HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 18, 2003

Approved

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

Members Absent: Wayne Burgess.

Members of the Audience: Lucas Evanson, Karla & George Munson, Robert and Bernadette Goodrich, Jeffry Galper, Greg LeRoy, Chuck & Sally Reiss, Carl Bohlen, Kristy McLleon, and George Bedard.

1. MINUTES Howdy Russell made the motion to accept the minutes of February 4, 2003 as amended. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed.

2. EVANSON/GOODRICH – CONTINUED FINAL PLAT PUBLIC HEARING The first item of business was a continued public hearing for final plat review of a proposed 8-lot subdivision by Sam Evanson of property owned by Robert & Ralph Goodrich. This proposal is located on the corner of the Buck Hill West and Lavigne Hill Roads.

The following items were discussed:

• The new shared drive off the Lavigne Road has been moved to accommodate the Smiths.
• There will be plantings on the south and east side of the detention pond to replace those cut during construction. It was suggested that a plan be submitted after consultation with the Town Tree Warden, Paul Wieczoreck.
• New building lots have been submitted which will define the no-cut zones more accurately.
• The applicants are working with the Select Board, Rocky Martin, Mike Anthony, and a committee of neighbors on the upgrading of Upper Buck Hill Road.
• A letter was submitted from the County Forester and the language needs to be further clarified.
• The easement for the path on the eastern portion of this project is located on the boundary line with that neighbor and there was a discussion of screening along this path.
• It was again brought up that the best location of the public path may be along the stream in the center of the project.
• The underground utility line for the O’Neill property has been installed and not a lot of cutting was necessary.
• The final approval of the house location on lot #2 in relation to the wetland may be determined at the time of their Act 250 review.
• The line data for the septic easement and curve data for the roads will be listed on the plat.
• There will be a % submitted for the amount of cutting allowed within the building envelopes for lots 7 & 8.
• There have been wells affected by the dry seasons in the area of town, although it is not within the mapped area of low water yield. The Applicant had submitted well-logs for this area.
• The ditching of the new drive on the Lavigne Road has been changed so that the run-off sheets into the field to the north and not south toward the wetland.

Tom McGlenn then made the motion to continue the public hearing for this final plat review

to March 18^th at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall and direct the staff to draft conditions of final plat approval and the applicant will submit to them additional data. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

3. STORAGE UNITS – REVISED SITE PLAN AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

Dennis Miller and Tom Sopchak were present to request several changes to the site plan approval and conditional use permit, which were granted in 1999. These were for storage units in Commerce Park. This facility has been operating with a Conditional Certificate of Occupancy as several conditions of approval that have not yet been met. It appears that 3 different plans had been submitted to the Town Planning and Zoning Boards and the Act 250 Board.

Tom McGlenn went through each condition of the original approvals that have to be addressed:

• Drainage swale – What was constructed does not seem to follow the approved plan, but is working and new as-built plans do not have to be submitted. The applicants agreed not to mow between the trees along the northern drive and Patrick Brook.
• Lighting – There is a light on the office building that will have to be changed to down-cast shielded to meet the Town’s standards.
• Landscaping – Landscaping was not done at the end of the building visible from Commerce Street and these need to be planted.
• Street light conduit – This was a requirement of the original permit and has to be installed as required.
• Curb – The applicants will have to reach an agreement with the Select Board and Road Foreman on the curbing along Commerce Street.
• Outside storage – There are pieces of metal that need to be removed.
• Fencing – Due to break-ins and vandalism the owners would like to install a wrought iron fence on 3 sides of the facility with a gate at the entrance. This gate would be a key pad box that would be assessable to the police and fire department. The applicants will return at a later date with more details about a chain link fence on the northern boundary.
• A required by the original approvals, a mylar of the site plan was supposed to be filed in the Town Land Records. This will be done by the applicants.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to continue the public hearing for this conditional use revisions hearing to April 15, 2003 in the Town Hall and to direct staff to draft conditions. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed unanimously.

4. WARD – SKETCH PLAN Theora Ward was next on the agenda with Nick Nowlan to request sketch plan approval to create one new lot at her property, which is located on the south side of the Sherman Hollow Road. There will be an existing lot of 10.9 acres with an existing house and a new lot proposed to be 11.86 acres where Theora plans to build a new house. These lots will share the same drive off the Town road.

Theora and Nick then discussed and answered questions on the following issues from the subdivision:

• There will be drilled wells on both properties. There is a newly installed septic system with the existing house.
• There is a large beaver pond and wetland on the property.
• The Town has a requirement that the shared portion of a drive has to be 18 feet wide. The applicant will have to work with April Moulaert, a State District Wetlands Ecologist, on obtaining a Conditional Use determination (CUD) as to what can occur at this wetland as far widening this shared driveway. It may be possible to have pull-offs for passing vehicles.
• This existing drive is not level at the Sherman Hollow Road and there is a problem with site distance due to the existence of a barn at the intersection of the drive and Town road.
• There may be a deeryard on a small portion of the property although the applicant has not found any evidence of one.
• The new driveway to the proposed new house site will be less than 10% grade.
• Methods to lessen the visual impact of the house such a non-cut zone, elevations, exterior lighting and house color were then discussed.

Tom McGlenn then made the motion that the Board close the public discussion of this sketch

plan review and take up this application in deliberative session to direct the staff to draft a motion.

5. DELIBERATIVE SESSION Clint Emmons made the motion that the Board go into deliberative session which was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed. The following items were discussed and acted upon:

• Grabrowski/Lyman Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to close the public discussion of this sketch plan review. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed with Clint Emmons abstaining from the vote. After some discussion, Tom McGlenn made the motion to approve the request for sketch plan approval by David Lyman and Brett Grabowski for a 3-lot subdivision as a PRD on the west side of Route 116. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and did not pass with Howdy Russell, Ted Bloomhardt, and Greg Waples voting for it and Tom McGlenn, Robert Gauthier, and Clint Emmons voting against it. It is necessary to have 4 affirmative votes for a motion to pass with a 7 member board.

• Brown Howdy Russell made the motion to approve the sketch plan approval for the Greg Brown 2-lot subdivision on the Magee Hill Road as drafted by staff. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed unanimously, with Greg Waples abstaining.

• Davis Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to approve the conditional use permit as revised for Jeff and Jean Davis to replace an existing pre-existing non-complying camp on Shadow Lane as drafted by staff. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed with Greg Waples abstaining
• French Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to continue the Transfer of Land to an Adjoiner approval given to Howard and Inez French for 6 months as requested. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

• St. Cyr Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to approve the request to revise the sketch dated 2/11/03 proposed by George Bedard for the St. Cyr 2-lot subdivision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and was denied by a unanimous vote of 6 nos.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Holly Russell, Recording Secretary