Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting and Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Senior Center Conference Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Barbara E. Gray, Chair; Griswold Draz, Ronald Harper Olga Kahn, Gerald Parent, Janet Reinhart; Rex Peterson, Assistant Town Administrator/Planner
Regrets: Alfred Pickard
Chair Barbara Gray called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Mail
Janet Reinhart reviewed the contents of the mail with the Board.
Sign Bylaw Proposal
Rex Peterson gave the deadlines necessary for preparation of a temporary sign bylaw for Special Town Meeting. The Board discussed the possibility of having the temporary sign bylaws as General Bylaws instead of in the Zoning Bylaws. Enforcement of sign bylaws during the summer was discussed. Off-premise and on-premise signs; a two-week period of display; and banners were also considered before the Board attempted a review of each line of the proposed changes. Rex Peterson explained the original request by the Building Inspector, requesting changes to the sign bylaws. The Building Inspector’s approval, fees and deposits for temporary signs were discussed.
Harper moved to review a page of the proposed temporary sign bylaw at each of the next three Planning Board meetings and have a document ready for the April Town Meeting. Reinhart seconded. The motion carried 6-0.
Photovoltaic Bylaw Amendments
There were two suggested bylaw amendments for Ground Mounted Photovoltaic Arrays. Draz, also a member of the Energy Committee, explained the purpose of the definition and general regulation. Gray said she would like more information on photovoltaic arrays installed on the ground. Parent asked a series of questions about the arrays, site preparation and permitting for them.
Draz moved to table the bylaw amendments. Parent seconded but rescinded his second. Draz offered other matters of consideration for ground mounted photovoltaics.
Suggested ZBL Changes Revisited
Draz said that only the NSP dwelling space area had previously been accepted by the Board. He said the porch definitions had not been discussed at the last meeting. He suggested further definitions which PB took into consideration. The Board considered including Farmer’s Porch, Screened Porch, Sun Room as “Enclosed Porch” in the definition section.
Harper moved to accept the language for Farmer’s Porch as: “A single story roofed porch that has no walls or windows other than that of the main building to which it is attached notwithstanding Town and State Building Codes.” Draz seconded.
Kahn moved to amend the term Farmer’s Porch to Porch, Farmer’s under defintions. Reinhart seconded, and the motion carried 6-1.
The amended motion for the definition of “Porch, Farmer’s” carried 6-1.
Harper moved to delete the definition of Porch, Open. Draz seconded. The motion carried 6-1.
Harper moved to accept the definition: “Porch, Enclosed – an unheated roofed porch or terrace with screened or glass walls, which shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet in height and 400 s.f. in area. A mechanically heated sun room shall count as livable floor area.” Draz seconded.
The Board discussed the proposed definition, consistency with other terms, and what is considered livable space by the Health and Building Inspectors.
The motion to accept the definition of “Porch, Enclosed” carried 4-2.
Parent, for the record, objected to the process of proposing zoning bylaw changes without an advertised open meeting as has been done in the past.
Draz moved to change the NSP District definition of exterior spaces to read: “Exterior Spaces shall include enclosed porches and decks, 36 inches above grade.” Gray seconded.
Kahn moved to amend 36 inches to 30 inches above grade. Gray seconded. The motion to amend to 30 inches carried 3-2-1
The motion on the amended exterior spaces definition so that it reads: “Exterior Spaces shall include enclosed porches and decks, 30 inches above grade” carried 4-2-1.
The Board determined that the bylaw changes could go forward at the April Annual Town Meeting.
Large House Bylaws
The Board discussed control of large houses in the Town not included in the Seashore controls. PB considered size caps, site plan review, lot coverage, overlay district for shorelines, having an Architectural Review Board, sliding scales, floor to lot ratios, solutions to massing, undersized lots, and tear downs.
Minutes of 8/19/09
The Board approved the amended minutes of August 19, 2009 unanimously.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by consensus at 9:50 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 9/16/09.
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