PLANNING BOARD MINUTES 11.29.16
TOWN OF BRADFORD
PLANNING BOARD
November 29, 2016
Meeting called to order by Claire James, Chair, at 7:00PM.
Members Present
Claire James, Vice Chair; Sonny Harris, Selectmen’s Rep; Carol Troy; Mark Keith; Pam Bruss; ; Suzzanne Simano, Alternate
Members Absent
Erich Caron, Chair; Garrett Bauer; Doug Troy, Alternate; Miriam D’Angona; Steve Chase, Alternate; Michael James, Alternate
Review and Consideration of Minutes
Minutes of November 15, 2016 were not available due to technical difficulties but will be reviewed at the next meeting.
Public Hearing: Map16/Lot105: The Board recapped from their last meeting regarding having Sweet Beet moving into the old Thistle and Shamrock Inn, they reviewed the application and determined that it was complete. Garrett informed the Board again that there will be no additional building added at this time, that they plan on using a portion of the downstairs of the building to open their market. There was a letter of support written by Oona Tropeano, which was read by Claire to the Board. The Conservation Committee also informed the Board that they are in support of this project as well. Motion to approve change of use and business on Map16Lot105, vote 5-0, Claire James abstained.
G&A Automotive: Carol talked with Sheri King at the State and was able to get the deadline for removal of all signs extended to Jan. 3rd 2017. Amy informed the Board that the costs of the State signs are actually $400.00 per side. Amy has also been communicating with Sheri King and was informed that because of the speed limit on that road they will be allowed to have a 20’x96’ sign but that the DMV has a minimum requirement of 10” lettering and Amy wants to make sure that all the signs are in compliance. At this point the Board informed Amy that the only option is to go through the State signs and submit that application. Claire again stated that she would be willing to pay for the cost of these signs. Amy has all the information she needs to complete the application to apply for a State Sign and the Planning Board secretary also gave Martin a copy of the current Bradford Sign ordinance. The Board also informed Amy and Martin that at this point it is out of the towns hands and is an issue with the State DOT, Amy will continue to work with Sheri King and hopefully get this resolved as soon as possible.
Bradford Pines: David Krause came in front of the Board to inform them that he will be needing to fill out a lot division or sub division application because one of the abutters to the Pines has a driveway on the Pines land so they have been working with the State and would like to swap out equal parts of the land so that the driveway is no longer on the Pines property, this will be an equal parcel transfer. Motion to approve conditionally to recordable plan, Vote 6-0
Master Plan: Dean Williams presented the Board with handouts regarding the start of the Transportation Chapter in the Master Plan. Dean walked the Board through the process of completing this chapter and also informed the Board that he would be available to help with a visioning session with the town. He has gathered the information from our survey and will be getting together a rough draft after the Holidays in hopes to have a vision session in January. Claire will also send Dean the most recent CIP for additional information.
Sign Ordinance: Pam reported back from the Selectmen’s feedback, she also read Garrett’s feedback regarding non-conforming signs and special exceptions. The Planning Board secretary is going to get the deadlines to hold Public hearing and send out a notice to the Board to ensure that everything is done in a timely matter
The next Planning Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday December 13, 2016 at 7:00pm at BACC.
Meeting adjourned at 9:31PM
Minutes submitted by Molly Hopkins.