DRAFT
Minutes of the January 13, 2003 Meeting of the Greenfield Planning Board
The meeting opened at 7:00 P.M. with members Cernota. Fletcher, Hopkins, Marshall, Pennoyer, Rainier and Winslow in attendance. Minutes of 12/23 were read and approved with the following corrections: on page 2, paragraph 3, line 1 after “sign off” we added “(see minutes of 12/09)”. Paragraph 4, last line, we changed “Hearing” to “consultation”.
Marilyn reported that she has tried to contact Verizon but she has not heard from Mr. Petersen. We have received a telephone message that DSL is not scheduled for Greenfield and it will be a long time before it is available to us since we are such a rural area. We need to draft a letter to Mr. Petersen asking him to update us on the plans for the new building. George reported that the meeting on Driscoll Road improvements scheduled for January 16 has been cancelled per request of the people who had asked for it.
At 7:30 P.M. the hearing for the Sysyn minor subdivision was held. All members noticed above were present. Jean Cernota stepped down as an abutter. Sheldon stood in for her. Bob Marshall took over as vice chairman as Marilyn had to leave. The hearing was noticed in the Transcript and Ledger on 12/26. 7 abutter letters were mailed on 12/27 and the hearing was noticed in the Town Office and Post Office on that date. A check for $243.26 was received and given to the selectmen’s rep. David Sysyn gave a presentation on the proposed subdivision of the property on Sawmill Road, tax map R1 Lot 6. 18.32 acres will be divided into two lots. The lot with the house will become a 5 acre lot with 799.75 feet of frontage. The remaining 13.328 acres
will become a lot with 357 feet of frontage. The board went over the checklist. We have received 4 paper copies. The only item missing was a driveway cut approved by DOT on lot R1-6-2. There were no questions from the board or abutters. It was then moved to accept the application by a unanimous vote. The public portion of the hearing was closed at 8:00 P.M. After some discussion the board moved to approved the application for a minor subdivision pending receipt of DOT approval for a curb cut on Lot R1-6-2. There was unanimous approval.
Copies of the article for the Town Report were passed out and approved.
The board then began work on proposed amendments to be presented to the public at the next meeting. We decided that we cannot offer an amendment on mixed use in the center of town without more information on the proposed septic system. We understand that Ray Cilley will be proposing an amendment on this subject. We decided to offer an amendment to the Wetlands Conservation District Article of the Zoning Ordinance as follows: Amend Section III, I, subsection 2, paragraph e. Special Provision. The paragraph starting with “No wetlands may” will be numbered 1. #2 will read “No septic tank or leach field may be constructed, repaired or enlarged closer than seventy-five (75) feet to any wetland. Exceptions, granted by the Code Enforcement Officer, may be made to repair
or enlarge existing systems.” #3 will read “No construction or ground disturbance shall occur within twenty-five (25) feet based on the recommendation of the Hillsborough County Soil Conservation Office of the wetland areas defined in this article, except for those items listed in Section D of this Article. The twenty-five (25) foot buffer zone shall be parallel to and surveyed from the edge of the wetland on a horizontal plane; for the purpose of protection the buffer zone shall be subject to the same regulations that apply to the filling and uses of wetlands.”
The second proposed amendment is to ask for a vote to rescind the Town of Greenfield’s Earth Excavation Regulations. Atty. Drescher has advised this move.
We then went over the mail. We received a memo from the Registry of Deeds, a copy of our budget for the past year, a copy of revised plans dated 6/2/02 for the Greenfield Historical Society proposed building. Bob also initialed bills from the Ledger and Transcript for the Sysyn hearing and a bill from the Registry of Deeds for the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center for 2 sheets.
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 P.M.
Jean Cernota, Secretary
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