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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - PB - 03/02/2005 Planning Board Meeting 1 of 3 March 2,2005 COHASSET PLANNING BOARD MINUTES DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,2005 TIME: 7:00 PM PLACE: COHASSET TOWN HALL—BASEMENT MEETING ROOM 41 HIGHLAND AVENUE, COHASSET,MA 02025 Board Members Present: Peter J. Pratt,Vice Chairman Stuart Ivimey, Clerk Robert H. Sturdy Mike Westcott Board Members Absent: Alfred Moore, Chairman Recording Secretary Present: Jo-Ann M. Pilczak Town Planner Present: Elizabeth B. Harrington MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT: 7:10 PM 7:10 P.M. FORM A-APPLICATIONS • 47 HULL STREET, APP: PAUL EMANUELLO, OWNER: PAULINE EMANUELLO,DORIS WALLACE,MICHAEL EMANUELLO, DATE STAMPED: 03/02/05. Member Sturdy notes that"is to be"in note 6 must be corrected to"is hereby". MOTION: by Member Sturdy to approve this Form A Application and to have the Planning Board Chairman endorse the mylars once the change is made correcting "is to be" to"is hereby"in note 6. SECOND: by Member Ivimey VOTE: 3 -0 MOTION APPROVED 7:15 P.M. ADMINISTRATION • VOTE TO ACCEPT 02/16/05 MINUTES MOTION: by Member Ivimey to accept 02/16/05 minutes SECOND: by Member Sturdy VOTE: 4-0 MOTION APPROVED • LETTER TO BUILDING COMMISSIONER TO NOT ISSUE PERMITS FOR 154/156 KING STREET UNTIL REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS TO COVER ENGINEERING FEES ARE RECEIVED (CURRENT BALANCE DUE IS $6090.59). MOTION: by Member Sturdy to forward letter to Building Commissioner SECOND: by Member Ivimey VOTE: 4-0 MOTION APPROVED • TIP-Member Pratt asked Town Planner Harrington to look into who is MAPC Rep,TIP Contact etc. and determine what Commonwealth,MAPC and South Shore Coalition says Cohasset should be looking into regarding getting traffic lights in key areas that are getting worse. • MASTER PLAN: Member Ivimey asks that the Master Plan definitely be an agenda item on the 03/09/05 agenda. Mike Westcott will not be in attendance at that meeting,but will ask Rick Swanborg to attend. 7:30 P.M. 150 NO.MAIN STREET LARGE HOME REVIEW—CONT'D PUBLIC HEARING Stephen Bjorklund present to represent application. MOTION: by Member Sturdy to reconvene public hearing on 150 No.Main St. SECOND: by Member Ivimey VOTE: 4-0 MOTION APPROVED Open to Public: Based on questions asked by Kimberly McGowan, 154 No. Main St., Tom Callahan, 35 Planning Board Meeting 2 of 3 March 2,2005 Hillside Drive,Mark DeGiacomo, 59 Beach St. and Jim French, 10 Jerusalem Rd., the following items were flagged as issues that the Planning Board may have to ask the ZBA to forward to the Planning Board for review, similar to a Site Plan Review, if the ZBA approves this application with variances. • Drainage calculations and erosion control measures • Illumination plan • Stormwater Management Plan • Pose the question of variance vs special permit to Town Counsel so his opinion can be included in any recommendations to the ZBA if the Planning Board recommends that this be a variance not a special permit • Screening and Landscape Plans The McGowans, 154 No. Main St.,Roger Crafts, 156 No. Main Street and Rita Kuolas, 140 No. Main St. summarized the neighbors concerns that: • 9,000 SF is grossly out of scale with the neighborhood and, a huge structure on a small lot • an increase in traffic and noise, and the effect on air quality are quality of life issues for the neighborhood • the vacant attic space will be developed into more useable space • there exists a strong sense of neighborhood that a 4 unit condo will not add to or fit into • it is just not"right"to take value away from abutter properties for the sake of increasing a developer's profit • approval of this application will set a precedent for other developers to do the same and destroy single • family neighborhoods in Cohasset • historical structures in Cohasset will be lost Member Ivimey asked Mr. Bjorklund if he would consider scaling back the project to 3 units which would still be more profit to him than Section 8. Selectman Koed, 92 Pleasant St., expressed concern about the loss of historic