HANSON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of the StoneBridge Commons
Continued Public Hearing of
March 3, 2004
I. CALL TO ORDER - 9:10 p.m.
Members Present: Philip Lindquist, Chairman
Gerard LeBlanc, Vice Chairman
David Nagle, Clerk
Joan DiLillo, Member
Gordon Coyle, Member
Others Present: Town Planner Noreen O’Toole
Administrative Assistant Barbara Ferguson
Chairman Philip Lindquist read letters from Highway Surveyor Richard Harris, Fire Chief Allen Hoyt, Conservation Agent Tricia Cassady, and Water Superintendent Glen Doherty. He also acknowledged the receipt on February 25, 2004 of new drainage calculations from applicant Mark Ridder’s engineering firm, Samiotes Consultants, Inc. of Framingham.
Mr. Harris, in a letter dated February 12, 2004, stated that Mr. Ridder has permission to trim trees and brush within the street layout from 239 to 285 Winter Street after notifying the owners abutting the trees to be trimmed or brush to be cut of his intent to create sight distance for safety at the entrance to StoneBridge Commons. He said that Mr. Ridder also has permission to add one catch basin at the proposed entrance and to install one manhole adjacent to the connection of the existing drainage system on Winter Street.
Chief Hoyt stated in a March 1, 2004 letter that after reviewing the plan for StoneBridge Commons, revised in February of 2004, all of his issues have been addressed.
Tricia Cassady, in a March 2, 2004 memorandum, informed the Board that she had been advised by the Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection in Lakeville that no paperwork has been filed relative to a groundwater permit for the project.
Mr. Doherty advised, in a March 3, 2004 memorandum, that Mr. Ridder has started a water use reduction program. Once he has documented the required savings to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, he said, the Board will approve the new connection for activation of water service.
The Board’s review engineer, Peter Palmieri of Merrill Associates, Inc. of Hanover, indicated there were only two items remaining which could be addressed at a later date. The items are the location of the sanitary sewer system and associated pump stations and the structural design of the bridge over the culvert.
Chairman Lindquist asked Mr. Ridder if the sidewalk was being brought around the corner on Winter Street, and he responded in the affirmative. Town Planner Noreen O’Toole said that it would be included in the Order of Conditions for the Special Permit.
The Board then considered Mr. Ridder’s request for waivers from the Town of Hanson Zoning Bylaw and from the Hanson Planning Board Subdivision Control Law.
The waiver requests from the Zoning Bylaw were: Section VI.K1.C4, minimum setback, and Section VI.K.1.D.7, on-site storage. The waivers requested from the Subdivision Control Law were: Design Standard 6.5.2, to allow reverse curves; Design Standard 6.53, to allow a radius less than 25 feet for the Liberty Street lines; Design Standard 6.5.6 to allow to exceed the allowable length of dead-end streets; and Required Improvements 7.4.35 to allow the use of HDPE polyethylene drainage pipe within the Adult Retirement Village.
Motion to allow the requested waivers from the Zoning Bylaw: Gordon Coyle
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 5-0
Motion to allow the requested waivers from the Subdivision Control Law: David Nagle
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 5-0
Motion to issue a special permit for StoneBridge Commons: Joan DiLillo
Second: Gerard LeBlanc
Vote: 5-0
Motion to close the public hearing for Stonebridge Commons: David Nagle
Second: Joan DiLillo
Vote: 5-0
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