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DUNBARTON
PLANNING BOARD WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 19, 2001 TOWN
OFFICES – 7:00 P.M. The regular monthly meeting of the Dunbarton Planning Board was held at the above time, date and place with Chairman James Marcou presiding. The following members were present:
James Marcou, Chairman
Kenneth Swayze, Co-Chairman
Alison R. Vallieres, Secretary
Carter Higginbotham
Charles Graybill, Selectman
George Holt
Brian Nordle
Michael Poirier, Alternate The
Chairman verified with the Secretary
that the Public Meeting Notice had been
posted in a timely fashion at three
places throughout the Town and published
in the Concord Monitor for one day. A
motion was made to approve the minutes
of the previous meeting of Wednesday,
November 21, 2001 as written.
The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously.
7:15
p.m. – FINAL PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE
FOLLOWING PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LAND
SUBDIVISION CONTROL REGULATIONS:
The
Chairman read the public notice and the
Planning Board decided to immediately go
to Article 3 re Individual Fire
Suppression or Sprinkler Systems in view
of the fact that the Deputy Fire Chief
was present. Several
items within the Proposed Ordinance were
suggested by the Planning Board to be
changed as follows: Page
1 in the first paragraph re the Intent
should have a phrase added to read as
follows:
“To
provide an alternative to constructing a
fire suppression water source for new
homes within subdivisions as may be
ordinarily required by the subdivision
regulations.” Page 2 next to the last paragraph from the bottom should change as follows: “All
attached structures or those that
are located under living spaces shall be
protected by the sprinkler system”. Page
3,
should remove
the entire paragraph re the Disclaimer. Bud
Marcou, Deputy Fire Chief, stated that
he was comfortable with the Proposed
Ordinance as written. The
Chairman noted the following members
would be voting on the Proposed
Residential Sprinkler Code as presented
with the above amendments.
James Marcou
Charles Graybill
Alison Vallieres
Carter Higginbotham
Kenneth Swayze
Brian Nordle
George Holt Carter
Higginbotham made a motion that the
Dunbarton Planning Board accept the
Dunbarton Residential Sprinkler Code as
presented by the Fire Department with
the above amendments.
Kenneth Swayze seconded the
motion and it passed unanimously.
MOTION: Kenneth Swayze
made a motion that the Dunbarton
Planning Board include a comment in the
Town of Dunbarton Subdivision
regulations regarding the already
implemented policy of the Dunbarton
Board of Selectmen concerning building
on Class VI roads that the Planning
Board neither approves nor disapproves
this policy insofar as the Planning
Board was not requested to participate
in the procedural formulation of this
policy.
The motion was seconded by George
Holt and passed by a majority vote with
Charles Graybill abstaining.
George Holt asked for a recap on the policy and Charles Graybill explained that this basically is a procedure which was approved by the Selectmen that the Town will not accept any proposals to obtain building permits on Class VI roads that exceed 300 feet from a Class V road unless the road is brought up to Class V standards . Basically puts a damper on developing off Class VI roads. Charles Graybill stated that the road standard is basically the same as the Planning Board has been using in the past. James Marcou stated that the Planning Board should have had input from the beginning but he did agree with the language. Mark Tarsa – Mansion Road. Stated that under the old procedure, residents could sign a waiver and build on Class VI roads. The Board noted that if you are beyond 300 feet on a Class VI road now, you must upgrade the road to Class V standard. Brian Little – Stated that the present three Selectmen voted on this issue and that two of the Selectmen have personal interest in lands off Class VI roads and therefore should have stepped down from the Vote. Was the Ethics Committee contacted re this issue. How could a vote take place when there is a conflict of interest.? Charles Graybill, Selectman – Stated that the vote did take place and there is no record of Ethics issue. He stated the Selectmen took a vote and did not grant themselves any benefit. The vote was actually more negative to themselves than positive. Brian Little asked if they felt it is in this Town’s interest to allow Class VI roads. More people would want Class VI road developed etc. 2.
RECOMMENDATION OF A MINIMUM ROAD
FOOTAGE OF 600 FEET ON NEW ROADS IN NEW
SUBDIVISION (NOT INCLUDING CLASS VI
ROADS) AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD OF
SELECTMEN. MOTION: Kenneth Swayze
made a motion that the Dunbarton
Planning Board include a comment in the
Town of Dunbarton Subdivision
regulations that the Town of Dunbarton
per the Board of Selectmen will not
accept new and/or proposed subdivision
roads less than 600 feet in overall
travel length, not including turn-around
provisions.
The Dunbarton Planning Board
generally concurs with this position.
The motion was seconded by Alison
Vallieres and passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS: Charles Graybill, Selectmen, read a draft letter from the Selectmen regarding the Proposed Fred Weston Subdivision. The contents of the letter were as follows: “Dear Mr.
Marcou and Members of the Planning
Board: At the
December 13, 2001 meeting of the Board
of Selectmen drafted an outline of what
the town would like to see for
conditions regarding the above proposed
subdivision. These
conditions are: 1.
A through road from Mansion Road
to Everett Road. 2.
The subdivision road cannot
exceed 8% grade. 3.
That five (5) acres be given to
the town adjacent to the town garage
including a buffer zone and the road
coming out. 4.
Everett Road be upgraded,
especially at the intersection of
Everett and Route 13, with a level
platform and the correct drainage. 5.
Delineation markers on the
abutting properties to the intersection
of Route 13 and Everett Road.
The police department suggested
curging. 6.
A Hammer Head – west of the
intersection. 7.
The width of Everett Road (now 2
rods) would be 24 feet of travel way. 8.
The removal of trees. The letter was read into the Dunbarton Planning Board’s record showing timely attention by the Selectmen. Mark
Tarsa noted he would be directly
affected by the proposed subdivision
because his driveway on Mansion Road
would be directly across from the
access road to the subdivision. Dave
Breault – Stated he was a concerned
resident and asked if the Board knew
what the lay of the proposed road would
be.
The
Planning Board stated they haven’t
even got a formal application for this
subdivision yet so could not comment on
details at this time.
There
being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alison R. Vallieres, Secretary |