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S BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING MAY 1, 1978 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Monday, May 1, 1978 in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. Wm. L. Cosgrove, Chairman; Dr. Michael S. Erdos and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. The Board discussed the request of Mr. Brucchi to allow the permit he now has for 8 horses, 3 cows, 2 deer, 300 poultry and 6 goats to be BRUCCHI'S transferred to a new owner if he should sell the property. ANIMAL PERMIT Dr. Erdos said he had not got a chance to see Mr. Brucchi's property but he felt that as long as Mr. Brucchi was coming in the Board should resolve the question. He went on to say that as long as our regulations say these permits are not transferable we certainly can not change that. Mr. Brucchi has been operating under the "grandfather clause" and it definitely states in our regulations, that when a change of ownership occurs the new owner must apply for a new permit which will be judged under our new regulations. He said he felt there was no way we could grant Mr. Brucchi's request. The Board agreed to wait until Mr. Brucchi and his attorney came in for any further discussion on the matter. Mr. Smith said he had asked Mr. Kenneth Briggs, Planning Director to come into the Board Meeting to discuss the request from Mr. Freeman to install a septic system on one lot in the Bicentennial Estates Sub- division. He went on to explain that the Board had approved this sub- division because it was to be public sewered. Mr. Freeman applied for 17 building permits prior to the moratorium but the 18th one can now be sold so he is requesting a variance for this one lot. Mr. Freeman has been before the Board of Selectmen requesting a sewer connection for this one lot but was denied permission so his only other alternative is to request this Board grant him a variance and he will install a septic system. Mr. Freeman has had the deep test water hole done on this lot and the percolation tests show this lot is suitable for a septic system but he did want to remind the Board that we approved this subdivision because it was to be public sewered also he wanted Mr. Briggs to ex- plain the Planning Board's opinion of this matter. Mr. Briggs said he would break this down to two parts. (1) Mr. Freeman has from the Conservation Commission an order of condition that all lots in this subdivision be connected to public sewer. Now if you people allow him to put in a septic system he may have to go back to the Commission and the Board of Appeals. (2) On his subdivision plan it states that all lots must be connected to public sewer so he would have to come back to the Planning Board for a revision of our approval of the subdivision. He went on to say that it had been the policy of the Planning Board for the past two years not to approve septic systems in a subdivision if public sewer was going to be available within two years. Mr. Freeman has sewer available therefore he would probably have to come back to the Planning Board before he can do anything.