Town of Otisfield
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
April 28, 2015
1. Call to Order: The regular meeting was called to order at 7:16 PM by Chair - Karen Turino.
2. Attendance: Members present were Chair – Karen Turino, Vice Chair - Beth Damon, Herb Olsen, Rick Jackson, David Mc Vety, Stan Brett – Alternate, David Hyer –Alternate.
Code Enforcement Officer: Richard St. John
Planning Board Secretary: Tanya Taft (Absent)
3. Announcement of Quorum: Board had a quorum.
4. Approve Secretary’s Report:
A. Regular Meeting Minutes February 24, 2015 *Motion to accept minutes. SB/DM – Unanimous.
5. Discussion & Comments from public:
A. None.
6. Residence - Based Business Applications:
A. Jacinthe Sirois, DBA The Pine Shop (The Pine Shop) Tax Map U01/004, Application submitted. Applicant not in attendance. Mrs. Sirois will not have customers at the residence, as all sales will be via the internet. Discussion: All agree this does not need a Site Plan Review. *Motion to accept the application as presented. BD/SB-Unanimous. ~
7. Shoreland Zoning Applications:
A. Steve Morrison, Tax Map U09A/026. Applicant would like to add a 26’x14’ deck onto existing cottage within 100’ of Thompson Lake.~ Discussion: The direct line setback from the Lake to the structure is 88FT. The proposed deck will be 84FT in a direct line from the lake. The shoreline of the lot is irregular and has a cut out on the left side. The distance from the shoreline cut out is 73FT to the structure setback line. According to the CEO, based on case law, the setback that must be used in determining that the proposed deck addition would be more non-conforming is less than the 73FT. BD said that there have been numerous cases before the PB in the past where there are different setback distances, and the PB has had to use the shortest distance because of court rulings. ~Boulders on the property will help
with erosion control. *Motion No site walk needed. RJ/HO-Unanimous. *Motion to accept the application as presented. RJ/BD- 4 in favor and 1 against. The motion passed.
8. Site Plan Applications:
A. None.
9. Subdivision Applications;
A. None
10. Upcoming Dates:
A. Planning Board Meeting, May 19, 2015 at 7:00 PM.
11. Discussion & comments from Code Enforcement Officer: ~
A. R ST.J will not attend the June 16, 2015 meeting.
B. Thursday May 7th 9AM-12PM There is a free seminar on revised Guidelines to Shoreland Zoning at Town of Raymond’s Public Works building Route 302. R ST.J noted some of the areas being revised.
12. Discussion & comments from Board:
A. Planning Board sent a memo to the Selectmen about adding a road set back waiver to the Building Ordinance. Selectmen reviewed it on 3/4/15 and determined that it should be a stand-alone article on the Town Meeting Warrant.
B. Selectmen would like a member from PB to be at the hearing on June 11, 2015. KT will attend.
C. KT asked for Board member thoughts about when there is nothing on agenda should the PB still meet. Consensus was PB should still meet. The Board is scheduled to meet at least once a month and as such should be available for last minute unscheduled comments or requests from the public. There are almost always issues to be discussed among Board members. *Motion if nothing is on the agenda PB should still meet unless there is inclement weather. RJ/BD – Unanimous.
D. HO asked if a copy of the relevant tax map could be sent to members with the Agenda when there is an application for a Resident Based Business. It was agreed that having a tax map in advance of the meeting would be helpful for any application involving property. KT will ask TT,~ PB Sect’y to include maps with the Agendas she sends in advance of meetings to members when there is an application related to property.
13. Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:36 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Ouellette, Acting Secretary
Approved by: Karen Turino, Chair
Otisfield Planning Board
Approved on: May 19, 2015
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