Town of Plaistow, NH
Office of the Planning Board
145 Main Street, Plaistow, NH 03865
September 5, 2012
Call to Order: 6:34 P.M.
Item One:
ROLL CALL: Present was Chairman; Steve Ranlett, Vice Chairman; Charles Lanza, Gennifer Silva, and Tim Moore. Excused was Selectman Ex- Officio; Robert Gray.
Also present was Alternate; Geoff Adams, Town Planner; Leigh Komornick, Chief Building Official; Mike Dorman and Recording Secretary; Laurie Pagnottaro.
S. Ranlett appointed G. Adams a voting member for the meeting.
Item Two:
Minutes of August 15, 2012
T. Moore motioned to approve the minutes of August 15, 2012, second by G. Adams.
There was no discussion on the motion and the vote was 5-0-0 U/A.
Item Three:
A Public Hearing on a final Site Plan Amendment application to include razing the existing gas station and constructing a 4,052 square foot bakery/café at 4 Plaistow Road (Stateline Plaza) Tax Map 24, Lot 44. This property is located in the Commercial I Zone and totals 17.5 acres and has 2,346 feet of frontage. The owner of record is Northstar Centers, LLC.
L. Komornick explained that she spoke with Ken Knowles (Eaglebrook Engineering & Survey representing Northstar Centers, LLC.) and he said they were still working on CLD’s comments and would not be ready for tonight’s meeting.
The Hearing was continued to the September 19, 2012 meeting.
Item Four:
Other Business/Updates: Misc. Notices, letters, and other Correspondence from Dept. of Building Safety, Planning Department and ZBA; Status of Projects
Letter of Request for a Personal Training Facility at Westville Business Park
S. Ranlett read the letter of request from Scott Herman, CEO/Founder of Scott Herman Fitness. The letter stated that he would like to use the space at 31 Westville Road, Unit 6 to film exercise videos for his YouTube channel. The Business hours will be Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with weekends based on scheduled events only. They will also hold personal training groups of 1 – 3 people at a time.
L. Komornick noted that S. Herman put this request in to the Board due to the site plan that was approved for Westville Business Park has a note on the plan that it is for contractor units.
The Board discussed this issue and came to the consensus that they are okay with this use for that unit.
Project Status Report
M. Dorman explained the following:
- Tractor Supply should open about October 1st.
John Blynn will be pouring the foundation tomorrow and the project is coming along fine.
I-Party has opened last week. He added that Plaistow will now have 3 Halloween stores.
Other Business
Dover Saddlery
L. Komornick gave the Board an FYI that Dover Saddlery, although they already have approval for tent sales, will be working with the Fire Chief regarding a modification of the tent spacing.
Plaistow Power Sports
C. Lanza asked how the events at Plaistow Power Sports were going.
L. Komornick replied that they have not heard anything regarding it. She added that he has been in contact with the Planning Department and is not doing anything that has required off-site parking. She explained that the only thing she had asked him to do was provide the Town with a copy of their insurance binder; although it is not a requirement.
The Board discussed this issue and decided that the events are on private property; Power Sports would be liable for any accidents that might take place on their property.
Ron Brown
M. Dorman stated that R. Brown has received septic approval. He added that he has not yet paved.
L. Komornick stated that R. Brown should be in before the Board soon for his condominiumization.
The Board discussed the paving issue.
M. Dorman explained that he cannot occupy the first unit until the paving is complete.
Plan NH
L. Komornick stated that Michelle (Curran) called and she received S. Ranlett’s letter requesting a joint meeting with the BOS and the PB. It was discussed at a BOS meeting and was decided that as they have not yet take a formal position on either of the documents yet a joint meeting would be premature.
The Board discussed this issue further. It was decided that the Board would still hold a Public Hearing to get the public’s opinion and they could invite the BOS to attend. They will schedule the Public Hearing Workshop during the October 3, 2012 meeting, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The workshop will include both the Plan NH and the Main Street Study. L. Komornick will advertise for the workshop.
T. Moored stated that Sean (Fitzgerald) would like to have food, maybe coffee and cookies, at the workshop.
Zoning Amendments
The Board discussed various changes they would like to make in zoning. They discussed the time frame for the hearings of the zoning amendments.
L. Komornick will put together a list of zoning amendments to be reviewed by the Board and E-mail it out to Board members. She will also add a discussion on the proposed zoning amendments on the October 3rd agenda.
C. Lanza asked L. Komornick to provide an 11” X 17” map for the map discussion; she agreed.
Traffic Control Signs
G. Adams asked who was responsible for the traffic control signs in front of the Wal-Mart shopping Center; the signs do not sync up with the signal lights. He explained further that the left lane sign says left turn only but the right lane is right turn and straight through; the lighting however has a right turn arrow. He said anyone going straight across will block the right turn traffic.
M. Dorman stated that he would speak with Kevin Russell from NHDOT and find out if the lighting is correct.
L. Komornick added after they speak with Kevin Russell she will send out an E-mail with his reply
Item Five:
Adjournment
There was no further business before the Planning Board and the meeting was adjourned at 7:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted as recorded by Laurie Pagnottaro.
Approved by the Planning Board on ______________________________________
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Steve Ranlett, Chairman
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