HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-12-02Monday - December 2, 1968
Regular etin
The ~LANNING BOARD held their regular meeting on Monday evening, December 2,
.1968 at 7:30 P.M. in the To~n Office Building with the fo]_lo~lng members present
and voting: William Chepulis, Jr., Chairman; James M. Bannan, Robert J. Burke,
George B. Farley and William B. Duffy, Jr., Esq.
There were 8 people present at the meeting.
AMENDMENT .TO Z.B. L,
A written request had been made to the Board at their last meeting, the sig-
natures have now been certified by the Board of Registrars. Mr. Barman ~de a
motion to set the hearing date for January 6, 1969; Mr. Farley seconded the
motion. The vote ~as 3 - 1, with Mr. Chepulis voting no. This amendment to the
Zoning By-Law pertains to apartment developments.
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SUTTON PLACE DEVELOPMENT
Stewart Wilson appeared before 'the Board requesting the release of lot 5 on
Sutton Place, part of the Sutton Hill Oompany subdivision. This would leave 9 lots
still under the covenant.
Mr. Burke made a motion to release lot 5 only; Mr. Barman seconded the motion and
the vote ~as unanimous.
Mr. Wilson ~lso requested information from the Board s~.nce he is going to submit a
request for re-zoning a parcel of land.
BE~ OSGOOD SUBDIVISIONS
Atty. Victor Hatem appeared before the Board asking for the release of the
$12,O00 bond on Coachmanrs Forest subdivision. He said all the work has been done.
Mr. Chepulis said it would be necessary to get reports from the Highway Dept. and
Board of Public Works. The Planning Board has only received the report from
Engineer William Driscoll.
Mr. Burke made a motion to release $7,000 of the $12,000 bond.
Mr. Duffy ,~de a motion to release $6,000.
Mr. Farley seconded Mr. Burke's motion to release $7,0OO; and the vote was ,m~nimous.
Atty. Hatem said he will have an engineerts report sent to the Board for the "Morning-
side" development.
1~69 BUDC~T
A discussion was held relative to the budget for Planning Board expenses for 1969.
$12OO was appropriated for 1968. Mr. Duffy made a motion to increase the 1969 budget
to $1500; Mr. Barman seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous.
.".701" PROGRAM
A short discussion was held on the questionnaires that were received from some
of the various departments relative to the "701" Progr-m:
December 2, 1968 - cont.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ARTICLES - .
Selectmen Arthur Kirk and William Finmeran appeared before the ~oard to discuss
the articles for the Special Town Meeting. They said that as far .as they are con-
cerned the money articles are meant only for Raytheon if they c~ to North
Andover. They realime that the Planning Board has a different type of problem with
re-zoning; the Planning Board can't control the. use of the land once it is re-zoned.
Ben 0sgoed was present and said that he is meeting with Raytheon officials on
Tuesday and will try to get something definite before Town Meeting
Ail agreed that the problem would be solved if something definite could be said by
Raytheon.
After further discussion, Mr. Barmmn made a motion that the Planning Board recommend
favorable action to re-lone the area to Industrial. Mr. Farley seconded the motion.
Mr. Burke disqualified himself on this petition because of his association with the
proposed amendment. 3 members voted in favor and Mr. Duffy voted no.
The reasons for ~avorable action are as follows:
1. This re-soning would be beneficial to the economy of the Town.
2. The land is accessible to major highways.
3. It complies with the modern concept to industrial planning and with ,ll require-
ments of zoning.
4- This is a desireable area for this type of development and does not deviate from
previous plans and reconm~endations made to the Town.
The Board will meet aga'~,, on December l~th to discuss the Raconnaisance Reports.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M.
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Chairman
Clerk