Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting of February 1, 2006
Town Hall Hearing Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: R. Dennis O'Connell, Chair; Ben Gitlow, Barbara Gray, Gerald Parent, Alfred Pickard, David Rowell; Rex Peterson, Assistant Town Administrator
Excused: Harriet Miller
Chairman O’Connell called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Bylaw changes
Planning Board discussed the proposed bylaw changes, taking into consideration comments from Town Counsel Elizabeth Lane and Lauren McKean of the National Seashore. PB decided to follow Town Counsel’s suggestion for Article E to leave decreased setbacks for residential uses in a commercial zone to the discretion of ZBA through Special Permits. A Main Street Overlay (MSO) column was also added to 5.4.2 Minimum Yard Requirements. Town Counsel said that Article G on Scenic Roads should be submitted as a General Bylaw, not a Zoning Bylaw. Planning Board can still propose the General Bylaw. After much discussion, PB decided to delete Section 6.11 on Condominium Conversion.
That left Article A, creating a Main Street Overlay District, to focus on for Town Meeting. Planning Board added the MSO column to 5.4.2 and a footnote #4 to the setback notes explaining that front setbacks can be decreased to zero. PB agreed to some other language that Town Counsel had suggested.
Rules & Regulations
Barbara Gray and Denny O’Connell have been working on a Rules and Regulations revision, but this will be a topic at a future meeting.
CPC Needs List
The Board agreed on a few Town needs to pass along to the Community Preservation Committee. O’Connell said he has a good list from another town that he will e-mail around for further comment before submitting the Planning Board’s list to the CPC.
Minutes of 1/18/06
Gerald Parent moved to approve the minutes of January 18, 2006. O’Connell seconded. The motion carried 4-0-1.
Mail
The mail contained a Town Counsel memo recommending that written agreements be filed on extensions.
Other Business
The Board left finding a representative for the 335 Main St. Committee open. O’Connell reminded the Board that the representative need not be a member of Planning Board, just someone who will report 335 Main St. information to PB.
Adjournment
Parent moved to adjourn; O’Connell seconded; all approved the motion 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary R. Dennis O’Connell, Chair
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