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2003-06-17 City of Beverly, Massachusetts Public Meeting Minutes BOARD: Planning Board SUBCOMMITTEE: DATE: June 17, 2003 PLACE: Beverly City Hall BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Richard Dinkin; John Thomson, Ellen Flannery, Patricia Grimes, Daniel Hamm, Elizabeth McGlynn, Joanne Dunn (arrives at 8:15 p.m.) ABSENT: OTHERS PRESENT: Leah Zambernardi, Asst. Planning Director RECORDER: Jeannine Dion (by tape) Chairperson Dinkin calls the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Thomson: Motion to recess and reconvene for a scheduled public hearing, seconded by Flannery. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Public Hearing – Special Permit Application #107-03 One Pork Chop Lot – 5 Elmtop Lane – Elmtop Lane Realty Tr./Michael & Robert Hubbard, Zambernardi reads the legal notice. Dinkin places the hearing in recess until 7:30 p.m., July 15, 2003 due to a lack of 2/3 attendance of the members. Abutters will be notified. The regular meeting of the Beverly Planning Board is called to order. Subdivision Approval Not Required Plans (SANR’s) 13 Prospect Street – Euplio & Diane Marciano Zambernardi states the applicant requests to divide this lot with an ANR plan in accordance with Beverly Zoning Ordinance Section 29-5.F.5 which states “… any lot on which more than one house existed at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance may be divided with a minimum of non-conformance, and sold to separate owners and used with a minimum of non-conformance.” There are two houses on the lot and it has been established that both were in existence on the lot as dwellings prior to the passing of the Zoning in 1939. She recommends that the Board endorse the plan. Planning Board Minutes June 17, 2003 Page 2 Thomson: Motion to endorse the plan for 13 Prospect Street as one not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law, seconded by Flannery. All members are in favor, no one in opposition. Motion carries. Open Space & Recreation Action Plan Presentation David Gardner, Chairman of the Open Space and Recreation Committee (OSRC) gives a brief presentation on the Open Space & Recreation Action Plan. The plan identifies particular parcels and recommends linking neighborhoods to a trail network to get to parks and open space around the city. Gardner states the OSRC has written a letter to the Planning Board providing comments regarding the Prescott Farms Site Plan Review Application. Thomson: Motion to reconvene for a regular scheduled meeting, seconded by Flannery. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Site Plan Review Application #73-03: Prescott Farms, Boulder Lane – Miles Group c/o Attorney Tom Alexander – Joint Public Hearing with the Zoning Board of Appeals Members of the public waive reading of the legal notice. The hearing is put into recess until July 15, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. The Regular meeting of the Beverly Planning board is called to order. Birch Woods Subdivision – Release of Performance Bond Zambernardi reads a letter from Frank Killilea dated June 17, 2003, which states that Birchwood Lane and Spruce Run were accepted by the City Council as public ways on June 16, 2003. It also recommends that no further action is required of PRZ by the City. Dinkin asks Killilea if he sees the need to fully release anything. Killilea responds that he does not see the need to release anything. Flannery: Motion to suspend the rules to allow members of the public to speak, seconded by McGlynn. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Attorney Tom Alexander states that some form of surety had to be posted in case the developer did not complete work to the City’s satisfaction. Planning Board Minutes June 17, 2003 Page 3 Killilea states that everything must be done to the city’s satisfaction. He states that the type of bond is essentially an insurance policy. Dinkin states that a bond is essentially a city’s insurance policy. Thomson: Motion to write a letter to the developer stating that the work has been completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Board and the City Engineer and therefore, the City releases its interest in the bond and requires no further action by PRZ Realty Trust. Seconded by Flannery. All members are in favor. Motion carries. Approval of Minutes Thomson: Motion to approve the regular meeting minutes of April 15, 2003 and of May 20, 2003 with the condition that page 2 of the April minutes be changed from “Discussion on the motion” to “Discussion on the vote.” Seconded by Flannery. Motion carries New/Other Business Zambernardi states that the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance is in the City Solicitor’s office for his review and comment. Adjournment Flannery: Motion to adjourn, seconded by Hamm, all members are in favor. Motion carries. The meeting is adjourned.