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Town of Meeting Minutes Members
Present: Barbara
Annis, Paul Violette, Dan Watts, Ed Mical, Rick
Davies and David Hartman Members
Excused: Hank Duhamel Members
Absent: None
Members
Arriving Late: None Alternates
Present: J.D.
Colcord Alternates
Excused: Peter Wyman, and
Aedan Sherman. Alternates
Arriving Late: None OPEN
MEETING AT Barbara Annis opened the meeting at 1.
MINUTES Approve minutes of Approve minutes of Paul Violette made a MOTION
to APPROVE Ed Mical made a MOTION
to APPROVE as AMENDED Rick Davies questioned the verbiage used of an
alternate being elevated to a “full member”. It was agreed to use
the verbiage a “voting member”. 2.
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS A.
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Paul Violette said the subcommittee talked about
the recent request for proposals. Only one firm responded, Holden
Engineering Company, and gave a submittal. There were no prices included
in the submittal for the different types of possible projects. Paul
Violette was asked to contact the firm to request price information for
budget purposes as well as any other details relative to their submittal
that would be needed. It was talked about that if a responsible
agreement could be reached the subcommittee would make a recommendation
to the Planning Board and Board of Selectman to move forward with Holden
Engineering. If a reasonable agreement is not met the process would
start again to see if any other firms would come forward with
information. Paul Violette said a few years back they had the same
problem with trying to obtain engineering firms. David Hartman said Holden Engineering is the firm the Board of Selectman contracted to do the safe routes to school project. Paul Violette said they seem to be well qualified. Paul Violette said they also discussed a recent
letter that was sent from the Planning Board chairman to Attorney Don
Gartrell relative to any expansion plans that Market Basket Company may
have. A meeting will be set up with the Transportation Subcommittee and
Market Basket representatives to discuss public safety issues in the
Exit 9 area. David Hartman asked if the Town was expending any
money at this point. Paul Violette said the letter made it clear that
the attorney is representing Market Basket. David Hartman said he wanted
to be sure that the Attorney’s office knew not to bill the Town for
the meeting. Paul Violette said he will be sure to make it clear the
intention is not to bill the Town of Barbara Annis said all the Transportation Committee
members are aware of the meeting. Barbara Annis said Laura Buono would
inform the Board of Selectmen about the details of the public meeting. Paul Violette said general points were discussed
regarding the different types of projects and how they would affect
traffic patterns within that district. B. CDPC (Commercial
District Planning Committee) Rick Davies said at their Rick Davies said it was decided as a committee not
to pursue the LED gas price sign ordinance at this time. They had a
brief conversation referencing temporary signs and Laura Buono said she
would put together some draft wording to allow the Selectmen to handle
temporary signs. The subcommittee reviewed the draft proposal of the
proposed amendment for height and it was determined that the verbiage
was a little difficult for the general public to understand so it was
edited and a new version was created. Rick Davies said an item on barn
height was left in since it was of similar nature to be discussed with
the Planning Board. Rick Davies said the Fire Chief does not have any
problem with raising the height of buildings because of the mutual aide
access that have ladders to go high enough. It was agreed to have the “Reasoning” section
as part of the Article at the public hearing. A brief discussion was held regarding building
codes and sprinkler systems. Rick Davies said that is a call by the
authority having jurisdiction which in this case is the Fire Chief.
David Hartman said he wants to be sure that is in writing as one of the
conditions. Paul Violette said there is a section under “reasoning”
that references fire suppression systems. Rick
Davies said the subcommittee further discussed the proposed amendment to
expand the Davisville area by changing some of the OC-1 land to C-1
Zoning District. There was discussion on whether or not the abutters and
landholders affected should be officially notified and if they should be
told there could be a Protest Petition due to the type of Zoning Change. It was suggest that this should be
further researched. Paul Violette asked if the During
the subcommittee meeting there was extensive discussion on Commercial
District maximum building area. It was suggested using percent of
non-permeable site area. They
talked about what perception would upset certain members of the
community more than others. They talked about lots with existing
buildings which are restricted from further expansion by the current
Zoning Ordinance. It was decided to write a suggested Draft Amendment
using 50,000 gross square feet (where 20,000 is in the existing
paragraph “F” on page 16) and Multiple buildings grouped on the same
lot to a maximum of 72,000 gross square feet. The 72,000 gross square
feet number was obtained from the Charette. Rick
Davies said he attached a sketch showing the interpretation of what
midpoint means for Proposed Amendment #2 height. Rick Davies said a
sentence was added to the reasoning stating that the building height may
be higher than 45 foot. The proposed amendment is an incentive to
encourage or provide flexibility for construction of buildings with
pitched roofs which may be less costly to build and may be visually more
acceptable. A
lengthy discussion was held on proposed Amendment #3 maximum gross floor
area. Rick
Davies read: The
CDPC is still considering additional wording including but not limited
to: 1.
