Town of Lenox
Planning Board
October 23, 2012
Land Use Meeting Room
Members present: Chair Kate McNulty-Vaughan, KMV; Steve Sample, SS; Mark Smith, MS; Kimberly Reopell Flynn, KRF
Absent with notification: Gary Schiff, GS
Staff present: Peggy Ammendola, Land Use Clerk, PA; Mary Albertson, Town Planner, MA
BOS Liaison to the Planning Board: Channing Gibson was not present.
Approval Not Required Plans-There were no plans.
Discuss Sandwich Board Sign Regulations-Public Information Meeting:
The final draft is on the Town of Lenox website and has been distributed to the Chamber of Commerce and the library. The date for the public information meeting has been set for November 13, 2012 in the Board of Selectmen’s meeting room. There was discussion on editing the present draft relative to enforcement procedures, but MA advised the Board to leave the draft as is because it is the copy that has been made public. She suggested that the Board make note of any changes and bring forward at the November 13th meeting. MA stated that she has reviewed the draft with Building Commissioner Bill Thornton and he is satisfied with it. The focus of the meeting will be on sandwich board signs.
The Board, feeling that they were closing in on their efforts to develop a sign bylaw that specifically dealt with sandwich boards, agreed that the next step would be to review all of the materials provided during the past year and to develop a strategy for working on further revision of the current sign bylaw. They agreed that the next section to be addressed should be window advertising.
Discuss the Open Space and Recreation Plan Project-The first meeting for this newly formed committee was on October 10, 2012 and covered the expectations of the committee. Future meetings will be held monthly on the first and third Tuesdays at 6:00 PM in the Town Hall. The first meeting will be November 20, 2012.
Discuss Solar Bylaw: It was decided that there isn’t a pressing need to pursue at this time, but that this topic should be kept as an agenda item for future meetings. A model bylaw would give a few options and could be a launching point if one was needed, but to create a restrictive bylaw, a study committee should be formed.
Discuss 7&20 Corridor Overlay Bylaw- There was no new information.
Economic Development-There was nothing new to discuss.
Planning Board Recommendations to Town Boards and Commissions-There were none.
Correspondence from Abutting Communities & BRPC- Notices were reviewed.
Minutes: MS made a motion to approve, as amended, the minutes of October 9, 2012. SS seconded the motion and the Board voted to approve 4-0.
Open Session-SS asked for clarification regarding allowed signs on the Route 7-20 Corridor and discussion ensued regarding this topic.
The next two Planning Board meetings will be November 13th and November 27th.
KRF made a motion to adjourn. SS seconded the motion and the Board voted 4-0, adjourning at
6:55 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Peggy Ammendola
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