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2. <br /> Pages 6-4 and 6-5 Remove requirement of specific landscaping standards, design guidelines <br /> and guidelines for loading docks etc, All site planning and design is the responsibility of the <br /> Design Review Committee and should be site specific. <br /> Page 6-9 The Board is opposed to a reduction of minimum lot size to 5000 square <br /> feet and minimum lot frontage to 50 feet in cluster subdivisions. In the last paragraph, the <br /> Planning Board should be replaced with "Iicensing authority". <br /> Page 6-110 Older cluster subdivisions - the Board opposes any changes in the non <br /> Special Permit Cluster Subdivisions. <br /> Page 6-12 (First paragraph) - The Board opposes any changes to O.S.I.D. Section 2. <br /> Variances are the responsibility of the Zoning Board of Appeals under the authority of Chapter <br /> 40A. The Planning Board should not be authorized to create residential and commercial lots <br /> smaller than those required by the underlying zoning of a parcel. <br /> Page 6-15 and 6-16 (Last sentence) - "One additional broader reason...." This sentence <br /> should be eliminated. The Board of Appeals does not consider this a"burden". <br /> Page 6-19 Eliminate the last three paragraphs of 6-19. The Board of Appeals is <br /> opposed to any transfer of any permitting authority. AlI Town Boards will benefit from the <br /> services of a Town Engineer. <br /> Page 6-21 Paragraph 4 is slander and should be removed from the Plan. <br /> Page 7-9 Eliminate the fourth paragraph. It is contradictory in itself. <br /> Page 9-2 Paragraph 3. Lot size Variances are the responsibility of the Board of <br /> Appeals under the authority of Chapter 40A. <br /> Page 9-9 Paragraph 4, The Board of Appeals is opposed to the reduction in lot size <br /> and frontage and the deeding of subdivision open space to the Town. This removes land from the <br /> tax rolls. <br /> Page9-10 Last section. The Board of Appeals is opposed to the second sections <br /> "clarifying....". The creation of residential or commercial lots smaller than those required by <br /> zoning is the responsibility of the Board of Appeals under Chapter 40A. The Planning Board <br /> cannot grant variances in lot sizes. We have confirmed this today with Don Schmidt of the <br /> Massachusetts Department of Community and Development. <br />