areas to be proposed are still in flux 2.
provisions for additions to existing building areas which exceed
proposed 3.
building design requirements to reduce perception of large building 4.
additional setback where adjacent to Residential Districts 5.
propose more additional area if certain criteria is met 6.
propose more additional area if lot is over a certain acreage 7.
provide minimum spacing between buildings if multiple buildings are on a 8.
etc Barbara Annis suggested changing the verbiage in
the draft Amendment #3: Where more
gross floor area is required, multiple buildings….. She said when
a business wants more floor area they do not want multiple buildings
they want to add onto their current building. She suggested finding
different verbiage to make it less confusing. Dan Watts suggested taking out the wording Where
more gross floor area is required and just starting the sentence
with Multiple buildings may be
grouped on the same lot………. Rick Davies said on the Charette there was a lot of
land showing multiple buildings adding up to 72,000 gross square feet.
This is the number Rick Davies chose to put into the draft amendment. Rick Davies said he left a section in the
“reasoning” blank for the board to discuss criteria to be put in. A discussion was held regarding the total square footage allowed especially in the Market Basket area. The way it is written they would only be allowed 72,000 square foot and they already have about 60,000-65,000 square foot which does not leave much room for them to expand. An idea was if certain criteria are met then you could go beyond the amount stated. Green space vs. permeable space was discussed. Parking was discussed. A few different ideas were thrown back and forth to
allow for the maximum amount of expansion in an esthetically pleasing
way. The Board agreed that the individual buildings
would be no more than 50,000 gross square feet with multiple buildings
having a minimum separation of 50 feet between buildings for emergency
vehicle use as long as all setbacks, parking requirements, etc, are met. The CDPC subcommittee will meet in the near future
to discuss the scenarios from the Planning Board’s suggestions. Dan Watts will e-mail the verbiage for the proposed
amendment #5 regarding the major subdivision definition to Rick Davies. Rick
Davies said Bob Bowers had brought up the fact that three months is not
a long enough time for a temporary farm stand at a previous meeting,
therefore, Rick Davies said he changed the time frame from three months
to six months for the Zoning Ordinance Table 1 Use Regulations
–Agricultural #3
3. Temporary (not to exceed erection or use for a period
exceeding Rick
Davies asked if the Board agreed that six months is a good time frame
for temporary stands. Dan
Watts suggested changing verbiage to read products
produced primarily….. rather than products
raised primarily David
Hartman said he does not see anyone not allowing a farm stand on
someone’s own property. Rick
Davies will check with Bob Bowers and Larry Pletcher to get their
opinion if six months is sufficient time frame. Rick
Davies said the last proposed amendment is for temporary signs.
Laura Buono will forward the information. Rick
Davies asked if anyone had any additional comments if they would please
e-mail any of the subcommittee members. Barbara
Annis said any proposed Zoning changes need to be brought to a public
hearing in December in case there are any additional changes that need
to be made the opportunity to have a hearing in January will be
available. Barbara
Annis said budget meetings will be starting Rick
Davies said Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Fall Commissioner
Meeting is C. BOARD OF
SELECTMEN’S REPORT David Hartman gave a brief update on the fire station site acquisition. He said the offer was made to purchase the land that was discussed at a public hearing. At this time a title search is being done. David Hartman said the Fire Station Committee
wanted to get a jump on doing some public relations work for a proposed
station on a site. A firm has been contracted to do some preliminary
design work for a potential fire station on that particular site. Also,
the Selectmen will separately but in conjunction with that will be doing
a contract to pursue the wetlands permitting process that need to be
done on that site. The Selectman will also be negotiating with the State
for a small sliver of land in excess to their right of way needs hoping
to acquire that piece of land from the State. They will also need to
obtain an easement from Mr. Kirchner for sewer and water access. 3.
PUBLIC COMMENTS No public was present. 4.
ADJOURN J.D. Colcord made a MOTION
to ADJOURN. Paul Violette
seconded the motion and all were in favor.
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