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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPlanning Board -- 1980-11-17 Minutes EWS ,,7 , Town ® f Brewster PLANNING BOARD p A N Brewster , Massaebusetts 02631 /hL0RPO54 P' ( `'V BREWSTER PLANNING BOARD MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPT EMBER 17 , 1980 The Brewster Planning Board met on September 17 , 1980 at 7 . 30 PM in Brewster Town Hall with Mesdames Gage and Ellis and Messrs . Eldredge , Reed , - Montgomery and Anderson present . Mr . Eldredge read the minutes of the September . 2nd meeting and the Chairman asked . if there were errors , omissions or amendments . There being none Mrs . Gage moved and Mr . Anderson seconded that they be accepted as read and it was a vote . In the election of a Clerk of the Board Mrs . Gage nominated Mr . Eldredge and it was seconded by Mr . Anderson and all were in favor . Attorney Steven Jones came invrepresenting a client interested in purchasing the Herbert Mallard subdivision off the w/s of Brier Lane . He reviewed the Board ' s action of 8/19/80 when Lot # 1 was released from Covenant and advised that his client wishes to create a one or two lot subdivision with a waiver of roadway construction instead of the six lot tract and asked the Board ' s con- Sideration . ,of procedure . Members expressed concern about the validity of Lot # 1 and of access--if a rescission - is made and considered modification of lot lines . Mr . Anderson moved and - Mrs . - Gage - seconded that a modification plan showing two lots be considered - and it_was- - so - voted . Ms . Joan Hammatt delivered an executed covenant for her two lot subdivision off ! the w/s - of- Great Fields Road and the definitive plan was endorsed and agreed that Ms -,_. .Hammatt .would � record- the = covenant - and plan : .- Mr .- Anderson raised objections-_.. to - the --plan7preparation by a Registered--Sanitarian i At 8 * 15 PM Ms . Jane - Wagoner and Mr . - John Schwalbe , representing the Board of Appeals , appeared for a discussion of a proposed Zoning By-Law amendment . Ms . Wagoner delivered an Article proposed for submission at the next Special Town Meeting . It is to amend SECTION V , Table 1 , USE REGULATIONS - RETAIL AND SERVICE , by adding an Item # 26 - "Boat Building and allied activity .with restrictions as permitted uses in the C-H and . I Zones . . Mr . Schwalbe explained that in the_ _ original By-Law a boat building classification was included in the C-H Zone and in later amendments it was dropped and the designation changes to " repair and sell " . He continued that the Board of Appeals went on record to permit the oper- ation to continue for one year to allow the owner to complete boats under con- tract and to allow sufficient time for a new By=Law to be adopted or for the owner to relocate . He added that the word " build " is all that is necessary as an add- - ition to the By-Law . Attorney David Woods appeared with his client , Paul Krikorian , an abuttor . Mr . Krikorian said that Mr . Eldredge was aware of Zoning Requireir►ents when he started the present operation . Mr . Woods urged that if boat building is considered , other building activities should be taken into account for the area and suggested the Article be considered in • biboader terms . Mrs . Ellis said she felt all businesses BRLIA7STER PLANNING BOARD MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEP`IMBER 17 , 1980 - Continued Page 2 should be taken into regard and not individual problems . She favored working out the problems on a long range basis . Ms . Wagoneer disagreed , saying she felt this specific case should be taken into account . An audience spokesman said it is easy to b� sympathetic to both sides and suggested there is a need to catagorize uses more thoroughly . Mr . Eldredge said he feels his operation is no more detri- mental than some others in the area . It was decided to take the matter under advisement . The Board of Appeals delegates said they would like the Article submitted to the Special Town Meeting and Mr . Eldredge said that if the Planning Board does not submit it , it will be done by petition . Engineer Albion Hart presented an Approval Not Required Plan of land of Leona Sullivan on the n/s of Main Street showing a division into two lots - one 24 , 462 square feet and the other 31 , 205 square feet . Neither comply with zoning require- ments and the plan , he said , is presented under Chapter 81-L of the MGL which permits the division as buildings on both lots precede zoning . Mr . Anderson moved and Mr . Montgomery seconded that the plan be approved and it was endorsed by all members . Ms . Jane MacKenzie came in to discuss the covenant expiration of her subdivision off the s/s of Main Street . Mrs . - Gage abstained from the discussion and vote . Ms . MacKenzie said she is unable to afford the installation of bounds . It was decided that Mr . Anderson consult with the Town Engineer regarding the necessary number of bounds . Mr . Montgomery moved and Mrs . Ellis seconded that a covenant extension to December 6 , 1980 be granted . It was so voted . Mr . Hart reported-on--progress being made in the -Callahan/'Dickey - subdivision off Crowell ' s Bog Road . - The owners , he said , - requested him to prepare - the roadways for construction ;__ quotations _ have--been - received _ and_a contractor is - ready- to pro= ceed : The- utility ccmpanys are having great difficulty due to the - long drought - and there is concern that the subdivision will not be completed by the December 6 oovenant - expiration date . - He -asked - for an extension from then until June 6 , 1981 = This -was = favorable. - and Mr :-Anderson moved --and=Mr.".Nbntgomery.� seconded - that-- - an extension -- of- covenant- time : be ' granted= to :June -6- , "1981==and -it -vaas a vote . Engineer_ Ira - Thacher= with prospective owner-, � - Christian Witte , appeared with a per- imeter plan of - the Frank Kynor property on the s/s of Main Street . Mr . Montgomery moved and Mr . Anderson seconded approval ; _ it was a vote . and the plan endorsed . Engineer Peter Soule resubmitted a Preliminary . Subdivision Plan of Richard and Barbara Will for ther Freeman ' s Way property . - - He- explained the -topography of the land , road grades and said the - feeling is that Freeman ' s Way will become a major road so a 50 ' road width is proposed with no waivers . Taken into consideration were water runoff , roadway grades and the need for a pan handle lot . Mrs . Gage moved and Mr . Anderson seconded approval of the preliminary plan and it was a vote . King ' s Landing II was discussed and Messrs . Montgomery and Reed told members of their viewing of Rock Harbor Village in Orleans and Kings Laind I in regard to maintenance . It was decided that sewage and drainage information specifically addressed to Section 6F of the By-Law Decision be requested for the Health Agent ' s recormendations and suggestions . Mr . Reed agreed to contact Agent Richard Anderson and Mr . Majewski . It was also agreed that the Board wait until the plans for Brewster Village are presented at a Legal Hearing before taking a vote on the concept . BREWSTER PLANNING BOARD MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17 , 1980 - Continued Page 3 A letter was read from Walter Babbitt regarding a proposed change of use of his Main Street property to a Cemetary and Crematory . After discussion it was agreed that the secretary write a letter to the Zoning Agent asking for his interpret- ation and a. reply to Mr . Babbitt . Hoard members signed Releases of Covenants for the Amato subdivision off Cathedral P,oad and Leona Leary ' s subdivision off Pond View Drive . Adjournment was at 11 : 00 PM . Respectfully, s , it . teven Eldr ge , lerk SE/da