Town of Otisfield
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
July 21, 2015
1. Call to Order: The regular meeting was called to order at 7:01 PM by Chair - Karen Turino.
2. Attendance: Members present were Chair – Karen Turino, Vice Chair - Beth Damon, Herb Olsen, Rick Jackson, David McVety, Alternate - David Hyer & Alternate -Stan Brett.
Code Enforcement Officer: Richard St. John
Planning Board Secretary: Tanya Taft
3. Announcement of Quorum: Board had a quorum.
4. Approve Secretary’s Report:
A. Regular Meeting Minutes June 16, 2015 *Motion to accept minutes. SB/DM – Unanimous.
5. Discussion & Comments from public:
A. None.
6. Residence - Based Business Applications:
A. None.
7. Shoreland Zoning Applications:
A. John Sullivan, #83 Heniger Park Rd, Tax Map U17 Lot 003. Enlargement of structure within 100’ of Pleasant Lake. Inherited from uncle this past Spring. Would like to expand (2) bedrooms. Would like to add on 14’ toward the road. Existing deck to be removed and bring the front wall out to the edge of where the deck was. This would not be any closer to the water than the existing front footprint. Larger deck is 57’ from the water. Small deck on the side to be expanded an additional 5’ to the side. That would face lot 4. Proposed activity is within the expansion limits allowed. CEO: Applicant has stayed under the 1,000 sq. ft and within the 100’. Buffers that are in place are adequate. KT: Do we need a site walk? BD: I wouldn’t mind seeing the place. DM: it’s hard based on the pictures, so I
wouldn’t mind having one. RJ: I agree. *Motion that we have a site walk. SB/HO – Unanimous. *Site Walk to be held August 11th @ 5:30 PM. *TT does not need to notify abutters or place in the newspapers.
B. Bob Guy, 220 West Andrews Hill Rd, Tax Map R-6, Lot 43. Applicant would like to replace foundation under existing house within 100’ of Crooked River. Going to raise the building about a foot. Proposing a poured concrete foundation. The front of the porch will not have a foundation under it. CEO: Application has been submitted in the past and approved by the PB. A permit was given and for whatever reason it was not completed at that time. Flood plain regulations have had no substantial changes since the application was last approved. SZ did change in 2009, but the verbiage for foundations is the same as it was in 2007. RJ: Do we need a current application? CEO: Applicant was working out of state so I faxed him his old application and he signed and faxed back to me with updated info. and signature. KT:
Does the PB want to require a new application? *Motion that an updated application/application fee be submitted. BD/HO – Unanimous. Discussion: RJ: I would be in favor of a new application but I would be ok to approve it tonight, so it’s ready to go when new fee and application are received so he can move forward with his project. All are in agreement. *Motion to accept this project tonight with the stipulation that an updated application and application fee be dropped off to CEO with no changes to the information. RJ/SB – Unanimous.
8. Site Plan Applications:
A. None.
9. Upcoming Dates:
A. Planning Board Meeting, August 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM.
10. Discussion & comments from Code Enforcement Officer:
A. Maine DEP; 2015 SLZ proposed guidelines and Decisions Points: (CEO handed out at the May meeting) PB members worked on the first (8) questions independently and are discussing collectively tonight.
SLZ 2015 Decision Points Discussed:
1. Regulate Structures built on or over a dock? Page 1:
Discussion: * PB Members all agree to leave this to IF&W/DEP to regulate. CEO agrees with this. *Motion that we leave this out of the proposed SLZ Ordinance. SB/BD – Unanimous.
2. Does Otisfield want more districts; LC,GD, LL, CFMA? Page 3:
Discussion: CEO: We do not have any commercial fishing enterprises that he knows of. DH: Do we influence use if we put them into one type or another of districts. CEO: Definitely and wants PB members to give this lots of thought. Camp Arcadia / Seeds of Peace are in Limited residential, Days Store is in Limited Residential, The Outpost and 2 properties beside it are in General Development: * PB Members all agree to pass on this for the time being.
3. Include written district boundaries? Page 4:
Discussion: DEP has always said the map prevails. PB members think this should be lumped with the second question and if more districts are needed, this may tie in. All agree that # 3, may depend on # 2. *Motion that we do not include a written description of any district boundaries on the proposed Shoreland Map & Ordinance. RJ/DM – Unanimous.
4. How much expansion of a non-conforming structure? 30%? Page 5 & 6:
Discussion: All agree it is straight forward as it currently is in the 2011 SLZ revision which eliminated the percentage expansion. Under the revision we eliminated volume, and look at just square footage. In the current Ordinance there is some confusion about whether the wording regarding expansion within 25 feet of the water prohibits expansion of any part of the structure that is beyond the 25 feet. Using the verbiage “Expansion of “that” portion” clarifies it. *Motion that in C. (1) (a) (i); The first sentence should be changed so “any” is replaced with “that”. RJ/DH – Unanimous. *All agree to leave C. (1) (a) (ii), in the current ordinance as is with one addition. *Motion to include the word “tributary stream” in
the Ordinance under section C,(1) (a) (ii), last line. RJ/SB – Unanimous.
All agree that the remaining Decision Point Questions will be worked on independently to be discussed at next meeting.
11. Discussion & comments from Board:
A. Election of Officer’s: Discussion:
1. Chair – *Motion to nominate Karen Turino. SB/BD – Unanimous.
2. Vice Chair – *Motion to nominate Beth Damon. SB/DH – Unanimous.
3. Recording Secretary – *Motion to nominate Rick Jackson. SB/HO – Unanimous.
B. Wireless Telecommunications Ordinance (WTO) has been finalized by John Maloney at AVCOG. TT handed out updated WTO to all members tonight and asked that old copies be disposed of.
12. Adjournment: With no further business, the regular meeting was adjourned at 9:46 PM. HO/SB – Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Tanya Taft, Secretary
Approved by: Karen Turino, Chair
Otisfield Planning Board
Approved on: August 25, 2015
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