TOWN OF HANSON
Hanson, Massachusetts
HANSON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Hearing Findings & Decision
APPLICANT: Steve Alexander
ADDRESS: 800 Franklin Street, Hanson, MA 02341
CASE #: 99FE10
HEARING DATE: March 11, 1999
TIME: 7:15 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS: VOTE OF BOARD:
Chairman: Lila Coyle APPROVE (xx) REJECT ( )
Member: Edward Casey APPROVE (xx) REJECT ( )
Member: William Baldwin APPROVE (xx) REJECT ( )
SUBJECT: Application for SITE PLAN APPROVAL & SPECIAL PERMIT
from the terms of a section of the By-Laws of the
Town of Hanson, Section # VII.F. & Section # VI.E.2.a.
LOCATION: Hanson Assessors Map 67, Lot 6A
STREET: Franklin Street
You are hereby notified that after careful consideration of your application
dated February 16, 1999 and after a Public Hearing as required by Chapter 40A, M.G.L., the Appeal Board voted:
(...) To deny the application.
(xx) To approve the application and Site Plan Approval & Special Permit
is hereby approved subject to conditions hereto annexed.
FILING DATE OF DECISION: March 25, 1999
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REPRESENTATIONS TO BOARD:
1. The applicant requested Site Plan Approval to operate a landscape business with office, garage, storage and display at 18 Franklin Street which is in the Commercial-Industrial District and Zone IIIB of the Aquifer Protection District.
2. The applicant currently operates Three Brothers Landscape in Brockton.
3. The lot where the business will be located is one of three lots recently subdivided from a larger parcel through the Planning Board Approval Not Required Process. The new lot contains 299,087 square feet with 298,674 in Hanson and the balance in East Bridgewater.
4. The total building coverage will be 10,530 square feet The total number of parking spaces will be 26 with 10 for customers and 16 for employees. The maximum number of employees will be 16.
5. The hours of operation will be 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The business will be open year round with bark, mulch and firewood to be sold on site. Snow plowing will be done in the winter.
6. Board member William Baldwin indicated that he had done plowing for the applicant the previous winter. There were no objections from abutters to Baldwin continuing to sit on the hearing.
7. The applicant stated that the 36 square feet of building signage and the one nine square foot free standing sign proposed will comply with the requirements of the Hanson Zoning Bylaw. The Board said it wanted to see the location of the sign addressed on the site plan.
8. The applicant said there would be seven registered vehicles on site. Vehicles and equipment will be housed inside the garage. The only maintenance to be done on site will be to lawnmowers. Plows will be stored to the rear of the building.
9. Abutters asked about screening along the roadway and noise and were told that shrubs will be planted in the 20 foot front buffer area and that trucks will not be leaving the yard until 7 a.m.
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10. The Board determined that concerns raised in a memorandum from the Planning Board regarding drainage, pitch, relationship to street level and site distance had been addressed.
FINDINGS:
With regard to the Site Plan:
The Board finds that the proposal provides adequate access to each structure for fire and service equipment and adequate provision for utilities and storm
water drainage consistent with the functional requirements of the Planning Board’s Subdivision Rules and Regulations.
The premises is located considering the qualities of the specific location, the proposed land use, the design of building form, grading, egress points, and other aspects of the development, so as to:
a. minimize the volume of cut and fill, the number of removed trees 6” caliper or larger, the length of removed stone walls, the area of wetland vegetation
displaced, the extent of storm water flow increase from the site, soil erosion, and threat of air and water pollution;
b. maximize pedestrian and vehicular safety both on the site and egressing from it;
c. minimize obstruction of scenic views from publicly accessible locations;
d. minimize visual intrusion by controlling the visibility of parking, storage, or other outdoor service areas viewed from the public ways or premises residentially used or zoned;
e. minimize glare from headlights through plantings or other screening;
f. minimize lighting intrusion through use of such devices as cut-off luminaries confining direct rays to the site, with fixture mounting not higher than 20 feet;
g. minimize unreasonable departure from the character and scale of building in the vicinity, as viewed from public ways;
h. minimize contamination of groundwater from on-site wastewater disposal systems or operations on the premises involving the use, storage, handling, or containment of hazardous substances.
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2. With regard to the Special Permit the Board took into consideration each of the following:
a) Social, economic,or commuity needs which are served by the proposal;
b) Traffic flow and safety;
c) Adequacy of utilities and other public services;
d) Neighborhood character and social structures;
e) Impacts of the natural environment;
f) Potential fiscal impact.
DECISION:
The Application for Site Plan Approval is granted, subject to the following conditions:
1. The hours of operation for the business shall be as above set forth;
2. The number of employees shall be as above set forth;
3. The signage shall be as above set forth;
4. Applicant shall obtain all necessary permits from all other Boards in the Town of Hanson;
5. Applicant shall be in compliance with all state and local fire regulations;
6. The premises shall conform to the plan submitted by Land Planning Inc. of Hanson, dated March 25, 1999;
7. This decision must be recorded with the Plymouth Registry of Deeds within one year from the filing of this decision with the Clerk of the Town of Hanson.
ANY PERSON AGGRIEVED BY THIS DECISION MAY APPEAL TO THE SUPERIOR COURT DEPARMENT FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY, BY BRINGING ACTION WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS AFTER DECISION HAS BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK.
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