HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the Meeting of
June 18, 2003
I. CALL TO ORDER - 7:35 p.m.
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Gerard LeBlanc, Vice Chairman
Gordon Coyle, Member (Arrived 8 p.m.)
Joan DiLillo, Member
David Nagle, Clerk
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
Acceptance of the Minutes of the Meeting of May 28, 2003
Motion to accept the minutes of the meeting of May 28, 2003: Joan DiLillo
Second: David Nagle
Vote: 4-0
III. TOWN PLANNER’S REPORT
Master Plan Committee
Town Planner Noreen O’Toole told the Board that she and Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson met on June 17, 2003 with Carol Thomas of Thomas Planning Services at her home in Boston to work on the Master Plan. She said the revisions made to the Land Use Component were minor. Instead of splitting the Open Space Component into two components, she said, it was decided that it will be reduced in size with some of the material placed in the appendix and references made to the Open Space Plan available for viewing in the Planning Board office. Chairman Philip Lindquist suggested the Economic Development Component be shown to Executive Secretary E. Winn Davis. The Board of Selectmen may have some input, he said. The Municipal Facilities Component, Ms.
O’Toole said, should be completed by the end of July. Ms. Thomas will be contacting department heads in the interim.
Hanson Trails Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that a meeting of the Hanson Trails Committee has been scheduled for June 23, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall.
Zoning Bylaw Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that the Zoning Bylaw Committee met on June 16, 2003 and decided to submit a warrant article for the October 6, 2003 Special Town Meeting that would correct any existing errors or omissions in the Zoning Bylaws. She said the Committee felt there was insufficient time to draft an Open Space Bylaw. It was agreed that the Committee would have no chairman with the Town Planner serving as facilitator, she said. The next meeting has been scheduled for July 14, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Ferguson said that Lila Coyle would no longer be representing the Board of Appeals with Margaret Hansen elected as the Board’s new designee. Robert Forte will be the delegate from the Board of Selectmen.
Old Colony Planning Council Transportation Committee
Ms. O’Toole said that the next meeting of the Old Colony Planning Council Transportation Committee will be held on June 26, 2003 at noon.
Other Matters
Ms. O’Toole told the Board that she and Executive Secretary E. Winn Davis attended a regional meeting of local municipal administrators sponsored by Lt. Governor Kerry Healey in Brockton on Friday, June 13, 2003. The principal topics of conversation, she said, were school assistance money, water, affordable housing, and Chapter 90 funding.
IV. APPOINTMENTS
Informal, Pratt Place
The individual requesting the appointment did not attend.
Adequate Access, Pine Street
The Board met with Robert Karling, son-in law of property owner Joan Campbell, and his engineer, Joseph Webby of Plympton, to discuss the Board’s adequate access requirements for a parcel of land shown as Lot 16, corner of Pine and Fuller Streets on a June 24, 1922 Hayward and Hayward plan. Chairman Philip Lindquist read a decision from the Board of Appeals approving an appeal of the Building Inspector’s refusal to grant separate lot protection for the parcel under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40A, Section 6. A condition of the Zoning Board’s decision was that the applicant would be required to return to the Planning Board for a determination of adequate access and that the applicant would have to make any roadway improvements required by the Planning
Board. Mr. Webby said that his client was proposing to fill in the potholes on the existing process gravel roadway as had been required by the Planning Board of the owner of the abutting parcel. The Board noted that the prior applicant could not make improvements to the way identified as Fuller Street on the 1922 plan because Mr. Karling contended that his mother-in-law owned the roadway. Mr. Karling was told that, with the addition of a second house, the minimum requirement would be a 16-foot wide paved roadway with drainage to the far boundary line of the new house lot.
Form A/ANR
Indian Head Street
The Board reviewed a Plan of Land on Indian Head Street, dated May 21, 2003, prepared by Bennett Engineering of Sagamore Beach for Paul and Richard Nawazelski. The plan subdivides Assessors Map 54 Lot 1 into three lots. A total of 168,710.27 square feet will remain with the existing house on Lot 1. The other two lots are shown on the plan as Lot 1-4, a retreat lot comprised of 150,108.97 square feet, and Lot 1-5, a 39,382.86 square foot lot with frontage on Indian Head Street. Richard Nawazelski said that the property was being subdivided to provide house lots for his children.
