Planning Board Workshop Meeting Minutes
February 28, 2008
Town Office Meeting Room, Northeast Harbor, ME
Public Present
David Irvin; Sydney Roberts Rockefeller; Debbi Musetti;
Board Members Present
James Clunan, Chairman; James Bright, Vice Chairman; Schofield Andrews III; Joseph Tracy; Patti Reilly, Secretary
Rich Rothe, Planning Consultant; Kim Keene, CEO; Danielle Goodwin, Recording Secretary
I. The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m.
II. The Board met with Planning Consultant Rich Rothe of Rothe Associates, to continue the discussions of amending the Land Use Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances.
Chairman Clunan explained the purpose of the meeting was to draft a revised version of the LUZO for the BOS and Warrant Committee.
MOTION TO APPROVE the revised draft of February 28th MADE BY Mr. Andrews; SECONDED BY Mrs. Reilly.
Chairman Clunan suggested temporarily removing the new lighting ordinance for the vote so that it could be listed as a separate article on the Town Warrant. The Board agreed.
MOTION TO APPROVE remove lighting ordinance temporarily for voting MADE BY Mr. Bright; SECONDED BY Mr. Andrews.
Chairman Clunan summarized the meeting with the Board of Selectmen and Warrant Committee similar to the memo he sent out. The Board proceeded to review the draft from last week including Section 5.
Mr. Bright expressed concern regarding the time limit to hear an application as described in Section 5.3. The Board discussed the concerns and Mr. Rothe revised accordingly to be more flexible.
Mrs. Reilly was concerned that Section 6A.9.3.6 Modifications may require an engineer. Mr. Rothe explained that it would not but would allow Mrs. Keene to work with Hancock County Conservation District for review.
Kim suggested removing Section 6B.6.1 as it has been a point of contention since it was added last year and has caused more problems than it's solved. In discussion Mr. Bright suggested leaving it in for now and addressing the issue later as the public did vote it in and should be involved in the removal. Chairman Clunan ran through the options for proceeding.
MOTION TO APPROVE leaving Section 6B.6.1 as is with no footnote and tackle it in 2009 MADE BY Mr. Bright; SECONDED BY Mr. Tracy.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (5/0)
Mrs. Reilly pointed out the need for clarification in the measuring of diameter in Section 6A.10.6.
The Board discussed Section 6B.11 Lots and decided to do some wordsmithing to clarify wetland use and that it would apply to new lots only.
The Board then ran through the typos in Section 7 and the definitions in Section 8.
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE the February 28, 2008 version of the draft LUZO as revised CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (5/0).
A VOTE WAS CALLED AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE temporarily removing the lighting ordinance from the draft LUZO for voting CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY (5/0).
Chairman Clunan thanked the public for attending and their helpful input and Mr. Irvin thanked the Planning Board for their careful consideration.
IV. Other
Chairman Clunan briefly ran through the schedule for the upcoming meetings and announced that the Board would be taking a holiday from the workshops and begin looking at the sub-division ordinance with Mr. Rothe and Mr. Arendt until further notice.
V. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. The next regular scheduled Planning Board meeting/public hearing(s) is at 6:00 p.m., March 3, 2008 in the Meeting Room, Town Hall, Northeast Harbor.
Respectfully submitted,
Patti Reilly, Secretary
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