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September 15, 2011 Planning Board meeting minutes
Members Present: Barry Karson, Alan Salamon, Maggie Leonard; Chair, Bridget Krans and Stephen Enoch
Meeting opened: 7:10
- Previous meeting minutes approved with corrections.
- Zoning bylaw overhaul- Maggie wondered if we should get more information on Bed and Breakfasts. Maggie wondered if we needed more clarity or information in the current bylaws regarding Bed and Breakfasts. Barry asked if the purpose of hiring Bobrowski was to clean up the bylaws or to overhaul the bylaw completely and bring it into the 21st century. Maggie stated that he is supposed to make them conform to the state code and reorganize them to be more user friendly. Also he will add in all of the new bylaws that have been approved such as the common driveway bylaw and the telecommunications bylaw. Alan read the article on the warrant that stated the money was for revising the bylaw and any other action hereto. Stephen felt that the primary objective was to re-organize the bylaws and to make
them user friendly. If we felt like we could tackle some inconsistencies in the process then that would be great too. Maggie felt that the most used aspect of the bylaw was the non-conforming section. Maggie mentioned that people do not want the bylaws to say “non-conforming nature”. However that is the statute. Alan stated that we had not agreed on a time line for non- conforming uses. Maggie pointed out that Mr. Bobrowski had put in two years and wondered if that was statute. Barry felt that involuntary demolition should receive a longer period of time than someone that voluntarily demolishes their structure. Maggie asked if we wanted it to be any structure or single family dwellings. The board felt any structure not just single family. Alan’s feeling about non-conforming uses is that the owner has a valuable right to the non-conforming use. He does not feel that we want to take that right away “willy nilly”. What constitutes commencement of
the project? Stephen felt that if the structure was demolished voluntarily then they had to conform to the current bylaw. Alan pointed out that this is a spot where we would be changing the bylaw. Do we really want to have the argument with anybody? Maggie stated that she felt that two years was fine and Bobrowski has not brought up an issue with it. To create a new non- conformity would you need a variance?
- October 4th meeting- Mr. Bobrowski will email the draft prior to the meeting for the board to review.
- Mail opened-
- Reports from Board Members- None
- Meeting adjourned- 8:45
Submitted by,
Bridget Krans
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