HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2003

Approved 4/15/03

Present: Tom McGlenn, Howdy Russell, Robert Gauthier, Ted Bloomhardt, Greg Waples, and Clint Emmons. Also Alex Weinhagen, Town Planner.

Member Absent: Wayne Burgess.

Members of the Audience: George & Karla Munson, Nick Zontanos, Gina & Larry Caputo, Doug Mead, Rolfe Chickering, and William & Hilda White.

1. MINUTES Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to accept the minutes of March 18, 2003 and

this motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

2. LANG – SIGN REVIEW Sean and Jennifer Lang were first on the agenda to request approval for a sign to sell farm products on Silver Street. They are currently in the process of purchasing the Rod and Jean Isham farm. This business is under the jurisdiction of the State Agriculture Department and the DRB only reviews the signs. Sean and Jennifer are proposing to have this sign located at the main Isham white barn on the east side of Silver Street and eventually move this business to the west side to a smaller red barn.

This sign is governed by Section 5.4.191)(b) of the Zoning Bylaw as an appendage to a

free-standing sign. The Board calculated the allowable size for the main two-sided sign to be 4’ x 4’and each of the appendages 3” x 26”. It was stressed that the bulbs from the sign’s lighting must not be visible from the road.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of this request for sign approval and the Board members take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

3. ENMAN – SKETCH PLAN Dave and Sandy Enman were present to request sketch plan approval to subdivide off one 30-acre lot from their property on the Sherman Hollow Road. They currently operate a X-C ski and bike center on their approximately 375 acres in Hinesburg with the remainder of the trails and lodge located in Huntington. This new lot will be accessed from the Huntington property.

The Enmans explained the following aspects of their proposal and answered questions from the Board members:

· The house on this lot will be a small one-bedroom cape and located on the flat area above a steep ledge.

· They plan to have winter access by a driveway to the bottom of the hill and walk up to the house. In the summer, they could drive to the house on an existing bike path.

· They will contact the fire departments in each town to see which could best serve this parcel.

· They will connect into the existing septic system for the ski area and lodge which is located in Hinesburg.

· They are dividing off 30 acres, so that at least 25 acres can remain in the State Land Use Program.

· Although the Enmans will have an excellent view of distant mountains, this new house will not be visible from the Hinesburg section of the Sherman Hollow Road.

· They will have to amend the Act 250 approval for the ski and bike center.

· There will have to be deed language submitted for the sharing of the maintenance, repair and snowplowing of this access road from Huntington.

· William and Hilda White, adjacent owners of a wood lot in Hinesburg, which is accessed off the Texas Hill Road, were present. Mr. White said they are very pleased with the Enmans’ operation of this facility and their consideration of neighbors. It was explained that the Enman could further subdivide this 30-acre parcel, but they would have to go through this same process.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of this request for sketch plan approval and the Board members take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed.

4. ZONTONOS – SITE PLAN AS PUD Rob Bast and Hilary Harris were next on the agenda to present a proposal for a new apartment building for the Nicholas and Voula Zontanos property in the Village. They currently own 3 lots and these would be combined into one lot, with Papa Nick’s restaurant, and 2 duplexes. Rob made a Power Point presentation of the project and explained the following issues and answered questions:

