10/5/2016 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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the drainage easements were not defined by dimensions. Mr. Fudala suggested recommending the Article, subject to adding definitions to the drainage easements. MOTION: Mr. Balzarini made a motion to recommend to Town Meeting that the Town should take the layouts as public ways of Windsor Way, Victoria Circle, Saxony Drive, Tudor Terrace and Sheffield Place as shown on the map, the plans drawn by Baxter & Nye Engineering & Surveying dated December 30, 2015, with the amendment that the dimensions of drain easements are specified on the plans. Mr. Kooharian seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. Article 31 Mr. Fudala stated that the slope easement was not being taken by the Town but the drainage easement would be. Mr. Fudala stated that there were no dimensions listed for the drainage easement. MOTION: Mr. Balzarini made a motion to recommend to Town Meeting for the Town to accept the layouts as public ways of Leeward Lane as shown on the plans entitled Leeward Lane Easement Taking plan dated December 30, 2015, prepared by Baxter & Nye Engineering & Surveying with the condition that the meets and bounds of the drainage easements are specified on the plan. Mr. Kooharian seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. Windchime Tree Removal Mr. Fudala stated that he received an emergency request to remove three large pine trees. Mr. Fudala recommended that the Board allow the removal of the trees tomorrow. One tree was totally dead while the other two were experiencing tremendous rot and bug damage. Windchime will return to the Board with a landscaping plan. No additional trees will be authorized until the landscape plan is submitted to the Board. MOTION: Mr. Balzarini made a motion to allow Windcbime Point to cut down three trees and provide a landscaping plan as marked on Davey's map. Mr. Kooharian seconded the motion. All voted unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING 7:10 Public hearing on 4 zoning articles (Articles 18, 19, 20 &21) on the warrant of the October 17, 2016 Annual Town Meeting The appointed time having arrived, the Chair read for the record the Public Hearing notice, as well as each of the proposed Articles. Article 18 Submitted by the Building Inspector initially, but properly submitted by the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Fudala noted that a fence had been constructed too close to an intersection at Mashpee Neck Road, impacting the site distance. Article 18 would create a theoretical triangle at an intersection that would not allow anything above 2.5 feet in the area. Mr. Fudala suggested that 25 feet would be a better option because of the road radius but that it could not be changed at this point. Mr. Rowley inquired how it would be calculated on a curved road. The Chair inquired about the status of the fence currently built. Mr. Fudala stated that it would be grandfathered since it was a 2