06/05/1985 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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ux 4 EIARninq Board Meeting Page 6 Minutes of June 5 1985 Bufflehead Bay, cont. The representative went on to say that the other concern of the Board was on Red Brook Rd. on the density. Two things have been done -- 1) they expanded the setback from Red Brook Rd. to 100 feet from the edge and with a new project road and 2) they brought the golf course up against Red Brook Rd. Chairman Dubin commented that the new plan is good as it makes you see where you have huge areas of buildings without undisturbed areas of green space. The representative commented ' including a golf, course--a4;---per---ttr"pwn-7sRace-z-ofi-e� . Ch-alrnw-Dutyl-n said that -- opinion if you are going to have a golf course, it doesn't mean that you automatically don't have to have any undisturbed open space. He said that he did not think that the by-law encourages the substitu- tion of a golf course for undisturbed vegetation. The representative said that one of the concerns is that the areas described as being open space and the slivers that went through the sub-division plan were areas defined as unusable. Comments were made that they were strips and there was no way of having people utilize It . Chairman Dubin commented that the golf course without the vegetation is not a good trade off and that there should be some other open space in the. other areas. He commented that there is vast areas of building space. The representative said that the number of units in that particular zone are 19 units with 4.4 acres. (Six units an acre which would be a patio-type unit) . Chairman Dubin said that the Board had asked for concessions on the perimeters and that he was hoping that they would be met not at the expense of the interior open space. The representative commented that New Seabury had instructed them to put a golf course in as that was their choice on using the open space . The planner said that the zoning doesn't call for undisturbed open space; it calls for open space with a number of things allowable in it. Chairman Dubin said that the zoning gives them a fairly good amount of discretion in terms of open space where they are entitled to take into the aesthetic consideration and that there is no specific formula. The representative commented that there is a legal definition of what the town considers open space which they have considered. Nature has provided open space in 10% of the property in the bog and marsh which runs down the center. Chairman Dubin said that he thought everyone was comfortable with the change (referring to the golf course) but that some recogning has to be made when it comes time to set the number of units.