structures in Cohasset as well as concern about the scale of large houses in neighborhoods of smaller homes and the consideration of how massing fits into the neighborhoods around it. When asked what the abutters wanted to like to see, Thomas Greco, 30 Jerusalem Rd. mentioned needing a landscape architect involved in the project for screening and light control and Jim French mentioned noise as a huge issue to be dealt with. Frank Kelly, 6 Jerusalem Rd., addressed changing facades and building size and the impact on the neighborhoods or abutters will sell their properties and leave Cohasset. MOTION: by Member Sturdy to continue the public hearing to 03/09/05 at which time the Planning Board will close the public hearing and the Board will accept relevant written communication on this proposed project from the developer and the public until Town Hall closing on Tuesday, 03/08/05. SECOND: by Member Westcott VOTE: 4-0 MOTION APPROVED 8:50 P.M. SECTION 11 "EARTH REMOVAL,LAND CLEARING&ALTERATION"WARRANT ARTICLE CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. Tom Callahan, 35 Hillside Dr., and Mark DeGiacomo, 59 Beach St., represented the article. Attorney Walter L. Sullivan, Sr. in attendance representing a client. Letter from Sullivan& Sullivan was presented and stamped in. Callahan noted that Town Counsel comments were in language,not substance. Substantive changes made by applicant included: references to commercial property were removed as this article is really directed at residential growth&development and because commercial is covered in site plan review; Town project exemption was removed; excavating for basement does not count towards 10 cu.yds.;removed additions—additions can be done on already cleared land; if any part of ledge is 2' above ground,the entire ledge rock is regulated and, if anyone wants to touch the exposed face of ledge,they must go before the Planning Board. Attorney Sullivan,representing Cedarmere, addressed item C.5 which addresses prior existing permits issued prior. First,he suggested that special permits should also be exempt if the special permit was granted prior. Everyone agreed that it makes sense to included special permits in statement 5 but proponent was not willing to change Second,Attorney Sullivan(representing David Walsh) noted that situations where someone has all of the other permits required for a building permit which is issued hereafter(and for example maybe held up due to an appeal) should also be exempt. Member Westcott does not see it as that much more cumbersome for someone in this situation to go one more step for a special permit. Planning Board Meeting 3 of 3 March 2,2005 Callahan and DeGiacomo were not willing to make this change. Further changes to version dated 03/01/05 agreed to by applicants and Planning Board at this meeting were as follows: • Definition of"Hazardous Tree"deleted • 11.3.A.1: Line 3: "expansion/extension/enlargement"deleted Line 5: "limitations"changed to"land alteration standards" • 11.3.A: Add point 3: "This section does not preclude review of a proposed building or structure that would be subject to Section 5.5 of the Zoning Bylaw". • 11.3.B.4 change"grade"to"elevation" change"three-foot or five-percent(5%) ... greater" to"five feet at any point." • 11.3.B.5: add a"t"to shall"not" • 11.3.0 delete exemptions 1 and 2 • 11.3.C.3 Line 1: delete underline from"soil and subsurface" Line 2: add"structure"after building Line 3: add"unnecessarily" after does not • 11.3.C.5 Line 1: add"special permit" after earth removal MOTION: by Member Westcott to recommend this warrant article as amended by the applicant and the Planning Board. SECOND: by Member Ivimey VOTE: 3- 1 MOTION APPROVED (Member Sturdy not in favor) It was also noted that Town Counsel comments re: Section 8 were received(and stamped in)today, 03/02/05. One word was added. However, since public hearing on this article was closed on 02/23/05,the article will stand as it. MOTION: by Member Ivimey to adjourn SECOND: by Member Westcott VOTE: 4-0 MOTION APPROVED MEETING ADJOURNED AT: 10:30 P.M. NEXT MEETING: March 9,2005 at 7:00 P.M. MINUTES APPROVED: DATE: