Planning Board minutes 1989-09-11

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Minutes for the Meeting of September 11, 1989 3 RECOMMENDATIONS ON APPLICATIONS TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS 214. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING. Repetitive Petition. 4 Viles Road: Mrs. Wood noted the hearing had been continued from July 10, 1989, in order to enable applicant David Fine to attend and present his petition. He introduced his attorney, John Naylon, who presented new material relating to water drainage problems where the playhouse would have to be located in order to conform to zoning requirements. He added the abutter who had objected to the granting of the variance has moved and the new owner has no objection to the location of the children's playhouse. Four members of the Planning Board (Mr. Sorensen voted in the negative) voted that sufficient new material had been presented for them to recommend that the Board of Appeals allow the resubmission of the petition for a variance from the rear yard setback to allow a playhouse/shed to remain as constructed, which was denied by the Board of Appeals on June 9, 1988. SUBDIVISION OF LAND 215. PUBLIC HEARING. Royal Circle. Barry Caouette: Mrs. Wood opened the hearing at 8:42 p.m. by reading the legal notice and by outlining the procedure the Planning Board follows at public hearings. Landscape Architect Gary Larson, of Larson Associates Inc. representing the applicant, presented the plan and site analysis. He noted that the site contains 6.2 acres, and is located off Grove Street, next to the Estabrook School. He stated that a sketch plan was first submitted in January of 1987, when the Board requested a walking easement to the school, and accepted the inclusion of a common driveway for two lots. These recommendations were incorporated into the preliminary plan, which was filed in June of 1987. Further design work was done on the grading and access to the sites from the road, and the preliminary plan was approved in July of 1987. Included in the conditions for approval of the preliminary plan was a requirement that a landscaped island be provided in the center of the turnaround and be maintained by the abuttors. Mr. Larson added that a definitive plan was filed in October of 1987. Plans were also filed with the Conservation Commission showing the proposed drainage. The Commission questioned whether the drainage had to be contained on-site via a holding tank, or if the applicant would be permitted to discharge the drainage across the street directly into the Tophet swamp, or should go down Grove Street and tie into the existing easement. On January 4, 1988, the definitive plan was withdrawn until these drainage issues could be resolved. The applicant received an order of conditions from the Conservation Commission on May 1, 1989, allowing them to discharge the storm water directly across the street into the swamp, and on June 26, 1989, this definitive plan was filed, which incorporated all the previous comments and conditions made by the Planning Board and Conservation Commission. He noted there is a considerable change in elevation from Grove Street to the end of the cul-de-sac. In response to a question from Mrs. Klauminzer, he noted the maximum wall height is estimated at five feet. At one end of the circle, there