WASHINGTON PLANNING BOARD
Minutes
November 7, 2006
1.0 Assembly
1.1 Members Present: Jack Sheehy, Charlie Fields, and Lynne Cook
1.2 Alternates Present: Frank Musmanno
1.3 Members & Alternates Absent: Bill Rhoades and Dennis Kelly
1.4 Visitors: Laurie Dube and Peter Mellon
Field moved that Musmanno sit in for Bill Rhoades. Cook seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
2.0 Minutes
2.1 Fields made a motion that the minutes of October 3, 2006 be accepted as written with the correction to the date to read October 3rd and not the 1st. Musmanno seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
3.0 Public Hearing:
3.1 None.
4.0 Mergers:
4.1 None.
5.0 Driveway Permits:
5.1 Marc Longval, 4812 East Washington Road, TM#16-77-4. For a permanent driveway. Road Agent approved with no comments. Taylor motioned the application be accepted. Fields seconded the motion. All voted in favor.
Fields motioned that when the Road Agent approves driveway permit a member of the Board inspect the proposed driveway and approve the permit. The chairman will sign the driveway permit with any comments from the Road Agent not waiting for the next Planning Board Meeting allowing property owners to move onto the building permit process without waiting for the next meeting. The approved permit will then be brought before the next Planning Board Meeting to be recorded. Cook seconded. All voted in favor.
6.0 Old Business
6.1 None.
7.0 New Business
7.1 Laurie Dube spoke to the Board regarding the Town's Land Use Ordinance. Dube advised the Board that in Deering and Bradford a buildable lot must have two acres of dry land for building. Dube read from the Deering Land Use Ordinance and the reasons behind the 2 acre dry land minimum. Dube stated that the 2 dry acre minimum must be contiguous and all utilities must be within the 2 acre lot size. Fields advised Dube that any change to the Land Use Ordinance would require a public hearing. Sheehy advised Dube the Board is awaiting the Natural Resource Inventory Maps and this would provide more information. Musmanno advised Dube that she could start a petition.
7.2 Mellon with a proposed minor subdivision on Old Marlow Road. Mellon advised he was contacted by Bill Royce regarding the Horner property. The proposal would to cut off between 5 or 6 acres for a minor subdivision. Mellon asked what the Board would require for topographic information and wetland information. Fields advised that the Board would need the information from the whole lot not just the building area. Mellon advised he had the Town's subdivision regulations. Sheehy advised that the regulation he has are current and advised that any requests for waivers must be in writing by the property owner.
8.0 Communications
8.1 UVLSRPC regarding 2006-2007 Planning & Land Use Regulation handbook orders. – Sheehy ordered.
8.2 Town of Washington SelectmenÕs office regarding 2007 budget. – Board reviewed
8.3 Email from Katie Lafferty regarding next meeting date. - Sheehy to contact
8.4 UVLSRPC regarding funding request and annual report for 2006. – Forward to Selectmen
8.5 New Hampshire Municipal Association Local Government Center; Fall 2006 publications. - Filed
8.6 New Hampshire Municipal Association Local Government Center regarding obtaining community acceptance of your building program on Thursday November 30, 2006. – Forward to Task Force
8.7 Local Government Center publication, New Hampshire Town and City - Filed
8.8 2006 Annual conference to be held on November 15-17th 2006 in Manchester, NH - Filed
8.9 NH Department of Environmental Services Wetland Bureau regarding Ashuelot Pond Dam Village District. - Filed
8.10 NH Department of Environmental Services Wetland Bureau regarding standard dredge and fill application for Brereton, Bruce on Taylor Circle TM#14-051 Meridian Land Services, Inc. - Filed
8.11 NH Department of Environmental Services Wetland Bureau regarding Town of Washington TM#09-008 Town road replace existing 30Ó steel culvert with a 60' steel culvert. - Filed
9.0 Capital Project Requests:
9.1 Report from Committee on Department Heads requests for next five years. The Board reviewed and signed the plan and will present to the Board of Selectmen withing the next few weeks.
Next Meeting – December 5, 2006. Time 7:00 PM in the Town Hall.
10.0 Adjournment – Taylor moved to adjourn. Cook seconded the motion Time 8:29PM
Respectfully,
Michelle Dagesse
Secretary to the Planning Board