Town of Otisfield
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
January 18, 2011
1. Call to Order: The regular meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM.
2. Attendance: Members present were, Chair – Stan Brett, Vice Chair - Dan Peaco, Recording Secretary -Karen Turino & Alternate - Rick Jackson. (Absent - Herb Olsen, Beth Damon & Dave McVety)
Code Enforcement Officer: Richard St. John
Planning Board Secretary: Tanya Taft
3. Quorum: Board had a quorum.
4. Secretary’s Report:
Regular Meeting Minutes from December 21, 2010 *Motion to accept minutes. DP/KT –Unanimous.
5. Discussion & Comments from public:
A. None.
6. Residence - Based Business Applications:
A. None.
7. Shoreland Zoning Applications:
A. Richard Negus, represented by Rick Dunton, Main-Land Development Consultants, Inc. Map U-08 Lot 004. TT drafted a letter for Chair to sign. *Motion to sign letter. DP/HO – Unanimous.
8. Site Plan Applications:
A. None.
9. Subdivision Application:
A. None.
10. Miscellaneous:
A. None.
11. Upcoming Dates:
A. Planning Board Regular Meeting February 1, 2011 @ 7:00 PM.
12. Discussion & comments from Code Enforcement Officer:
13. Discussion & comments from Board:
A. Shoreland Zoning Ordinance: Page 29, section 15, Paragraph 3,
“In no event shall cleared openings for any purpose, including but not limited to, principal and accessory structures, driveways, lawns and sewage disposal areas, exceed in the aggregate, 25% of the lot area within the shoreland zone or ten thousand (10,000) square feet, whichever is greater, including land previously cleared. This provision shall not apply to the General Development Districts.”
Discussion: Dropping the 10,000 sq. ft. verbiage, adding; the smaller the lot, the smaller the limit was also suggested.
*PB would like to workshop this and change/ or delete the verbiage for the words in italics. *Tabled until next meeting.
14. Pending Applications:
A. None.
15. Adjournment:
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM. KT/DP – Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Taft, Secretary.
Approved by: Stan Brett, Chair
Otisfield Planning Board
Approved on: February 15, 2011
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