ORLEANS PLANNING BOARD
May 15, 2007 – Minutes
A meeting of the Orleans Planning Board was called to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Nauset Meeting Room at the Orleans Town Hall. Present: Chairman: Sims McGrath; Vice-Chairman: John Fallender; Kenneth McKusick; Associates: Paul O’Connor; Planning Department: George Meservey; Secretary: Karen Sharpless. Absent: Clerk: Seth Wilkinson; Gary Guzzeau; Board of Selectmen Liaison: Jon Fuller.
Chairman Sims McGrath requested that Paul O'Connor vote at this Planning Board meeting in the absence of regular Planning Board members.
APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED – ESTATE OF CLARK GESNER - 29 GESNER ROAD
David Lyttle (Ryder & Wilcox) presented a 2-lot Approval Not Required plan to the Planning Board for endorsement and noted that both of the lots of the required 150’ of frontage and 40,000 square feet of buildable upland. Both lots meet the town’s shape factor. The southerly lot contains a small saltwater wetland which is part of a 2’ Saltwater Conservancy District. Gesner Road varies in width and consists of a paved and gravel roadway surface but meets the 14’ wide by 14’ in height requirement which will allow for emergency vehicle apparatus. This Approval Not Required consists of a division of the original subdivision plan created for Henry W. Maier, Jr. and Herbert M. Gesner, Jr., dated October 1959.
Meservey stated that the Approval Not Required for the Estate of Clark Gesner meets all of the requirements for an Approval Not Required plan and both of the lots conform to the Approval Not Required requirements. The southerly lot is barely within the limit of the lot shape requirement. The Planning Department would recommend endorsement of the Approval Not Required for the Estate of Clark Gesner.
MOTION: On a motion by Ken McKusick, seconded by Paul O'Connor, the Planning Board voted to authorize the Planning Board Chairman to endorse the Approval Not Required plan prepared for The Estate of Clark Gesner, dated April 25, 2007, scale 1” = 30’, prepared by Ryder and Wilcox, Inc.
VOTE: 4-0-0 The motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Appointment of a Planning Board Acting Chairman
McGrath stated his intention to step down as Chairman of the Planning Board and recommended that the Vice Chairman, John Fallender be requested to perform as Acting Chairman of the Planning Board until the annual Planning Board reorganization in July 2007. McGrath stated his intention to preside over any open public hearings that have already been presided over by the Planning Board and have been continued, at the Acting Chairman’s request.
MOTION: On a motion by Sims McGrath, seconded by Paul O'Connor, the Board voted to make John Fallender the Acting Planning Board Chairman until the annual reorganization of the Planning Board in July 2007.
VOTE: 4-0-0 The motion passed unanimously.
Mapping Forum with the Cape Cod Commission
Meservey stated that the proposed Mapping forum with the Cape Cod Commission has been changed to June 26, 2007 in order to avoid conflict with public hearings before the Planning Board.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: April 24, 2007
MOTION: On a motion by Ken McKusick, seconded by John Fallender, the Board voted to approve the minutes of April 24, 2007.
VOTE: 3-0-1 The motion passed by a majority. (Paul O'Connor abstained).
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: On a motion by Paul O'Connor, seconded by John Fallender, the Board voted to adjourn at 3:20 p.m.
VOTE: 4-0-0 The motion passed unanimously.
SIGNED: ______________________________ DATE: _______________________
(Seth Wilkinson, Clerk)
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