Town of Mount Desert Planning Board APPROVED
Minutes of April 14, 2003 04/28/2003
Board Members Present Public Present
Marc Sevigny, Chairman John Grove
James Clunan, Vice Chairman Barry Stratton
Heather Jones, Secretary
Joseph Tracy
Samuel Fox
Robert Coolidge
Brent Hamor, CEO; Barbara Williams, minutes
The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m.
(Fox/Coolidge)
Sam Fox moved to approve the draft minutes from the March 31st meeting as circulated. Coolidge suggested the following changes should be made to those draft minutes.
Page 3, line 40: add “if”, page 3 line 5 and 6 – strike sentence “Multi family dwellings appear to be outside of the ordinance”. Put in it’s place: “The ordinance is unclear about multifamily dwellings. Page 2, lines 9 and 10 – strike “society to apply to MDOT” replace with “society’s application”.
Mr. Clunan suggested Page 2, line 26 – add ‘s’ to the word ‘contain’ and end sentence with period, instead of a question mark.
MOTION MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED TO APPROVE DRAFT MINUTES WITH CHANGES SUGGESTED BY ROBERT COOLIDGE AND JAMES CLUNAN. (Sevigny/Clunan)
III. Public Hearings – Conditional use permit
A. 6:15 Charles Butt – owner / John Grove – Agent.
Sam Fox was present at site review and described the project as follows: The fieldstone steps and walls will be removed and rebuilt. There will be a perennial bed in front of fieldstone wall. A tennis court will be built at a slightly higher elevation for drainage and a 10’ fence will surround certain portions of the court. Utilities will be underground. A proposed parking area will be built at the end of the project and trees will be preserved.
Mr. Coolidge questioned whether the project is on lot 5 or 6 or both. He asked that the application be changed to reflect both lots since the boundary line has not been redrawn to show the change on the existing tax map.
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE APPLICATION. (Sevigney/Clunan)
Mr. Clunan asked how many cars would be in the parking lot. John Grove answered, no more than 6 and noted that there was adequate space so no one will have to back out of the parking lot.
John Grove described the project through an account of the steps of construction. They will remove brush and trees marked for removal; dismantle the fieldstone wall and excavate the grade for the tennis court. At the same time they will grade for the new stonewalls. Eighteen inches of gravel fill will be used for 60X120 foot tennis courts and 4” of clay will go over fill material. The courts are finished with stone dust. There will be fence posts and hedge materials at the north and south ends of the courts. They plan to trench a 1.5 inch line at 110 volts from the house. There will be a screen planting between Butt’s house and the courts with shrubs, trees, apple trees, and deciduous shrubs at the road edge. At the beginning of the project a silt barrier
fence will be installed below construction to catch and filter run-off materials. The parking court will be built last. When grading for the tennis court they plan to build a trench and dry well to catch runoff during construction phase. The perennial bed will be installed this summer or next. The court will be in by July.
Joe Tracy asked if the grading around the tennis court will be up to 3 feet. Mr. Grove answered yes. James Clunan asked if the fence around the court will be green to match green shrubs planted near the fence. Mr. Grove answered yes and noted that the posts would be wood. He added that the fence will not be constructed on all sides. Mr. Clunan asked if parking is for tennis guests and Mr. Grove answered yes.
Sam Fox noted that there were no viewing problems from the water.
Brent Hamor wondered if they would need a permit for the fence and Joe Tracy said no because it’s not more than 50% solid.
Mr. Sevigny then read through Section 6 of the LUZO, noting Best management Practices will be employed for erosion with the silt fence. Mr. Sevigny also asked, in regard to section 6.8, if there would be a good line of site down both sides of the street. Mr. Grove said yes.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
IV. Unfinished Business
Mr. Clunan asked if Brent Hamor was able to answer the question of Dave Irvin’s regarding the Solari housing project. Mr. Hamor said he had not heard from Dave Irvin.
MOTION WAS MADE, SECONDED AND UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO ADJOURN.
V. Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m. The next scheduled meeting/public hearing(s) is at 6:00 p.m., Monday, April 28, 2003 in the Meeting Room, Town Hall, Northeast Harbor.
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