The meeting was called to order at 7:09 p.m. Present: Co-chair, Brian Libby, Gus Favreau and Alan Connell, Absent: Carol Billington, PersonNameEleanor Dudek, and Bill Foster. Staff present: Bud Benson, Planning Administrator and Donna Sawyer, Planning Board Secretary.
Co-chair, Brian Libby, opened the meeting by saying that the Board did not have a quorum, and due to lack of a quorum, no votes can be taken. The projects can be discussed. The next scheduled meeting is September 10th.
Mr. Libby made a request for a volunteer to come forward from the Richville area to fill the one vacancy on the Planning Board. Please call the Town Office for details.
No Finding of Facts or meeting minutes could be approved. It will be done at the September meeting.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
02-12-04-06 ROUTE 25 BUSINESS PARK/Mark Floor – Map 10, placeLot 11, 225 Ossipee Trail West
Subdivision Review
Mark Floor was not present. This project couldn’t be discussed.
STROUTBROOK ESTATES (formerly WHEATON WAY SUBDIVISION) A & H Land Development, LLC, Map 8, Lot 9, Wheaton Way Preliminary Approval May 7, 2007
Subdivision Plan Review
No one was present representing Strout Brook Estates.
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE EXPANSION/St. Joseph’s College – Map 20, Lots 5,6,7,7B & 8
Site Plan Amendment
This project will be discussed next Monday night, August 13th.
NEW BUSINESS:
01-07-09-07 Fairwinds Subdivision/Philip & Karen Bradford/ Map 80, Lot 43-1, addressStreet395 Manchester Road
Amendment to Subdivision
Robert Libby, BH2M, was present to talk about this project. He is representing the Bradfords who are proposing to split Lot 1 at the Fairwinds Subdivision into placeLot 1 and 1A. The original subdivision was approved in May of 1998 and was amended in May of 2003. Mark Hampton has done test pits on the new lot and both lots will meet the minimum requirements for a lot as required by the Town of placeCityStandish. Mr. Libby asked about curb cuts and asked Mr. Benson to address this topic. Mr. Benson said it was up to the Board to make that decision. The previous subdivision had a curb cut restriction in that a driveway had to share a curb cut with an abutting lot. Mr. Benson said he didn’t see any way to do that kind of an arrangement with this new lot.
Mr. Libby asked the other members what their thoughts were on this topic. Mr. Benson said that this subdivision was the reason that the Ordinance was changed to require internal subdivision roads. addressStreetManchester Road is a collector street and heavily traveled, and as more curb cuts are added, it reduces the capacity and speed limit on the road. Discussion continued about the use of addressStreetSkip Road as a solution.
Alan Connell asked why addressStreetSkip Road couldn’t be used as an entrance. Robert Libby didn’t know if addressStreetSkip Road could be used. There were no other questions and Co-chair, Brian Libby, asked that the project be reviewed again at the September meeting.
addressStreet02-07-09-07 Grovo Lane Extension/D. R. Hubbard & Sons, Inc. –Map 8, placeLot 9-1, addressStreet2 Grovo Lane Ext.
Private Way Review
Planning Board Secretary, Donna Sawyer, said that Mrs. Hubbard had called the office today and said they had sold the lot and didn’t want to pursue this project.
04-07-09-07 GRAVEL EXTRACTION /Peter Busque – Map 12, lot 4&5, Map 13, placeLot 42B, addressStreetBoundary Rd.
5 Year Review
Bud Benson said that Dick Sweet, a geologist, was in the process of looking at the seasonal highwater table. George Sawyer provided Mr. Sweet with the data and Mr. Benson said the work should be done by next month so that the Board can do its 5-year review.
NEW BUSINESS:
01-08-06-07 Cottage Setback/Michael MacQuarrie, - Map 46, placeLot 16, addressStreet15 Chapman Way
Shoreland Zoning Review
Michael MacQuarrie, property owner, came forward and said he purchased the cottage at addressStreet15 Chapman Way and wants to tear it down. He has submitted a plan for a residence. The lot is within 100 feet of placePlaceNameSebago PlaceTypeLake and there is a brook, Heath Book, behind the present cottage.
He distributed a plan showing the existing and proposed location of the new residence and setbacks. He will be about 45 feet from Heath Brook.
Bud Benson, Planning Administrator, said that a 10 foot side setback needs to be maintained along the sideline next to the Chapman cottage. That side needs 10.24 feet on the Chapman side of the cottage. Brian Libby asked if a site walk was needed? Bud Benson said that the new building is sited as far away from the lake as it can be located. The Planning Board’s job is to make sure the building is as far away from the lake as it can be and owners have done that. They also must maintain the existing setback of the original cottage and they have done that. The owner said he would use a side setback of 10 ½ feet with the Chapman’s land next door.
