Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting and Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Barbara E. Gray, Chair; Griswold Draz, Ronald Harper Olga Kahn, Gerald Parent, Alfred Pickard, Janet Reinhart; Rex Peterson, Assistant Town Administrator/Planner
Also attending: Dorothy Altman of the Non-Resident Taxpayers Association
Chair Barbara Gray called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Alfred Pickard disclosed that he owned another fish market in town.
ANR #09-05 Town/McClellan, 300 Main St. (Map 15, Parcel 52)
A note was added by Slade Associates to the plan that Parcel A, taken from the Town Hall parking lot, was an unbuildable lot.
Harper moved to deem the request for 300 Main St. an ANR plan. Reinhart seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Goss Lane – Release of Lot 9
Chester Lay of Slade Associates was present to request the release of Lot 9 from the Cortes subdivision (DSD 06-04) covenant.
Pickard moved to release Lot 9 from the Cortes covenant. Draz seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Parkington Covenant
Mr. Lay requested that the Board sign the covenant for the Parkington subdivision (DSD 06-06) with a change of date. Parent moved to sign the covenant for the Parkington subdivision. Draz seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Kahn moved to change the order of the agenda so that the Historic Review Board could be taken next. Harper seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Demolition Delay Bylaw Proposal
Olga Kahn had requested changes to the Demolition Delay Bylaw with special attention to the Modernist Houses, and John F. Smith, Chairman of the Wellfleet Historic Review Board, explained the board’s purpose, demolition delay procedure and the suggested bylaw changes that were before the Planning Board. Mr. Smith said the Historic Review Board was working from the list of Modernist Houses provided by Peter McMahon of the Modern House Trust. Suggestions by the Historic Review Board were to lengthen the demolition delay time period, include Modernist Houses and expand the definition of “demolition.”
Kahn moved to approve the change from the six-month demolition delay period to a twelve-month demolition delay. Harper seconded, and the motion carried 4-2-1.
Olga Kahn moved to include the list of Modernist Houses prepared by Peter McMahon of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust properties to be covered by demolition delay bylaws. Kahn moved to withdraw the motion to add McMahon’s list of Modernist Houses of architectural and historical significance and deemed “Preferably Preserved” as defined in Section 2.2 of the General Bylaws. Parent seconded, and the motion to withdraw the list carried 6-1.
Kahn moved to approve the expansion of the existing definition of demolition by adding the following: “In addition, the term ‘demolition’ under this by-law section shall include the act of enclosing or encapsulation an existing building within new exterior walls or roofed areas.” Gray seconded. Draz suggested that the Building Inspector’s consulted on the definition. Kahn withdrew the motion to expand the definition and that motion carried 7-0.
Suggested ZBL Changes
Gooz Draz had submitted suggestions for changes to certain Zoning Bylaws, which the Board discussed. Definitions of basement, site coverage, percentage of coverage, and livable floor area were all considered.
Draz moved to change the definition 5.4.3.1 of Dwelling Space Area to “Dwelling Space Area shall mean the gross Floor Area, Livable of a dwelling, plus the floor area of garage space attached to or built into a dwelling, and the floor area in excess of 750 square feet of the aggregate floor area of all Exterior Spaces.” Gray seconded. The motion carried 5-1-1.
Kahn moved to amend the 5.4.3.1 definition by replacing “Floor Area, Livable” with “Livable Floor Area.” Rinehart seconded. The motion carried 4-3.
The Sign Bylaws
Harper moved to accept the sign bylaws as printed. Rinehart seconded. The Board asked for more time and Harper withdrew his motion and Rinehart withdrew her second.
Before leaving the meeting, Dorothy Altman said she would personally like to see controls on house sizes in the rest of the town.
Further discussion of the sign bylaw changes ensued, but the topic will be taken up again at the next meeting.
Minutes of 7/15/09
Harper moved to approve the minutes of July 15, 2009. Parent seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
Other Business
Draz said the ACEC maps with an overlay of the new flood plain area have been created. He will bring the map to Town Hall, where they will be available for viewing.
Adjournment
Harper moved to adjourn. Draz seconded, and the motion carried 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Barbara E. Gray, Chair
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Planning Board approved these minutes at the meeting held 9/2/09.
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