HINESBURG DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD

MINUTES OF 6/17/03

Approved 7/01/03

Members Present: Ted Bloomhardt (who ran the meeting), Howdy Russell, Robert Gauthier, Greg Waples, Wayne Burgess, and Clint Emmons. Also Peter Erb, Zoning Administrator.

Member Absent: Tom McGlenn.

Member of the Audience: Darcelene Lewis

1. MINUTES - Wayne Burgess made the motion to accept the minutes of June 3, 2003 as corrected. This motion was seconded by Howdy Russell and passed.

2. CVU HIGH SCHOOL - SITE PLAN REVISIONS Tom Barden was first on the agenda to present revisions to the approved site plan for CVU High School. He explained the following aspects of the changes to the plan:

• There are 2 exterior lights each on the maintenance and electrical buildings by the main school building and these will meet the required standards.
• There may be a motion-sensor light at the door of the pump station on the side of the C.V.U. Road.
• This station will now be facing the road and not toward the west as previously approved.
• There will be a fence on the south edge of the playing field above this station and the antenna to be used by the Hinesburg Public Works Department will be on the east end of that fence.
• The pole for the antenna could be 12’ and the actual antenna is 6’.

Ted Bloomhardt then made the motion to approve the addition of motion sensing concealed light source sharp cutoff light fixtures as proposed on the generator building, maintenance building and over the access door to the pressure reducing station. The motion is also to approve the installation of an antenna post to be integrated into the fence line at a height not to exceed 12’ with a whip antenna on top as presented. This motion was seconded by Wayne Burgess and passed.

3. CARLSON – SITE VISIT Prior to the meeting, the Board members had conducted a site visit to the Steve and Lisa Carlson property on Upper Access Road at the southern end of Lake Iroquois. The Carlsons have begun the subdivision process to create a Planned Residential Development (PRD) with 3 lots on their land. The following issues were observed at the site visit:

• The setback of the existing Carlson house from this private right-of-way.
• The location of the driveway to lot #3 and it’s proximity to the existing drive.
• Upper Access Road was measured and the traveled roadway was found to be only 11 or 12 feet in some locations.
• The Common Land for this PRD seems to be very steep and swampy.
• The amount of land involved and whether it is sufficient to meet the density requirements.
• The maintenance agreement between the property owners on this private road does not seem to be adequate.
• Whether there is room for these new septic areas as well as the existing one on the easement for the former Donato 2 properties.

Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to close the public discussion of the Carlson sketch plan proposal in order for the Board to take this up in deliberative session. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed.

4. GARDNER – SITE PLAN REVISIONS Lynn Gardner was next on the agenda to request approval for revisions to the site plan for Bill’s Body Shop at his industrial Park on the east side of Route 116. This would be for an addition 32’ x 24’ on the east side of the building. Lynn explained the following aspects of this proposal:

• This addition will be the same construction with metal siding as the existing building.
• There will be an entry door on the southside of the new addition as required by Labor & Industry.
• The addition is to house a new steel press machine, which will not create additional noise.
• There is a designated parking area with gravel for this business that should be sufficient for parking vehicles being worked on.
• The plan also shows an outside storage area north of this building where sandblasting is done. Lynn explained that this area is screened by berms to the north and west from Route 116.
• Darcelene Lewis, an adjacent landowner, was present and had no problems with this proposal.

Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to grant approval for a revision to the Lynn and Marie Gardner for 32’ x 24’ addition with a height of approximately 10’ to Bill’s Body Shop at their Industrial Park with the following conditions:

1. The storage area to limited to the area bounded by the berms on the north and west.
2. All previous approvals with conditions for this industrial area shall remain in affect.

This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed unanimously.

5. ST. CYR – FINAL PLAT Ted Bloomhardt opened the public hearing for a final plat review of a request by Brian and Penny St. Cyr to create one new 7.98-acre lot at their property on the north side of the Tyler Bridge Road. The St. Cyrs were present with the representative George Bedard. They discussed and explained the following issues in relation to this proposal:

• This lot #2 will share a drive with the existing St. Cyr house, which is on lot #3.
• The well for this lot will be on lot #3 with easements shown on the plan and they have also submitted easement language.
• This proposal is for one single-family residence with a detached garage, which the applicant would like to have an apartment and their engineer has sized the septic system to serve both units. They had not specifically applied for a conditional use for this apartment and therefore, it is not part of this review at this time.
• They have received State of Vermont approval of this septic system that will have to be revised with the new lot lines.
• The plat does not show specific measurements for locating the building envelope and this should be added to the plat.
• George explained that there may be zoning changes that would allow the St. Cyr’s to reconfigure this lot and not have as much land in the back of the property. Therefore they would like to have the house location more to the front. Peter Erb felt that this location would not match that of the other houses on this road as they are further back. The building envelope could be shortened and also some of the trees in the location of the new septic system could be moved and used as screening.

Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to close the pubic hearing for the St. Cyr final plat 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.

6. WARD – FINAL PLAT Ted Bloomhardt opened the public hearing for final plat review a proposal by Theora Ward to create one new 11.86 acre lot at her property on the south side of the Sherman Hollow Road. Theora was present with Nick Nowlan from McCain Consulting Inc. and Fritz Fay, her builder to explain the following aspects of this project:

• There will be a portion of the driveway to the new lot which will be shared with the existing house that will become a 10.9 acre lot. It is required that the shared portion of a Lane such as this, have a traveled way 18’ wide. Theora had submitted letters from Al Barber, the Fire Chief, and April Moulaert, a State Wetland Specialist that to preserve the integrity of this large wetland the road could and should be kept at only 12 feet wide. This narrow portion is about 300’ long and has good sight distance.
• After consulting with Mike Anthony, the Road Foreman, they have designed the entrance at the Sherman Hollow Road to be level for 20’, and this entrance will be 18’ wide.
• They will have to cut brush on the sides of this roadway to establish the 12’ width.
• This property has extensive wetlands, and they have indicated a 50’ buffer around these areas.
• The building envelope shown on the plan was the setbacks of this RRII District and it was felt that it could be reduced in size. It was explained that the building envelope may then become the clearing limits boundary and a smaller one is preferred.
• There are trees between the Sherman Hollow Road and the beaver pond on this property that will provide screening of the new house.
• The power to the existing house is from the Town road to a pole near the house. The applicant is proposing to have a second pole before putting the power underground to the new house. They did not have figures as to comparative costs of putting the power either above or below ground. Section 7.9.1 of the Subdivision Regulations requires that “All utility systems, including but not limited to electric, gas, telephone and cable TV, shall be located underground throughout the subdivision, unless deemed unreasonable and prohibitively expensive by the Commission“. The Board members all felt that this is an important requirement and that the utility lines will have to be underground.
• Theora had walked this property with a naturalist who has stated that there not a deer yard here.

Ted Bloomhardt made the motion to close of the public hearing for review of the Ward final plat request 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 unanimously.

7. ACTION ITEMS The Board then took action of the following items:

• Saputo Howdy Russell made the motion to approve the site plan revisions to Saputo Cheese USA for a a refrigeration condenser and adding HVAC units. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed unanimously.
• Lewis Greg Waples made the motion to approve the conditional use permit for Darcelene Lewis to replace a house, which is a pre-existing non-complying structure in an Industrial District on her property on the north side of the Hollow Road with a new house. This motion was seconded by Wayne Burgess and passed unanimously.
• Baldwin Howdy Russell made the motion to grant sketch plan approval to Peter Baldwin and Andrea Haulenbeek to subdivide one lot from the Baldwin Farms property on the east side of the Baldwin Road. This motion was seconded by Robert Gauthier and passed.
• Grabowski/Lyman Howdy Russell made the motion to grant sketch plan approval to David Lyman and Brett Grabowski for a 33-unit Planned Residential Subdivision on the Lyman property on the west side of Route 116 in the Village District. This motion was seconded by Greg Waples and passed.
• Carlson Greg Waples made the motion to deny the request by Steve and Lisa Carlson for a Planned Residential Development (PRD) as a 3-lot subdivision of their property on Upper Access Road as it does not meet the criteria of Section 4.5 of the Zoning Bylaw governing PRD’s. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed unanimously.
• Leggett It was determined that the driveways between the two Leggett lots on the Mechanicsville Road can be connected with easements as long as the approved road-cuts are not moved.
• Ted Bloomhardt made the motion that the Board supports a recommendation to the Select Board that Zoning Administrator Peter Erb’s hours be extended from 32 a week to 40. This motion was seconded by Clint Emmons and passed unanimously.

The meeting was adjourned at 11:05.

Respectfully submitted,

Holly Russell

Recording Secretary