Planning Board
August 21, 2012
Approved February 19, 2013
Members Present: Bruce Healey, Chair; Ron Williams, Bill Weiler, Members; Deane Geddes, Alternate; Rachel Ruppel, Advisor; Jim Powell, ex-officio member.
Mr. Healey called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and appointed Mr. Geddes as a voting member for this evening’s meeting.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Minutes
The Board reviewed the minutes of June 19, 2012 and made corrections. Mr. Powell made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Mr. Weiler seconded the motion. All in favor.
CASE: 2012 -009: Conceptual-Lot Line Adjustment, Kevin Carr and Mike Beaton, 76 Nelson Hill Road, Newbury, NH, Tax Maps 047-624-266 and 047-614-312.
Kevin Carr and Mike Beaton approached the Board to discuss their request.
Mr. Carr showed a map of the two abutting properties. Mr. Beaton would like to add a barn on his property and was hoping to receive some land from Mr. Carr to have enough room in the field to build a barn. In return, Mr. Beaton would give Mr. Carr additional land in a separate location, giving Mr. Carr enough land to place his property in current use.
Mr. Weiler pointed out that there were a lot of typographical errors in the map supplied by the surveyor. He said that he would like the surveyor to display the old and new lots as well as place the owners’ names on the map to distinguish which lot is which.
Mr. Carr asked if this request constitutes an annexation. Mr. Weiler replied that this will be annexation.
Mr. Powell asked about the total number of acres for each lot. Mr. Carr said that he has 8.15 acres and Mr. Beaton has 88 acres.
Ms. Ruppel said that a lot line adjustment is a type of annexation so the project can be considered one application and one procedure.
Mr. Williams said that he would like the surveyor to identify the property markers.
Mr. Carr said that he will be meeting with the Sutton Planning Board this week.
Mr. Carr and Mr. Beaton will clean up some of the details with the surveyor and come back to the Planning Board.
CASE: 2012-010 Conceptual-Site Plan Review, DRED/Agent: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless on Tax Map 013-386-092.
The applicant wants to replace existing antennas on the tower located on Mount Sunapee.
Tom Hilldreth, lawyer for Verizon Wireless, and Melinda Petit, a representative from Structure Consulting, approached the Board to discuss the antennas to be replaced by Verizon Wireless. Mr. Hilldreth discussed the current contract held with DRED that allows 12 panel antennas and two microwave dishes. They currently have 12 panel antennas and one microwave dish. Currently, the antennas are at a 65-foot level and the dish is at a 140-foot level. They would like to give up their right to the dishes and have 12 panel antennas at the 140-foot level on one mount. Mr. Hilldreth inquired about a building permit, but was told that he needed to meet the Planning Board first. He believes that since they are not increasing the height of the tower and not making a lot of changes, they only need a
conceptual and do not need to get a final site plan review.
Mr. Hilldreth stated that they support the original analog, the PCS (digital) and the long-term evolution (LTE).
Mr. Weiler said that this is an update to an existing site plan, so it should include a summary statement about the proposed changes along with attachments. He noted that there should also be pictures of the plan with the old and new panels.
Ms. Ruppel said the summary statement should also include their plan to take down the dish at the 140-foot level.
Mr. Healey asked if the tower will look different with the new panels. Mr. Hilldreth said that he did not think it would look much different.
Mr. Healey thanked Mr. Hilldreth and Ms. Petit for coming in.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS, cont’d.
Site Plan Review Procedures:
Mr. Healey said that he met with the code enforcement officer to discuss the site plan review procedure with him. He said that Mr. LaCasse is currently not on the distribution list so Mr. Healey said that he will begin putting him on the distribution list. He also said that Mr. LaCasse is never sure if he is working with the final site plan reviews. Mr. Healey would like to make sure that the Board is signing off on all the final site plans, noting that the Board is not currently signing off on the final reviews. Once these are signed, the code enforcement officer will know that he is definitely working with the final site plan review.
Mr. Weiler said that three copies of the final site plan review should be made. The original should go to the Planning Board file with copies going to the owner, code enforcement officer and property file.
Mr. Weiler said that the cost should be absorbed by the applicant. The applicant should bring in the original and three copies of the plan. Mr. Powell said that he is afraid this might be too expensive for the applicant.
Mr. Weiler made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Powell seconded the motion. All in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Donna Long
Acting Recording Secretary
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