1/22/1992 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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Board of Appeals January 22, 1992 2 . judo Malls - Selectman Judy Mills suggested that Special Permit, applications be reviewed by the Town Planner. She said he would require a set of plans . Mr . Hanrahan stated that the Board has requested review of certain permits in the past and that his comments would be welcome but not directed verdicts . Mr , Makunas moved to amend the rules of the Board of Appeals to require three sets of plana with applications for Special Permits . Ms . Hawver seconded . All agreed . The changea will be effective March 1 , 1992 . There was discussion on the attendance of the Building Inspector at Board of Appeals meeting: and Mr . Boyd explainer) that the Selectmen had directed him to attend several years ago . He said that Town Counsel had ruled that the Building Department and Board of Appeals offices and files should be completely separate . Mr , Hanrahan explained the current procedure of distributing the Public• Hearing notices to all departments and that most departments automatically respond . There was discussion of the permits being reviewed by the Water District and the lots in the Groundwater Protection District . Mr . Friel questioned the budgets of the Board and the status Of Board requests for a computer printer. Mr . Makunas questioned if there was some Town committee reviewing the data processing needs of Town departments . He explained some Of the computer equipment in other departments and said that. the Board of Appeals office is now connected with the Di=gital word processing system and the Patriot assessor ` s system but does not have a printer. There was discussion of entering the Board of Appeals permits on the assessor ' s block and lot records . Ms . Mills said she would review the requests with )Sevin Harrington . She suggested that the Board send a memo to Mr . Harrington on the vacancy of an Associate Member . Mr . Makunas discussed the fact that the Planning Board does not have a Board of Appeals for their decision, . He said it had been suggested that a Board might be made up of one member of Design Review, Board of Appeals, etc . Ms . Mills said .she would be willing to help the Board in any way and Mr . Makunas said it might be necessary to improve access for legal opinions . Ms , Mills said the Selectmen were reviewing legal procedures .