09/02/2009 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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ti The Town Planner made reference-to his e-mail dated August 24th addressed to the Applicant listing the Special Permit Conditions, as well as Mr. Rowley' most recent inspection report dated August I" with regard to engineering and landscaping i 3) ssues. The Chairman recognized Stuart Bornstein who informed the Board that all of the Conditions have been met; with the exception of two items. Applicant stated that twelve 1 arborvitae trees are missing from the property, and that two trees have died. He stated that he plans to have a trailer truck load of trees delivered ppro hn tely -trees, -ft. tall for vari uis projects to be planted in October. The Chairman made reference to item 42 of Mr. owley's letter-, "No work has been done at the location ofthe second foundation!,the proposal at the last inspection was to protect the site from sediment and erosion to the new pavement; and to loam and seed the area as indicated on the approved plans. There is still a significant amount of construction materials within the foundation area. The foundation has been cordoned off' with construction fencing around the perimeter." Mr. Bornstein stated that this matter has been addressed. All of the construction materials has been removed and stored away. Applicant intends to appear before the Planning Board within a few months to request approval for modification of the building design from a ore-story building to two-story. The Town Planner noted that the vegetation, driveway and parking, underground utilities issues have been addressed. Condition#19 requires a gate at the property, prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit, which has not been installed. Mr. Bornstein replied, "We are not going to put a gate on that at the moment. We have no tenants in there...origxrn lly it called for a gate and we thought we'd have self- storage upstair and right now there is no reason to put a gate on. There are no controls, no way to open it and it is not necessary." The Town Planner explained that this item is required under the Special Permit. He suggested the appropriate approach would be to modify-the Special Permit ire order to eliminate this Condition, which would require a vote of the Board at a Public Nearing. It was agreed that Applicant would install a gate of some sort in order to favorably meet the Condition imposed by the Special.Permit in order to obtain an occupancy permit: to which Applicant agreed. The Town Planner suggest Applicant's engineer modify the site plan to indicate the type of gate being installed to be forwarded it to Ir. Rowley, which would be considered a minor modification, to be addressed at the next meeting and would not require a Public Hearing. 6