• They are proposing one new apartment house in the north/east corner of these lots with 4 2-bedroom units and a small storage building. There will be a new parking lot on the north side of the property with 12 spaces for the use of this new building. This project is being presented as a Planned Unit Development as governed by Section 4.5 of the Zoning Bylaw.
• The tax maps indicate the three lots have a total of 2.49 acres and yet calculations show there may only be 2. Therefore, a survey will be done of the entire property.
• The layout has been done to attempt to enable this property to be re-subdivided in the future and perhaps the restaurant sold separately from the residential units. However, the Bylaw only allows for lot coverage of 75% which could be a issue with the size of the building and parking area.
• The plan is to relocate a 2-car garage in back of the eastern duplex to the back of the restaurant to be used for storage. The new location will not meet the setback requirement from the center of the right-of-way.
• There will be additional plantings including a cedar hedge between the restaurant parking lot and this new building.
• There will be a sidewalk easement along Route 116 to be granted to the Town.
• At this time the stormwater drainage goes toward the swale in the back and south to Route 116. This swale may be located on the condo land and this needs to be looked into. Rolfe Chickering, the neighbor to the east, stated that the back of these lots has always been wet and drainage could be an issue. Larry Caputo, one of the condo owners, said that he is concerned about the increase in run-off and that it has been a problem this year at this swale and road culvert.
• There were shown to be 5 sharp downcast exterior streetlights in the parking lot to the new apartment building but this number can be reduced and they could be on a timer so that they are not on all night.
• The Zontanos have a deeded right-of-way to use the Lyman Meadow road which permits 2 road-cuts onto this road. They will not be moving the location of these cuts onto this private road. An agreement will have to be reached with the condo owners as to the sharing in the cost of maintaining, repairing and snowplowing this section of the roadway.
• This project has a sewer allocation from the Select Board and that hookup would be done from the line on Route 116. The water hookup would be done from the Town line in the Lyman Meadow property. Gina Caputo asked where this hookup would occur and whether their property would be disturbed.
• There will be a garden area of the residential units and a small playground. This playground was added at the request of the Town due to the need for play spaces for small children in the Village. It would be just south of the storage building, which has an overhang that could provide shelter and shade.
• The Board had received by letter from Georgina Caputo on behalf of the Lyman Meadow Condo Association listing concerns about the notification process, parking, screening, animal control, the playground, lighting, trash, and water and sewer connections. This letter also voiced a concern that the Lyman Meadow Road is a private road and Papa Nick has not contributed to the maintenance of that road.

Rob agreed that, as there is additional information that needs to be submitted, he would send a letter to the Board that it is understood that this is not a complete application.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to continue the review of this proposal for site plan approval as a PUD until the May 6^th meeting and the Board further discuss this in deliberative session to determine the additional information that should be submitted by the applicants. This motion was seconded by Ted Bloomhardt and passed.

5. CVU – SITE PLAN REVISIONS Tom Barden then presented revisions to the approved site plan for CVU High School. They had received approval from the DRB to construct an electrical switch gear building on 4/16/02 which was revised on 2/4/03. Tom explained that they would like to move the location of this small building 15’ to the south in order to avoid a manhole in front of the door. This would also allow the maintenance staff more room to mow the grass between these two buildings. The spruce tree located on the plan has already be successfully moved.

Tom then presented plans for an underground pressure reduction valve station, for use when the high school connected to the Town’s water system.. This would be underground, but Rocky Martin had requested that there be an above ground access door so that the Town could check this system daily. There was a discussion of the appearance of this door, the safety fence at the top, and visibility from the C.V.U. Road. There will also be a radio antenna at this station for use by the Town and there was concern as to the appearance and visibility of this antenna.

The contractor is working with Rocky and the Select Board on the permanent location of this station and the connecting piping. A bike path will be built soon in front of the high school and so this facility must coordinate with that project.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of this request for revisions to an approved site plan and that the Board members take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

6. Deliberative Session Tom made the motion that the Board go into deliberative session and this motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed unanimously. At that time the Board acted on the following items:

o Tom McGlenn made the motion to accept the final plat approval for the Goodrich/Evanson an 8-lot subdivision on the corner of the Lavigne Hill and Buck Hill West Roads as amended. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed with 5 ayes and Greg Waples voting against it.

o Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to accept the site plan approval for the NRG proposal on the east side of Route 116 as amended. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed unanimously.

o Ted then made the motion to accept the sketch plan approval as amended for Tony St. Hillarie for sketch plan approval for a three-lot subdivision on the north side of the Pond Road. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed unanimously.

7. The meeting was adjourned at 11:55 p.m. and the next meeting of the DRB will be on April 15^th.

Respectfully submitted,

Holly Russell

Recording Secretary