Poland Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting
January 24, 2012
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Carl Duchette with members William Willett, George Greenwood, James Porter and alternates William Foster and Dawn Dyer present. CEO Nick Adams and the recording secretary were also present. Robert Brown was absent with notice.
MINUTES
A motion was made by Member Willett to table the December 27, 2011 minutes for correction, seconded by Member Porter. Discussion: Part about Jim Porter and Stream protection needs rewording.
Vote: 5 – YES 0 - NO
A motion was made by Member Greenwood to approve the January 10, 2012 minutes as presented, seconded by Member Porter. Discussion: None
Vote: 5 – YES 0 - NO
OLD BUSINESS
Kyi Maung – Site Walk discussion
- Agreement by Board that this is a good use of property, questioning whether there is two primary uses on one lot was the only issue, a residence and a business. Talked about fencing in old foundation at site walk.
Len Bogh – Formal Shoreland Application: Map 46 Lot 9
- Len Bogh present. Chairman Duchette states that he thought they were clear that the stairs needed to be put elsewhere. Chairman Duchette states he has studied the ordinance and can’t locate where they can allow him to have any part of his deck or stairs in the 75 ft area. Non- conforming lot that is undeveloped must have everything set back to 100’ according to the ordinance. Discussion is going towards moving the house back towards the road.
Building including the stairs and deck need to be outside the 100’ ft high water mark and they cannot come any closer to the ROW than 20’ including the dimensions of the entryway. Overhang of roof doesn’t count, footprint only. They will need a septic variance.
- Mr. Bogh asks what constitutes a permeable surface? Crushed stone is not pervious according to our ordinance.
- Motion by Member Greenwood to table the application until the first three pages with new square footage, phosphorous calculations and the revised site plan are received, seconded by Member Foster. Discussion: None
Vote: 5 – YES 0 - NO
NEW BUSINESS
Aaron and Nichole Cort – Informational: Map 2A Lot 13A
- Aaron and Nichole Cort both present. They would like to use an existing road to access a building lot. Would like to upgrade to make it more accessible and user friendly. Have deeded rights to use it. Chief Bosse recommends 12 foot wide. They would like to make it smoother and take down the brush that has occurred on the sides. Ordinance states that you can maintain the road under resource protection plans. Board consensus is that they don’t have to put an application before the board.
RECOGNITION OF VISITORS – ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
OTHER BUSINESS
Bill Willett – Would like a correction of codes on the website along with other code related information. Would like to see our code book be more extensive and updated from a company. Asked to bring more information to the board regarding the code updating company.
Carl Duchette – Reference to fire code doesn’t reference the year in the book. Bring to public hearing to have a dated year approved.
Public hearing date will be February 28, 2012 to discuss the proposed amendments for the Comprehensive Land Use Code.
Workshop – start at 6:30 at next meeting on February 14, 2012. Work on use list electronically.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn made by Member Porter at 8:17 PM and seconded by Member Greenwood. Discussion: None
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