Town of Otisfield
Planning Board Meeting Minutes
October 20, 2015
1. Call to Order: The regular meeting was called to order at 7:04 PM by Chair - Karen Turino.
2. Attendance: Members present were Chair – Karen Turino, Vice Chair – Beth Damon,~ David McVety, Alternate – David Hyer & Alternate – Stan Brett. Absent –Rick Jackson
*Stan was moved up as voting member.
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 September 15, 2015 *Motion to accept minutes. SB/BD- All in favor.
B. Site Walk Minutes; October 6, 2015- Tax Map R09, Lot 068 *Motion to accept minutes.DM/HO All in favor.
5. Discussion & Comments from public:
A. None.
6. Residence - Based Business Application:
A. Kristina & Austin Reimers, 492 State Route 121, Map R04 Lot 039. CEO received application on 9/15 too late to get on Sept Agenda. All agree this does not need a Site Plan Review.*Motion to accept the application as presented SB/DM All in favor.
7. Shoreland Zoning Applications:
A. Elaine Gilman; 93 Heniger Park Rd, Tax Map R-09, Lot 068. The plans for the cabin puts it only 59' from the high water mark. The board stated that according to the SLZ Ordinance the structure~ has to be~ beyond the 100' shoreland set back. The reason given by the applicant not to build the cabin beyond the 100’ is that more trees would need to be taken down.~ KT noted that trees are allowed to be cut down beyond 100’. *Motion: the application was denied based on the plan to build the structure within 100’ of the high water mark in violation of the SLZ Ordinance. HO/SB All in favor. The
applicant asked if E Gilman changed the plans to move the cabin back beyond the 100' set back would there need to be another application to the PB. RSJ said they would then just need to go thru him. The applicant asked if they could get their application fee returned or applied to the Building Permit fee. SB said that the issue of fees was not something that the PB decided on and it should be addressed to the CEO.
B. Robert and Martha Holden, 43 Saturday Pond, U01, Lot 10A. Proposed Deck.~ KT noted that this application was left off the Agenda by mistake and because of that, there was not proper notice given to the public.~ As a result the PB could not rule on the application but could hear it.. The proposed deck of 208 sq. ft. would add 66 feet more than the maximum allowed of 1000 sq. ft. within 75’ of a waterbody.~ PB would like a revised application, and new plans which reflect the decrease in square footage being applied for.~ In addition it should provide a more detailed Stormwater Management Plan including a short paragraph describing it. *Motion: to request a revised application as noted above. BD/HO All in favor.
8. Site Plan Applications:
A. None
9. Subdivision Application:
A. None.
10. Upcoming Dates:
A. Planning Board Meeting, November 17, 2015 at 7:00 PM.
11. Discussion & comments from Code Enforcement Officer:
A. General discussion on new 2015 SLZ proposed guidelines.
12. Discussion & comments from Board: **Workshop**
A. The questions in the 2015 Proposed SLZ Guidelines discussed at last month’s meeting were reviewed.~ Findings of fact and motions were made for Questions: #5, #6, #9, #10, #11.~ DH was moved up to voting as HO was not at the last workshop.
Decision questions #12 - #14were then addressed.~ (See separate Planning Board Workshop Shoreland Zoning Guidelines CEO Decision Points.)
13. Adjournment: With no further business, the regular meeting was adjourned at 9:03 PM. KT/DM – Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Ouellette, Acting Secretary
Approved by: Karen Turino, Chair
Otisfield Planning Board
Approved on: November 17, 2015
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