Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting and Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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
Chair Barbara Gray called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Minutes of 4/21/10
Reinhart moved to approve the minutes of April 21, 2010. Harper seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.
Subdivision Modification
The Modification of Subdivision #06-02 was expected to be handled at the next meeting. There were questions about notification of abutters, the original covenant and pavement. Planning Board discussed holding a hearing for the modification. Parent moved to hold a public hearing on a new covenant. Harper seconded. The motion carried 7-0.
Goss Lane
The covenant release for Goss Lane will be ready for a future meeting.
Truro Bylaws on House Size
Planning Board discussed Truro’s Warrant Article for zoning bylaw changes on house size.
Preparation of Wellfleet ZBL Changes
Gooz Draz reviewed the working definition of “Gross Floor Area” with attention to provisions for enclosed porches and detached garages. He distributed new scatter charts that represented homes by size on 1/4 to 2-acre lots, depicting where buildings are in relationship to the proposed sliding scale. There was discussion of: breezeway or porch connections to garages, decks, setbacks for garages, affordable accessory units, mass, special permits, pitch of garage roof, gables, basement garages and garage uses. Draz said that Planning Board would be holding meetings for public input.
Draz said he considered the sliding scale fair as a “by right” guideline. There was discussion comparing Wellfleet’s sliding scale allowances to Truro’s size ranges. Affordable housing exemptions were considered.
The Standards and Criteria for Site Plan Review had been compiled for the original site plan review proposal from 2008. Draz will provide the revised version of the criteria for discussion for the next meeting. There was, however, a general discussion of some of the language framing the Standards and Criteria document.
Aylette Jenness, who was in the audience, said she would be willing to work on educating the public on the zoning bylaw changes.
Cutting of Timber & Burning for R1 & R2
Gray said she would like to add to the Residential Districts bylaws like the Seashore District has on clear cutting of timber and burning. This would need further Town Counsel opinion, she said.
Other Zoning Concerns
For spring and summer Planning Board will concentrate on housing size bylaws, but a number of other concerns were raised. Janet Reinhart distributed Chatham’s bylaw on franchises (Formula Business Establishments) for future consideration by Wellfleet’s Planning Board. There was some preliminary discussion of how this kind of bylaw would apply to Wellfleet. Gray asked about continuing work on sign code. Since the Selectmen had handled it, PB members were not interested in continuing. Pickard asked about getting an update on the Landing Strip (Map 42, Parcel 601) access. He was interested in C2 District revision but was willing to put it on hold. Olga Kahn said she was interested in pursuing the wind turbine height bylaw. She will continue to work on the Inclusionary Bylaw for
Affordable Housing. Gray said she’d like to work on Cluster Development. Harper said he’d like to see the addition of a shoreline-waterfront district.
Schedule of Other Meetings
There will be a Housing Partnership meeting at 4 p.m., May 20, 2010 in the Town Hall basement. Planning Board will meet with them to discuss an Inclusionary Bylaw.
Planning Board will be participating in the Non Resident Taxpayers meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 2010 at the COA.
Adjournment
Reinhart moved to adjourn. Draz seconded, and the motion carried 7-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:18 p.m.
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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 5/19/10.
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