Town of Mount Desert Planning Board
FINAL
Minutes of the May 29, 2012 meeting
Public Present
Bill Hanley, Millard Dority, John Klein, and Dick Broom
Board Members Present
Sandy Andrews; Ellen Brawley, Chair; James Clunan, Vice Chairman; and Joseph Tracy
Kim Keene, CEO; Claire Woolfolk, Recording Secretary
I. The meeting was called to order at 6:02 p.m. by Ellen Brawley.
The agenda was amended by removing the discussion of
MOTION TO TAKE THE AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER AND FIRST ADRESS ITEM III OF THE AGENDA BY MR.CLUNAN; SECONDED BY MR.ANDREWS.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
II. Minutes
The draft minutes from the April 24, May 14, and May 17 meetings were unanimously approved.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 24, 2012 MEETING AS AMENDED WAS MADE BY MR. ANDREWS; SECONDED BY MR. CLUNAN.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 14, 2012 MEETING AS AMENDED WAS MADE BY MR. ANDREWS; SECONDED BY MR. CLUNAN.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 17, 2012 MEETING AS AMENDED WAS MADE BY MR. TRACY; SECONDED BY MR. ANDREWS.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
like to provide restroom facilities for public use at the farm stand in another building.
Mr. Dority asserted that bunk houses are an accessory use of a farm facility. The Board discussed this possible use and agreed that it should be put on an agenda later this summer.
A MOTION THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN EXPANSION OF USE ON A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED CUA MADE BY MR. ANDREWS; SECONDED BY MR. TRACY.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
IV. New Business
CEO Keene reviewed a possible upcoming application from the Somesville Dead River bulk storage facility with the Board to see if they thought it should come before them. Dead River is asking to change stored fuel types from kerosene and oil to propane. Would this change of fuel type be considered a change of use? Mr. Tracy said he couldn’t answer until he had more information on the fire safety issue. Mr. Andrews thought the state standards would take care of the fire safety issues, but he thought this was a change in use and would the site lose its grandfathered status if the use is changed (under section 4.4 and 4.3.5 of the LUZO, bulk storage is a non-conforming use on this site).
Mr. Tracy said that it might not be a change of use because it is a distillate distribution facility and will remain so, with a difference in the material being distributed. The Board discussed that propane fuel is more environmentally friendly and cleaner in terms of storage.
A MOTION TO GET A LEGAL OPINION FROM EITHER MMA OR THE TOWN ATTORNEY AS TO WHETHER THE PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A CHANGE OF USE WAS MADE BY MR. ANDREWS, SECONDED BY MR. TRACY.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
V. A MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE BY MR. CLUNAN; SECONDED BY MR. TRACY.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (4-0)
Meeting adjourned at 6:58 p.m. The next scheduled meeting/public hearing(s) is at 6:00 p.m., Monday, June 11, 2012 in the Meeting Room, Town Hall, Northeast Harbor.
Respectfully submitted,
Claire Woolfolk, Recording Secretary
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