Brian Libby asked for comments from the public and Ben Chapman came forward. He was concerned with the side setback. He wanted the building rotated. The owner said new building will is proposed to be 10.5 feet away. Brian Libby asked the owner to come to the next meeting for a vote because of the lack of a quorum tonight. He agreed to do that.
02-08-06-07 Chrystal Clean Pups Dog Grooming/Chrystal Clements – Map 40, placeLot 14, addressStreetFort Hill Road
Site Plan Amendment
Chrystal Clements was present to discuss her proposed dog grooming business at the intersection of Route 114 and 35. The business will be the last space in the building at addressStreet451 Northeast Road. Bud Benson said that this business will require very little parking and it would be only on the addressStreetFt. Hill Road side. Mr. Benson distributed an aerial map of the area showing the available parking on the street. There were no questions from the Board or the public. Brian Libby asked the applicant to come back next month because no vote could be taken tonight.
03 08-06-07 SRC, Inc., d/b/a CitySunRise Corner/Anne Farrar – Map 36, placeLot 34, 25 Ossipee Trail East
Site Plan Amendment
Anne Farrar came forward to discuss her expansion of Sunrise Corner. Mr. Benson said her latest site plan was not distributed to the members because it came in too late and he had not reviewed it. Mr. Benson said the plan had items on it such as a drive through window restaurant. That use couldn’t come before the Planning Board because it had to go to the Appeals Board for a special exception. Mrs. Farrar said she put everything on the plan that she wanted and came up with 46 parking spaces which she feels is not needed.
Mr. Benson said the drive-through window needs to come off if she wants an approval. If not, please take it to the Appeals Board for a special exception. Mr. Benson asked her to modify her plan before the next planning board meeting. Ms. Farrar said when she applied the setbacks which are 40’ on the back and 50’front setback, she ends up with a 60’ strip left for parking. Mr. Benson said the Planning Board cannot grant dimensional variances and that it can only be done by the Appeals Board. Ms. Farrar said she was told she couldn’t ask for a dimensional variance from the Appeals Board.
Anne Farrar’s presentation then moved to how the village area was used in the early days of Standish. She said she wanted to have an open market and sell products that are produced locally and sold at 25 Ossipee Trail East, her property. She said she was told she could not run a farmers market in this central location because all of the products had to be grown on the present site and could not be a for profit business to meet the zoning in the village. She questioned how other towns allowed farmers markets. She had talked to the Department of Agriculture and the Department told her that they don’t recognize Standish as farm friendly. She wants it changed and is proposing a farm friendly liaison to work with the town to make Standish more farm friendly so she can expand 25 Ossipee
Trail East and use it as an opportunity for local farmers to lease space on a regular basis to establish an open market concept. She used the term open market, instead of farmers’ market, because she wanted to organize a group of interested participants who would control the cross section of goods that would be brought in. The hours would be 8:00 a.m. to noon and the parking would be the same used for the retail business now. She wouldn’t need additional spaces for parking. The products left after the market closes could be sold at the store through the rest of the day and not requiring someone to be there. Selections sold could be fresh stems in a bucket, bread, muffins or pastries, with all products coming from the surrounding vendors and giving them another outlet for their products. She is thinking about adding a peanut butter machine, a cooler for sale of natural sodas or organic products, pickle barrel or ice cream, etc.
She said these are the items that people come to a community center to buy and socialize at the same time. There will be no tables, or restaurant. She is talking limited take-out. There is also designated on the plan a hot dog stand, perhaps a street cart. The location of this hot dog stand might be moved around, depending on traffic. She asked about going to the Zoning Board of Appeals, etc. Bud Benson asked her to review Section 181-24 of the Land Use Code which covers parking.
Anne Farrar asked if her plan before the Board would meet the requirements of the Planning Board if the drive-through was removed? Bud Benson said he had not looked at her new plan and what limits any plan is the amount of retail parking required. And, he added, it needed to be within the required setback of the land use code, unless the Board of Appeals would grant a variance. Any drive-through in the placePlaceTypeVillage PlaceTypeCenter also needs a special exception from the Board of Appeals. Bud asked Anne to talk with the Code Officer. Gus Favreau asked about the meeting place that Ms. Farrar referred to and told her if people were having hot dogs, it would seem that they need a picnic table. Anne Farrar said she was not having a restaurant; but would have picnic tables
only.
Next, Anne asked about the higher density areas being discussed for the placePlaceTypeVillage PlaceTypeCenter. Setbacks would change, etc. and that would require different standards than today. Where would her request fall versus waiting for the changes to the village area. Mr. Benson said she would be reviewed under the standards in place now.
Mr. Benson asked for someone in the addressStreetRichville Road area to think about becoming a planning board member. Please call the Town Office.
There was no more business fore the meeting and the meeting closed at 8:51 p.m.
These minutes were prepared and submitted by Donna Sawyer, Secretary to the Planning Board
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