HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF JANUARY 07, 2003

Approved 1/21/03

Present: Tom McGlenn, Howdy Russell, Greg Waples, Robert Gauthier, Ted Bloomhardt, Wayne Burgess, and Clint Emmons. Also Peter Erb, Zoning Administrator.

Members of the Audience: Clyde and Jane Holt, Steve Walker, Peter Goldsmith, Andrea Morgante, and Louise Roomet.

1. MINUTES Tom McGlenn made the motion to accept the minutes of December 17, 2002 as corrected. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed with Wayne Burgess and Robert Gauthier abstaining from the vote.

Tom then made the motion to accept the minutes of December 3, 2002 as corrected. This motion was seconded by Greg and passed with Wayne and Robert abstaining from the vote.

2. MASONS/UNITED CHURCH – SITE PLAN AND SIGN Rich and Kay

Hildebrand were present to request a conditional use permit to have a educational center in the Parish House at the United Church in the Village. This would be jointly sponsored by the church and the 32 Masons and would be a free service. The center would provide one-on-one tutoring to children with dyslexia. They would meet from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. after school and serve approximately 15 children a day. There currently is a large parking lot at the church and they are on Town water and sewer.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the discussion of the 32 Mason’s learning center and direct the staff to prepare a draft motion of approval for review. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

In connection with this center, the applicants were also requesting approval to have a 31” x 18” sign on the side of the building. It would be wooden with painted lettering. Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to approve a wooden sign as proposed on the United Parish House building. This motion was seconded by Wayne Burgess and passed.

3. IVERSON – SKETCH PLAN Ginny Iverson was next on the agenda, with her

Representative, George Bedard, to request sketch plan approval to subdivide her property which is located on the west side of Silver Street south of Lewis Creek. This subdivision will consist of lot #1 which 10.8 acres, lot #2 being 28 acres, and a lot #3 of 27.1 acres. There also will be the transfer of 3.4 acres to Clyde and Jane Holt, landowners to the south. Lot #3 has an existing house and horse barn and it is Ginny’s plan to sell this lot and construct a new home on lot #2.

George explained that 40 acres of this property was previously purchased from the Vermont Land Trust, which still controls conservation easements on it. Ginny is working with this group and they had submitted a letter from Preston Bristow, of the Land Trust, explaining these negotiations.

George and Ginny then explained the following other aspects of this proposal:

· Lot’s 2 and 3 are sufficiently large for the landowners to remain in the Vermont Land Use Program. There will be covenants that lot #3 cannot be further subdivided.

· They have done perc tests and these septic systems may have to be mound systems. The location of the house on lot #1 may depend on the location of that system, however, the house will be back against the woods.

· They are proposing a new road-cut onto Silver Street and have received preliminary approval from Mike Anthony, the Town Road Foreman. It was noted that there is a lot of very fast traffic on Silver Street. There is a level area of about 30’ at the Town road before the land starts to rise. George said there should not be a lot of storm run-off from this new shared drive.

· There could be a pedestrian easement at Lewis Creek near where there currently is a pull-off area. It was noted that there is hunting and fishing on the land owned by the Vermont Fish and Game Department to the north and west.

· The Holts currently have a “no build zone” on the Iverson property in front of their house.

· The Holts were also concerned about the availability of water and any effects on their well.

· A portion of this land is in the Federal Flood Hazard Area and although there is no development planned here, it should be noted on the plan.

· The Hinesburg Land Trust would work with any owners to protect the banks of Lewis Creek.

The Board members agreed that they would like to make a site visit in the spring to walk the property and see the proposed new road-cut. Tom McGlenn made the motion that the board close the public discussion of this matter, and take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

4. ST. CYR – SKETCH PLAN Brian and Penny St. Cyr were next with George

Bedard to present a proposal to create a lot new at the St. Cyr property on the north side of Tyler Bridge Road. A proposal for this subdivision had been submitted to the DRB on October 29, 2002 and after review by the DRB was withdrawn. The main issue at that time was that the proposed new lot would not have 400 feet of frontage on Route 116 as required under Section 4.2 of the Bylaw.

The St. Cyr’s currently live on the proposed back lot and previously had subdivided off a 2-acre lot, which also has a house on it. The septic system for the proposed new lot will be on the front by Tyler Bridge Road and the new lot will share a well with the St. Cyr house. They had submitted 3 options and the Board members reviewed each one separately:

a) The new lot would be 5.3 acres with the frontage on Route 116 separated into two sections for a total of 575’. This would leave the St. Cyr’s with a lot of 7.3 acres. This proposed new lot would have an extended section in back of the Casey office that is 100’ in width. It was felt that it would be better to have this boundary line follow the existing drive and boundary of the wetland. This configuration would meet the zoning requirement and not require a variance or be considered as a Planned Residential Development (PRD). It was suggested that the applicants could retain easements on the back portion of this lot to retain control of what happens there.

b) Under this option, the new lot would be 2.8 acres in size and the St. Cyr’s would retain the remaining 9.8 acres. This configuration would require a variance for both lots for the Route 116 frontage requirement or could be addressed as a PRD. The applicants would not allow any access points on either lot on Route 116. George felt this would be a better use of the land and also a smaller lot that the owner would have to pay taxes on.

c) This option showed a 1.3 acres lot basically in the middle of the property with the St. Cyr’s retaining 11.3 acres. This option would have to be done as a PRD.

Tom McGlenn made the motion that the Board close the public hearing on this

sketch plan request and take this application up in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

5. DELIBERATIVE SESSION Tom McGlenn made the motion that the Board go

into deliberative session and this motion was seconded by Wayne Burgess and passed. The Board then acted on the following items (Wayne Burgess, who was absent for several meetings, and Robert Gauthier, the newly appointed member, abstained from voting on these motions):

o Southwest Shore appeal – After revising Finding of Fact #6, Tom McGlenn made the motion to accept the draft motion of denial for the Southwest Shore Homeowners appeal of the issuance of a building permit to Patrick Hendee. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

o Howard Riggs – Tom McGlenn made the motion to accept the motion of final plat approval with conditions as modified for a three-lot subdivision located on the east side of Route 116 as proposed by Howard Riggs. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

o Wayne Bissonette – Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to accept the motion for sketch plan approval as modified for a plan as proposed by Wayne and Barbara Bissonette to transfer 64 acres of land to an adjacent landowner. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

o Norris – Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to continue the sketch plan approval granted to Richard and Norma Norris for a 3-lot subdivision located on the west side of the Baldwin Road for an additional 6 months. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

o French – Ted then made the motion to continue the sketch plan approval granted to Howard and Inez French for a 2-lot subdivision located on the south side of Drinkwater Road for an additional 6 months. This motion was seconded by Howard Russell and passed.

Howdy Russell then made the motion that the Board continue with the same slate of officers which consists of Tom McGlenn as chair, Ted Bloomhardt as vice-chair, and Wayne Burgess as clerk. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

6. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Holly Russell

Recording Secretary