HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF APRIL 15, 2003

Approved 5/06/03

Present: Tom McGlenn, George Munson, Greg Waples, Ted Bloomhardt, Clint Emmons.

Members Absent: Howdy Russell, Wayne Burgess, and Robert Gauthier.

Members of the Audience: Al Barber, Tom Brawley, Russ Barone, Michael Hinsdale, Howdy Riggs, and Ray Curtis

1. MINUTES Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to accept the minutes of April 1, 2003 as corrected. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

2. NRG – SITE PLAN Dave Blittersdorf was first on the agenda to submit information on the

color of the roof on the rear or northern side of his building, as per condition #12 of his site plan approval which was granted on April 1, 2003.

Dave presented the following information on this roof color:

• This type and color would meet a good Energy Star Rating
• A darker color would add 10 – 15% to their air conditioning load and cost by absorbing heat.
• A lot of other buildings and houses in the Village area have white roofs
• This roof will only be seen from one house on top of the hill behind his proposed building.
• This roof won’t be visible from Route 116 because there are trees on the west side of the new building and tall pines on the east.
• Ted explained that this project is in a newly zoned industrial district and a purpose of this district is to “take advantage of renewable energy resources, both solar and wind power.”

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of the presentation on the

back/northern roof color for the NRG building and the Board take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

3. STORAGE SOLUTIONS The public hearing for an appeal by the owners of the Storage Solutions facility in Commerce Park had been officially continued to this evenings meeting. As the applicants had notified the Zoning Office that they would not be requesting approval for a chain link fence at the rear of their facility, the hearing could be closed. Ted Bloomhardt therefore made the motion to close the public hearing revisions to the conditional use permit for the Storage Solutions in Commerce Park. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

4. SMITH/HINSDALE - FINAL PLAT Tom McGlenn opened the public hearing for final plat review for a plan by Lance Smith to subdivide property currently owned by Clark Hinsdale III, Michael Hinsdale and Paul MacCluskey. Nelson Shepard was representing Lance and he and Tom McGlenn explained the following issues from the staff memo involved with this subdivision:

• This proposal is for development of the 4.27-acre lot numbered 1B to the north and with no plans for development of the southern 4.72-acre lot 1A.
• There was a building envelope on lot 1b but not one on the southern lot at this time. The applicant is aware that development on this lot may be problematic due to wetland and future flood plain mapping.
• Although the soils on this property are classified prime agriculture, it is an area zoned commercial by the Town. Lance will leave the area by Route 116 undeveloped and open.
• Deed language had been submitted specifying the sharing of maintaining etc. the road to be shared with NRG, who owns this strip of land. The sidewalk easement on Route 116 is only 10’ wide and should be increased to 20’.
• The shade trees along and curb cuts onto this private road will be addressed at the time of site plan review. The issue of a pedestrian easement on Blittersdorf property could also be addressed as a later date.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public hearing on this final plat review and the

Board take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

5. LEGGETT – FINAL PLAT Tom McGlenn then opened the public hearing for final plat

review of a subdivision proposed by Bill and Barb Leggett to subdivide their property located on the east side of the Mechanicsville Road. There are two existing mobile homes on this property that will be removed and new houses built. George Bedard made the presentation of this project as the representative of the Leggetts and explained the following aspects of the proposal:

• The building envelopes on each lot have been specifically defined and the acreage presented includes land in the back that the Leggetts have an option to buy from Russ Barone.
• Mike Anthony, the Town’s Road Foreman, has reported that there is a Town culvert under the Mechanicsville Road that seems to prohibit combining these two existing road cuts.
• There also is a clump of trees between the existing homes and the applicants would like to preserve these.
• Deed language was submitted covering the removal and replacement of trees screening this property from the Barone project.
• The bank on the north lot especially will not be disturbed to any great extent and as it is mainly ledge will not create an erosion problem.
• There will be a 10’ wide sidewalk easement granted to the Town along the Mechanicsville Road. It was requested that the construction of this sidewalk by the applicant be delayed as a condition of the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the second house.
• Section 3.4.5(3) of the Zoning Bylaw for Design Standards in the Village states that garages will be set 10’ back further than the house. George stated that as these houses will be raised ranches in design, the garage is a part of the house structure.

Tom asked George whether there seemed to be a solution to the garage setback issue and George felt that this requirement would have to be waved by the Board. Tom then made the motion to close the public hearing on this final plat review and the Board take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

6. BABBOTT – SKETCH PLAN Frank Babbott then presented a proposal for sketch plan

review to create two lots from a 10.01-acre lot that he owns on the Pond Road. This property is accessed by a private right-of-way and the lots would be approximately 7 and 3 acres in size. This lot has received several previous approvals from the Town including a sketch plan in 2001 which was not pursued further. The following issues were then discussed with Frank and from the staff memo:

• The well-head protection zone from lot 1B extends onto property to the east of it. Tom Brawley, that landowner who was present at the meeting, questioned what effect this would have on his property.
• The easements from to these lots and across lot 1B to lot 1A will have to be shown on the plat as being 50’ wide and sufficient acreage with the smaller lot not including this right-of-way. Frank explained that in the future he may purchase a lot south of this currently owned by Gary Husted. This would require sufficient acreage for a further right-of-way crossing lot 1B. It needs to also be established whether there actually is an existing right-of-way to this lower 10-acre Husted lot.
• The grade on these lots should be considered to ensure that the drives are not over 15%.
• It has to be determined if the deed for this property allows 2 new houses to be accessed by this private right-of-way.
• Information should be submitted that there would be sufficient water for these two houses as this property is adjacent to an area of Hinesburg with low water yields.
• Although the power from the Pond Road to the two existing Curtis and Morin lots is above ground, it was explained that unless proof is provided to the Board that is would be prohibitively expensive to install additional power lines underground, it would have to be below ground. There is concern that blasting for underground power could affect the existing well on the Morin property. The applicant will also have to obtain an easement from Martha Morin for this utility line.
• There are two wetlands on this property and the applicant will have to work with the State on this issue.
• The culverts on the existing private road will have to be replaced and the shared portion of the roadway widened to 18’. It was suggested that the power lines could be placed in the road right-of-way when the roadway is widened the new portion constructed.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of this sketch plan review and

the Board take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

7. DELIBERATIVE SESSION Tom McGlenn made the motion that the Board go into Deliberative Session and this motion was seconded by George Munson and passed. At that time the Board acted on the following items:

a. Lang Greg Waples made the motion to accept the motion of approval for a sign for the Langs’ farm stand at the Isham farm. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed unanimously.

b. Enman Greg Waples then made the motion to accept the motion of approval for the sketch plan presented by David and Sandra Enman for a single-lot subdivision located on the Sherman Hollow Road with access from the Town of Huntington. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed.

c. CVU Greg Waples made the motion to accept the motion of approval as revised for revisions to the CVU High School site plan. This motion was seconded by George Munson and passed.

d. NRG Tom McGlenn made the motion to approve, as required by condition #12 of the site plan approval for NRG Systems, a white roof on the back as presented. This motion was seconded by Ted Bloomhardt and passed with 4 aye votes and Clint Emmons abstaining from the vote.

e. Leggett Greg Waples made the motion to deny the Leggett final plat without prejudice with the condition that the applicant submit a revised plan addressing Section 3.4.5(3) of the Bylaw. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed unanimously.

8. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00

Respectfully submitted,

Holly Russell

Recording Secretary