HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF THE MEETING MAY 6, 2003

Approved 5/20/03

Present: Tom McGlenn, Howdy Russell, George Munson, Robert Gauthier, Greg Waples, and Clint Emmons.

Members Absent: Wayne Burgess and Ted Bloomhardt.

1. MINUTES Greg Waples made the motion to accept the minutes of April 15, 2003 as corrected. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

2. BROWN – FINAL PLAT Tom McGlenn opened the public hearing for review of a final plat subdivision on the Craig Brown property located on the east side of the Magee Hill Road. Tim Brown was present with Nicholas Nowlan, an engineer with McCain Consulting, Inc. present to explain the following aspects of their proposal:

· The new lot will be 10.10 acres is size with the remaining 150 acres having an existing farmhouse, mobile home and barns.

· This new lot will have it’s own access onto the Town road.

· The applicants have already received a State permit for the septic design which includes a replacement area for the farmhouse and mobile home. The applicants will submit easement language for this septic easement.

· As per a requirement of the sketch plan approval, dimensions have been put on the building envelope.

· They had submitted a letter from April Moulaert, the State Wetland Coordinator, that the small farm pond may be filled in.

· There is an existing electric pole and the line from that will be underground to the new house.

· There is sufficient room to access the back/upper portion of the Barn property.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public hearing and take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.

3. KETCHAM – FINAL PLAT Larry Ketcham was next on the agenda for a final plat review of his one-lot subdivision located on the south side of this Shelburne Falls Road. This 2.2-acre lot had been transferred without first going through the necessary procedure and this review was to correct that situation. The following aspects of this proposal were then discussed:

· The house on this property uses a well, which is in or near the deeded right-of-way to property to the south of this lot. Larry had submitted a letter from Stephen Revell of Lincoln Applied Geology stating that the water supply well “meets the isolation distance requirements specified in the Small Scale Water Supply Rules.“

· The deed language stipulating that the trees on the north side of the house will be maintained should be clarified.

· Al Barber, the Fire Chief, had made a site visit to the property and found that there is not adequate space on the knoll where the house is located for emergency vehicles to turn around. There would, however, be room at the location of the split in this private road if that area were widened.

· Al also felt that the shared portion of this road does not meet the 18 foot width requirement.

· The new boundary line establishes a 10’ setback for the existing barn.

· The lot had received a limited conditional amnesty from the State in regard to the septic system.

Tom McGlenn closed the public hearing so that the Board may take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed.

4. MEAD BROTHERS CAR WASH – SITE PLAN REVISION Doug, John and Peter Mead were present to explain revisions to their approved car wash next to their Texaco station in the Village. This project had received a conditional use permit from the Zoning Board on 10/2001 and site plan review from the Planning Commission on 9/18/01. This DRB had then approved revisions to that site plan on 10/03/01.

The following revisions and changes were then presented and discussed:

· This new plan shows one automatic wash bay with room for a second future one.

· The vacuums have been moved from in front of the building.

· The tanks shown on the plan in front of the building are settling tanks for the water recycling system.

· The sidewalks in front of this car wash and the station are in the same location and there will now be only one entrance off Route 116 to the car wash.

· The lighting will be the same sharp cutoff as originally proposed and the doors could be left closed when the system is not operating.

· The Meads have submitted an agreement to the Select Board concerning the path across this property to Lyman Park. This has not yet been acting on by that board.

· They are not requesting any sign at this time.

· The hours of operation will be the same as originally approved which were 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. weekdays and 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekends.

· Peter Mead explained that as there aren’t any windows on the street side of this building, they would have taller trees on that side than originally proposed.

· Peter Erb, the Zoning Administrator, said that there could be some issues between the traffic flow and parking between the car wash and service station. John Mead said that their attorney is working out easement language between the two properties.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public discussion of this matter and the Board take up this application in deliberative session in order to render a decision. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

5. LEGGETT – FINAL PLAT The last item on the agenda was a re-warned public hearing of a request by William and Barbara Leggett to subdivide their property on the Mechanicsville Road where there currently are two mobile homes. Bill was present with his developer George Bedard. This proposal had been denied at the April 15^th DRB meeting.

This denial had been based on Section 3.4.5(3) of the Zoning Bylaw on Village Design Standards which states “garages… attached or unattached to the primary building shall be placed at least ten feet farther back from the front property line than the principal structure.” Peter Erb explained that he feels it is his responsibility to interpret this requirement once a subdivision is granted and he receives the building permit. It was felt that if the garages on these two proposed raised ranches were on the ends of the buildings they would better fit this requirement.

Tom McGlenn made the motion to close the public hearing and direct the staff to draft a motion of approval for the William and Barbara Ballard two-lot subdivision located on the Mechanicsville Road and in particular to include a condition to minimize the visual impact of the garage doors. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed unanimously.

6. DELIBERATIVE SESSION Tom McGlenn made the motion that the Board go into deliberative session and this motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed. At that time the Board acted on the following items:

Greg Waples made the motion that to accept the conditions of approval for the two-lot subdivision as proposed by Lance Smith for property currently owned by Clark Hinsdale III, Michael Hinsdale, and Paul McGloskey as corrected. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed unanimously.
Greg Waples made the motion to accept the conditions of approval for a sketch plan as proposed by Frank Babbott for his property located on the Pond Road. This motion was seconded by George Munson and passed with 4 aye votes and Howdy Russell and Robert Gauthier abstaining from the vote.
Tom McGlenn then made the motion to accept the revised condition #12 of the site plan approval for NRG. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed with Clint Emmons abstaining from the vote.
George Munson made the motion to accept the revised conditional use permit and site plan approval for Storage Solutions in Commerce Park as corrected. This motion was seconded by Tom McGlenn and passed.
Tom McGlenn then made the motion to approve the final plat for the William and Barbara Leggett subdivision for 2 lots located on the Mechanicsville Road with the following conditions: [See attached sheets.] This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed unanimously.

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

Respectfully Submitted,

Holly Russell Recording Secretary