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Planning Board Minutes: February 19, 1985 2 Bowyer reported he had discussed the issue raised by Mr. Cohen with Steven Ander- son of Palmer and Dodge who will research the question further. He had written a letter to Peter Kelley urging him to submit all missing material by February 21, when the notice of the continued hearing will appear in the Minuteman. Mr. Bowyer was uncertain as to the legal questions raised by Mr. Cohen but was clear that the applicants were not complying with the Planning Board's policy and procedures for RD rezoning petitions. By a poll of the Board, it was agreed that if the missing materials are not submitted by February 21, the Board will make a negative recommendation to the Town Meeting. Mr. Bowyer was instructed to inform Mr. Kelley of that position. REPORTS 48. Planning Board Members, Subcommittees a. Student Government Day: Mrs. Smith reported that five high school students will be acting as Planning Board members on Student Government Day on April 10. The Board will meet with the five students sometime in mid- March. It was suggested that they be given a zoning article to work on as representative of the Planning Board's work. They should be invited to a Planning Board public hearing as well. b. Grassland Street Development: Mrs. Smith reported on a proposal that has been submitted to the Conservation Commission for the development of nine ' existing lots on Grassland Street, eight of which have about 50 feet of frontage. The lots are long and narrow; the part nearest the street is wetland and the part farthest away is higher land on which eight new houses are proposed to be constructed in addition to the one existing house. One gravel access drive is proposed to serve the nine houses. The drive would be T-shaped and would not comply with the standards for street construction in the Subdivision Rules and Regulations. Mr. Bowyer reported that he had discussed the proposal with Conservation Administrator Charles Wyman and said it did not appear the Zoning By-law covered this type of situation. It is not a subdivision as these are pre- existing, non -conforming lots. Mrs. Smith said she had asked Steven Anderson of Palmer and Dodge to research this proposal. The questions include: 1) is workable, physical access impli- cit in the requirement for lot frontage? and 2) is the presence of wetlands, which prohibits construction of driveways to dwellings, a physical impediment that should be considered in determining workable access for frontage? It was agreed the Board should pursue these issues as the proposed development of nine houses should be subject to the same type of standards as several subdivisions, of 3-5 dwellings, which have been before the Planning Board in the last few years. The meeting was adjourned at 11:25 p.m. CJudith J. Uhrig, Clerk