Motion to approve the Form A/ANR for Indian Head Street as presented: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Joan DiLillo
Motion: 5-0
Land Planning, Inc.
Sign Plans for Ransom Road Subdivision
Discuss Release of Land Court Lot
The appeal period having expired, the Board signed the plans for the Ransom Road Subdivision located off Indian Head Street, dated February 20, 2003, prepared for Jon Ridder of East Bridgewater by Land Planning, Inc. of Hanson. Bernard Munro of Land Planning said that a Form A/ANR would not be required because individual lot ownership issues can be resolved under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81X
Mr. Munro also met with the Board to discuss the release of a Land Court lot which appears as Lot 2, Station Street, on an industrial subdivision plan previously approved by the Board and recorded at the Registry of Deeds. The 3.89 acre parcel is shown as Lot 24F on Assessors Map 50. The lot has more than one building which is in violation of the town’s zoning bylaws. The lots were filed as individual lots with the Land Court, Mr. Munro said, but a release for this lot will be needed from the Planning Board. A tenant would like to purchase one of the buildings from the owner. No covenant was ever established for the unfinished subdivision, Mr. Munro said, and no work was done on the roadway. Town Planner Noreen O’Toole said that she would review
the subdivision file in the office. Board members said they would make a site visit.
Form A/ANR
Elm Street
The Board reviewed a Plan of Land for Elm Street, dated June 9, 2003 prepared for Ellen Stillman and David Mann, trustees of Lim Trust. The plan is a division of Lots 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10 shown on “Plan of Land Elm Street, Hanson, MA” prepared by The BSC Group on February 14, 1990 resulting in a total of 8 lots.
Motion to approve the Form A/ANR for Elm Street: Gerard LeBlanc
Second: Gordon Coyle
Vote: 5-0
V. NEW BUSINESS
Memo from Executive Secretary
61A Land, Elm Street
Board members deferred to their next meeting a request from the Board of Selectmen for a recommendation on the release of Chapter 61 A land located at 208 Elm Street.
Memo from Executive Secretary
Chapter 40B Recommended Changes
Board members noted a June 18, 2003 memorandum from Executive Secretary E. Winn Davis relative to a meeting held in Brockton with Lt. Governor Kerry Healey that he and Town Planner Noreen O’Toole attended on June 13, 2003. The memorandum included a press release discussed at the meeting regarding changes to Chapter 40B proposed by a task force established in February by Governor Mitt Romney.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
Access Determination
Pine Grove Avenue/Fallon Point Road
Board members discussed the conceptual plan presented by David Johnson of P.M.P. Associates at the last meeting as the prelude to the possible submission of a Form A Plan on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Johnson of 86 Pine Grove Ave. The conceptual plan showed a subdivision quality road running from Pine Grove Ave. across the Johnsons’ property to Fallon Point Road that would serve as frontage for the new lot. An access determination was delayed to allow Board members an opportunity to visit the site. Board members Gerard LeBlanc and Joan DiLillo expressed concerns with drainage and the impact on Pine Grove Ave. from the traffic that could be generated if the occupants of the 13 existing houses on Fallon Point Road opt to access Route 14 from
the new roadway. They said that when they went to the site it was difficult to see exactly where the road would be located. Town Planner Noreen O’Toole was asked to contact P.M.P. to see if markers could be used to show the location of the proposed roadway.
VII. ZONING BOARD HEARING
Application of Grady Consulting for a special permit to construct single family homes on Lots 8 and 9, Litchfield Drive, as a portion of these lots lie in the Agricultural-Recreational District, Map 110, Lot 0019-01.
COMMENT: No Comment
Application of AT&T Wireless to allow the applicant to install, operate and maintain a wireless communications facility, including without limitation, antennas, coaxial cables and equipment cabinets on and next to an existing 150 foot monopole and within an existing fenced compound at 100 Hawks Avenue, Map 24, Lot 70.
COMMENT: No Comment
VIII. ADJOURNMENT - 9:45 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: David Nagle
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
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