Wellfleet Planning Board
Minutes of Meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Senior Center Duck Pond Room, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Janet Reinhart, Chair; Barbara E. Gray, Eric Larsen, Janet Morrissey, Gerald Parent, Alfred Pickard
Regrets: Theodore Franklin
Also Attending: Assistant Town Administrator Tim King
Chair Janet Reinhart called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.
Changes in Parking Spaces
Planning Board discussed businesses that changed parking allowances by eliminating spaces after the permitting period. Assistant Town Administrator Tim King said he would notify the Building Inspector, the zoning bylaw enforcement officer. Sometimes retail businesses increase their retail space by using outdoor space. Any of those situations should also be referred to the Building Inspector. Pickard said that Planning Board should be empowered to do more than “recommend” if the Board is asked to consider parking and other criteria for Developments of Significant Impact. Otherwise, he said, if Planning Board has no more authority, it should not be a part of the process for a Development of Significant Impact. Eric Larsen spoke in favor of Commercial Site Plan Review brought to Planning
Board as a step before Special Permitting with the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Minutes of 5/2/12
Janet Morrissey moved to approve the minutes of May 2, 2012. Larsen seconded, and the motion carried 6-0.
Mail
Morrissey distributed the Mail Log of May 16, 2012.1 She called attention to a change in the Special Permit for the Gull Pond Housing project.
Photovoltaics
Planning Board considered the photovoltaic proposal that had presented by the Energy Committee at Annual Town Meeting. Pickard said that the photovoltaic bylaw could be tailor made to fit the property at the Transfer Station that is intended as the site for an installation. Tim King asked about process for revision of the photovoltaic bylaw that the Energy Committee had formulated. Pickard said the Energy Committee should provide further information on setbacks, the size and height of the panels, screening possibilities and elevation of the property. Jan Morrissey suggested reviewing the whole bylaw proposal, comparing it to other towns’ bylaws on photovoltaics. Planning Board discussed the idea of having a subcommittee develop the photovoltaic bylaw or working from a starting document. Another
suggestion was creating another Commercial District with allowances for photovoltaics. Jan Morrissey and Alfred Pickard were willing to work on the bylaw and zone changes. Janet Reinhart suggested that an Energy Committee member be included in a discussion group. They will begin meeting as soon as possible.
Definitions
Chair Janet Reinhart said that holding discussion groups for bylaw changes for definitions and nonconformity issues would be a good approach. She suggested holding one monthly meeting of the entire Board during June, July and August in addition to the smaller group meetings. Parent did not favor that schedule because the other bylaws were not specific to one site as the photovoltaics bylaws are.
Pickard moved to approve the summer schedule of one PB meeting per month with additional small group meetings. Larsen seconded. The motion carried 6-0.
Town Counsel Notes on ZBL 6.1.5
Planning Board discussed inconsistencies in definition and interpretation of Demolition, Alteration, Reconstruction and Replacement. Town Counsel had identified these problems in a July 9, 2008 message to Planning Board. 2 This has come to the fore again because of Historic Review Board cases. Planning Board will get the Building Inspector’s definitions for the terms. Barbara Gray commented on confusion regarding the definitions for Alteration and Extension. Definition of Neighborhood was also discussed.
Agenda for Next Meeting
Agenda for the June 20, 2012 meeting will include: Wastewater Committee Presentation, Reports on Photovoltaics Bylaw Work, Sheds & Accessory Buildings, Minutes, Mail and Other Business.
Adjournment
Larsen moved to adjourn. Pickard seconded, and the motion carried 6-0. The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
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Mary Rogers, Committee Secretary Janet Reinhart, Chair
Planning Board approved these minutes at the meeting held 6/20/12.
Public Records Material of 5/16/12
1.) Mail Log of 5/16/12
2.) Memo from Town Counsel on Problems with ZBL 6.1.5
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