mail 38 The mail was distributed to the Planning Board in their packets. 39 40 Approval of the Minutes 41 42 Nardella made a motion to approve the minutes as amended by Angles for September 9'h• second 43 by White Discussion none Motion carries 5-0 44 45 Nardella made a motion to approve the minutes as written for September 23rd; second by White 46 Discussion none Motion carries 5-0 47 48 Napoli Trucking-Plan Endorsement 49 The Planner addressed the board and stated that Mr. Napoli,Napoli Trucking has posted his bond and has 50 requested that the board endorse the pians for Napoli Trucking. The Planning Board endorsed the plans. 51 52 Motion to adjourn by White, second by Nardella at 10:38PM 53 54