Wilton, NH Planning Board

TOWN OF WILTON

PLANNING BOARD MEETING

MINUTES

Approved 9/1/10

DATE:            August 4, 2010

TIME: 7:30 P.M.

PLACE:         Wilton Town Hall Courtroom

PRESENT:     Wilton Planning Board Members: Chairman Jeff Kandt, Alec MacMartin, Neil Faiman, John Shepardson, Alternate Dawn Tuomala, NRPC representative Steve Wagner and Clerk Heather Loewy Nichols.

The agenda was amended as follows:

1.)              Other Business

2.)              Wilton Fire Station Addition

3.)              Pre-Application – Lincoln Geiger

4.)              Other Business

5.)              Adjournment

Dawn Tuomala stepped off the Board as a voting member.

1.      Other Business: Road Agent Steve Elliot

Road Agent Steve Elliot appeared before the Board and asked for clarification on a regulation that deals with distances between driveways. He questioned whether the regulation calls for 60' from centerline to centerline or from the travel portion to the proposed driveway as is his current practice. Mr. MacMartin noted that the regulation is does not specify.

The Board agreed that the way the Road Agent has been measuring should continue and that any specific case that needs a waiver of this issue should come to the Board with an application.

A MOTION was made by Mr. Faiman and SECONDED by Mr. MacMartin to instruct the Road Agent that the Planning Board concurs with his interpretation that the measurement should be taken from the travel portion of the road on the side of the proposed driveway and to inform the applicant that they can apply to the Planning Board for a waiver of section G.0 paragraph 15. Further the Board instructs the applicant to submit an abutter list and a sufficiently detailed layout along with the standard abutter fees and waives all other application fees.

Voting: 4 ayes; motion carried unanimously.

Dawn Tuomala stepped back on the Board as a voting member.

Application:

2.      Wilton Fire Station- Board of Selectman – a public hearing regarding the proposed addition/changes to the Wilton Fire Station.

Mr. Kandt explained that he spoke with Chief Dick and there are no new plans available yet so and asked that the public hearing be continued to September.

A MOTION was made by Mr. MacMartin and SECONDED by Mr. Faiman to continue the application to September 1, 2010.

Voting: 5 ayes; motion carried unanimously.

Pre-Application:

3.      Lincoln Geiger

Neil Faiman left the Board as a voting member.

Lincoln Geiger appeared before the Board and presented a proposed plan. He explained that he can get four lots out of the site in question but he is missing 5.5 feet of frontage so he would either need a variance or a lot line adjustment. He explained that the grant process he will go through in order to obtain funds to protect the land includes getting subdivision approval. The Board reviewed the plan with Mr. Geiger. Mr. MacMartin suggested that Mr. Geiger’s first step might be to obtain the help of a surveyor so Mr. Geiger can identify the properties of the land.

Neil Faiman returned to the Board as a voting member.

4.      Other Business

-         Impact Fee Contract

Ms. Tuomala explained that Lyndeborough and the School District have been discussing their CIP planning and she thinks that the SAU will not have the information necessary for the impact fee study for some time. After discussion the Board decided that Ms. Tuomala and Mr. Kandt will talk to the consultant together.

-         Stormwater Protection Regulation

Mr. Wagner explained that NRPC reviewed the proposed Stormwater regulations in terms of compliance and found that Ms. Tuomala had done a good job covering all the issues while adding enhancements. He noted that they had some questions but nothing major to add. Mr. MacMartin suggested that the Board add different criteria in the Watershed and Aquifer districts. The Board decided that NRPC and Ms. Tuomala would further review the proposal.

-         Conservation Subdivision

The Board discussed how they would like to proceed with the creation of a Conservation Subdivision regulation and Mr. MacMartin suggested that the Board add the Conservation Subdivision and then eventually do away with the current Subdivision regulations. The Board will continue to discuss this item at the next work session.

-         Clerk

Mr. Kandt stated that he has hired a new Planning Board Clerk. Her name is Susan Greene and she will be taking over the administrative needs of the Board while Heather Nichols will continue to take the minutes.

-         August meeting

After Mr. Kandt noted that he will not be at the August 18^th meeting, several other Board Members stated that they were either not going to be at the meeting or were unsure as to their availability.

After discussion, a MOTION was made by Mr. MacMartin and SECONDED by Mr. Shepardson to hear business from the August 18, 2010 meeting at the September 1, 2010 meeting.

Voting: 5 ayes; motion carried unanimously.

5.      Adjournment

A MOTION was made by Mr. MacMartin and SECONDED by Mr. Faiman to adjourn the meeting.

Voting: 5 ayes; motion carried unanimously.

Chairman Kandt declared the meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Heather Loewy Nichols

Clerk

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