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Planning Board Minutes 02/09/15
APPROVED
Chilmark Planning Board
February 9, 2015
Present: Dan Greenbaum, Joan Malkin, John Flender, Rich Osnoss, Chair, Janet Weidner
Not Present: Mitchell Posin
Public: Thomas Bena (filming the meeting), John Eisner
Staff: Jennifer Christy, Administrative Assistant, Lenny Jason, Jr., Building Inspector
Meeting called to order at 4:30 PM
  • 2014 Town Report Draft:
  • The Board reviewed the draft town report. Ms. Malkin inquired whether the Housing Committee reports to the Planning Board. Ms. Christy stated she would identify by the next meeting the Housing Committee’s connection with the Planning Board.
  • Ms. Malkin made three amendments to the draft town report.
  • Mr. Greenbaum made a motion to approve the town report draft with amendments for 2014. Ms. Weidner seconded the motion. The Board voted to approve the town report as amended unanimously.
  • Review of Guest Houses in subdivisions by Planning Board:
  • Discussion occurred about what the responsibilities of the Planning Board are for guest houses to be specially permitted in previously approved subdivisions.
  • Add to Open Topic Lists: Amend Section 1.03 to make clear how improvements, after a subdivision is approved, may or may not come to the Planning Board for review.
  • Ms. Malkin asked Ms. Christy to confirm how the Rules and Regulations Governing the Subdivision in Chilmark are amended.
  • Biennial Review of Residential Bldg. Size Zoning Bylaw Amendment:
  • The Board reviewed the information provided by the ZBA and from the Building Inspector.
  • The Board also reviewed the Residential Size By-law Impacts Draft Suggestions for Planning Board/ZBA Report to Town, submitted by Mr. Greenbaum on January 26, 2015. The Board determined what data they would need to insert into the report using the data reports given to the Board by the ZBA and the Building Inspector.
  • Ms. Malkin requested that Mr. Greenbaum add “guest houses”, after “additions/renovations”, to the sentence in the second bullet point under the second heading, “Applications Not Regulated by the New Bylaw (Under the threshold).
  • Mr. Eisner noted that, without considering the impact of the economy on the building  market, the data may be less useful.
  • Ms. Weidner inquired of Mr. Jason what the meaning of the asterisks are by some buildings on his list, in 2012. Mr. Jason stated those buildings were not built. The Board asked various other questions regarding the data.
  • Mr. Bena inquired of Mr. Jason what he felt was the overall impact of the bylaw. Mr. Jason stated that there have been few special permits granted and he stated that it appears to have had an impact on the building of large buildings.
  • The Board decided to wait to discuss more about the report until Mr. Greenbaum has more time to crunch the data that the Board has been provided. Ms. Weidner also stated the subcommittee, on February 19, 2015, will discuss the data as well and how it fits into the report.
  • Historical Structure Zoning Bylaw Amendment:
  • The Board members reviewed the draft submitted by Ms. Malkin on February 6, 2015.
  • Mr. Osnoss read aloud the draft zoning bylaw articles.
  • The Board discussed the impact of the draft zoning bylaw amendments on various scenarios.
  • Ms. Weidner noted that the number of lots that may be impacted by these bylaw amendments would need to be identified exactly and the ZBA needs to be contacted to discuss the impact on that Board of this bylaw amendment. It was noted that this could be discussed at the March 9th meeting, to which the ZBA is coming.
  • Correspondence:
  • Chapter 91 Waterways License Appl.: RMJ Dock LLC
  • The Board reviewed the application.
  • ZBA admin. asst., Chuck Hodgkinson:
  • Studios: The Board decided to take time to look into the zoning bylaws and gather feedback from the Building Inspector as to how these may be defined. The Board asked the subcommittee to review this question. The members of the subcommittee agreed to review the question at their next meeting.
  • Res. Bldg. Size zbl amendment: Mr. Osnoss read the question from Mr. Hodgkinson and the Board decided there was no exception for undevelopable land. Ms. Christy was asked to communicate this view to Mr. Hodgkinson.
  • MVC: District Local Technical Asst.:
  • The Board reviewed the letter from Mark London. The Board had no initiatives to suggest at the time.
  • MVC: Final Affordable & Community Housing Zoning Analysis on MV with Matrix:
  • The Board briefly reviewed the documents and asked Ms. Christy to forward the new final versions to the Housing Committee and to ask that they forge ahead with the recommendations of the Planning Board.
  • MVC: Regional Transportation Plan:
  • Board members reviewed the email from Bill Veno at the MVC and both Ms. Malkin and Mr. Greenbaum agreed to attend the meeting on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.
  • MVC: Ocean Management 2015 Plan: the Board took no action on this correspondence.
  • Fire Chief: E-911 letter: the Board took no action on this correspondence.
  • Danielle Pattavina:
  • The Board reviewed her email to the Board.
  • Minutes:
  • Minutes from the January 12, 2015 meeting were reviewed. Ms. Malkin moved to approve the minutes with no changes. Mr. Flender seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously as drafted.
  • Next Meetings:
  • February 23, 2015
Meeting adjourned at 6:01PM. Minutes respectfully submitted by Jennifer L. Christy