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Planning Board Meeting Minutes 12/9/2010
Meeting opened at : 7:05
Members Present: Maggie Leonard; Chair, Alan Solomon, Bridget Krans, Larry Klein, Barry Karson and Stephen Enoch
Public Present: Brian Domina of Berkshire Regional Planning, Mickey Jervis of Swann Road Monterey
- Telecommunications Bylaw Draft- The board went over the Telecommunications bylaw that Brian Domina of Berkshire Regional Planning has been working on endlessly with the board. Brian put in the edits that the board agreed on. The draft was gone over again and some minor typographical changes were made as well as some wording. Over all the board agreed that the draft was in good shape. The board discussed how money will be handled for applications and independent consultants working with the town within the cell tower process. The board discussed if a special account needed to be set up. Brian Domina stated that the board has the right to hire a consultant in accordance with M.G.L. c. 44 S. 53G. This was included in the bylaw draft.
- Special Town Meeting: The board agreed that it was important to set a date for the public town hearing prior to the special town meeting. A public hearing needs to be advertised for two weeks. The first Planning Board meeting of January which is January 13th 2011 is a good date for a public hearing. Larry stated that he would like to sit down with the Town Counsel prior to a public hearing and the board would also like him to attend the Public hearing. The board tentatively set the date of the Public hearing for January 13th. Maggie will advertise for the required two weeks with the Berkshire Record and will also put something in the Monterey news. The public hearing date will depend on if the board gets to meet with Town Counsel in a timely fashion.
- Mickey Jervis- Ms. Jervis sat in on the meeting to learn about the new telecommunications bylaw that is being worked on. Ms. Jervis feels that not having cell service in Monterey is a safety hazard.
- Finding for variance request from Klingenstein- Maggie wrote the finding for the variance request from the Klingenstein about their property on 149 Hupi road. It is in the lakeshore district and in 40 foot setback from Lake Garfield. The board voted on this at a previous meeting. The board found the finding that Maggie wrote to be acceptable.
- Previous meeting minutes: The minutes were approved as amended.
- Special Permit application- Laura Mensi of 18 Sylvan road is requesting a special permit for reconstruction of an existing single family residence under section IV. E. 2. B of the Monterey zoning bylaws on a non-conforming lot. The reason a special permit is required is because the structure is increasing in height. The board needed to decide if the proposed project was increasing the non-conforming nature of the lot. The structure is not going further into the setbacks and the height is going higher but not higher than allowed in the bylaw. The total height will be 31.7 feet and the bylaw allows for 35 feet. Alan felt that it was hard to not approve the special permit because all they were doing was increasing the height. Barry and Larry agreed. Alan made a motion to approve the permit,
Barry seconded it and the board unanimously agreed.
- Mail- Mail opened. Berkshire Regional Planning grant application for technical assistance. The application is due December 15th. The board was not sure if any upcoming projects would qualify. Special permit for the Wilson McLaughlin property Dog Park. The board will review it next time.
- Meeting adjourned at 9:30
Submitted by Bridget Krans
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