Planning Board

CITY OF LACONIA PLANNING BOARD Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 6:30 PM City Hall - Conference Room 200A Minutes Call to Order Accepted February 22, 2017 I. Vice Chair E. Bones called the meeting to order at 6:32 pm. K. Graham called the roll with the following members present: Charlie St. Clair, Michael Limanni, Michael DellaVecchia, Jay Tivnan, Gail Denio, Hamilton McLean, David Bownes and Vice Chair Edwin Bones. Absent: W. Contardo, J. Mailloux C. St. Clair and M. Limanni were assigned as voting members in W. Contardo and J. Mailloux's absence. Vice Chair E. Bones stated there were seven (7) voting members present and a quorum was established. Staff: Interim Planning Director Brandee Loughlin Recording this meeting: Kalena Graham II. Presentations III. Extensions 1. Extension request for Appl# 05-014SP, 05-017CUP, 05-018CUP, 95 Centenary Ave, Akwa Marina Yacht Club Applicant: The applicant was not present so the Board tabled the application. The motion to continue the extension to February 7 made by D. Bownes, and G. Denio seconded. The motion passed unanimously 8-0. IV. Continued Public Hearings V. Public Hearings 2. PL2016-0076SP amd1 72 Gold Street relocation of boat storage building Interim Planning Director Loughlin told the board the application was complete and ready for hearing.  The motion to accept the application as complete and open the public hearing was made by M. Limanni, and J. Tivnan seconded. The motion passed unanimous 8-0. Vice Chair E. Bones opened the public hearing at 6:36 pm. Applicant: Steve Smith was present representing Lakeport Landing Marina. Currenlty there is a building there used for boar storage and a wash facility. The existing building doesn’t support the size of the boats today. Last summer an oil water/ separator approval was obtained from the state. Planning Board approved this same request in July 2016, but the abutting lot was going to be disrupted, so the new building will be in the same location but elongated and will not impact the abutting property. Same drainage as existing. They are currently waiting to go before the ZBA for the 10 ft setback impact for a special exception. Most of the building will be demolished and rebuilt. Any approval is subject to the ZBA approval. Staff Review: Interim Planning Director Loughlin read the staff review. There are not a lot of plan changes. Staff recommends approval of the project with the listed conditions and dates. Abutter Robert Fay of 47 Fore Street spoke. He asked the current and proposed height of the building. S. Smith stated the current height is 40 ft and the new structure will be close to 60 ft from grade. Abutter Betty Hackett of the Baptist church, had no issues with the new proposal. Vice Chair E. Bones closed the public hearing at 6:52 pm. The motion to approve the waiver for sidewalk with the statement on the request form was made by D. Bownes, and M. Limanni seconded. The motion passed unanimously 8-0. The motion to approve the waiver for sidewalk application with the dates and condition noted in the staff review along with the addition of 4;c special exception for the encroachment into the front setback must be granted form the ZBA, was made by D. Bownes, and G. Denio seconded. The motion passed 7-1; M. DellaVecchia opposing. VI. Application Acceptance VII. New Business VIII. Old Business D. Bownes brought up the changes to the CR zone use table. He took the 2015 changes by the board to be modified with 6 changes as a sort of place holder to be able to work with City Council. D. Bownes met with Suzanne Perley, the chair of the Zoning Task Force (ZTF), and she didn’t feel those changes need to go before the ZTF as the changes were already vetted by the Planning Board. D. Bownes is looking to put the change on for public hearing for March 7. At that point, a decision can be made. He gave his liaison report from Council at this point. D. Bownes reported that he thought the board was amendable to working with Council on zoning changes in the Weirs. The Council put the completion of the Master Plan back on the table and direction to the LRPC. It was recommended to finish the two components required by statute: a vision statement and land use portion of the plan. Council wants to be part of the process. Once those two chapters are complete the Master Plan can be adopted and chapters can be added. It was suggested to have a committee with Council and the board. D. Bownes was looking for a motion to schedule the use changes for the CR zone as outline in the 4 pages in front of the board. There was discussion regarding the controversial use  changes and definitions and whether they should be changed or not. It was noted to add the asterisk on storage containers at page 4 to reflect the language. Interim Planning Director Loughlin read what the asterisk noted. “*Special provisions in district, see Article VII”. Interim Planning Director Loughlin noted that recently, staff noticed one item had been left off the use chart. Between 2008 and 2011 the “Place of Worship” was missed and staff would like to add that back in as it was previously. That section is on the last page of the packet of changes. M. Limanni mentioned that manufactured housing was on the chart twice and one should be removed. Interim Planning Director Loughlin stated that any existing use is grandfathered, expansion would need correct approvals. D. Bownes said the concept from the beginning was to do what we can to make the Weirs a year round destination. Motion made by M. Limanni to move this proposal forward to public hearing with changes: striking the second mention of manufactured housing park, add the place of worship back into the chart in all zones, and add an asterisk on the storage containers to March 7, 2017, and G. Denio seconded. The motion passed with 7-0, (J. Tivnan was not at the table) H. McLean mentioned that as part of the most recent dispute between City Council and the board, was the scope of work from Lakes Region Planning Commission for the remaining chapters of the Master Plan. Council hadn’t seen the scope of work but the LRPC submitted it to the Dept and City Manager. D. Bownes said the scope will change because of the change of sections being done first. A renegotiation will be needed. Interim Planning Director Loughlin stated the result of the council meeting was that the board reform the Master Plan Committee, since it’s been a while, that involves members of council and the board. That committee would work together with LRPC to come up with a scope. D. Bownes anticipates some kind of meeting with the Mayor and City Manager on who would be on the committee. M. Limanni and H. McLean had already asked to be on the committee. M. Limanni stated at the last board meeting they asked that to be done and hadn’t heard anything about it since. Progress happened last night, at the Council meeting. D. Bownes would like to wait because the two vacancies will be filled by the next Planning Board meeting and will have a full board to make recommendations. IX. Reports 3. Planning Dept Report: B. Loughlin Interim Planning Director Loughlin gave the board an update. A new Planning Director coming on board at the end of the month, Dean Trefethen. She encouraged members to come to the office to meet him. She noted that tablets are available for the meeting and if anyone wanted to try, to let her know. She updated the board on new software in the code and planning dept that is rolling out soon to help with workflow. She also handed out a memo regarding eligibility of officers and nominations and election procedures. There is an update from the Planning Commission and milfoil treatment discussion. X. Liaison Reports 4. Lakes Region Planning Commission: 5. Conservation Commission: 6. City Council: D. Bownes XI. Other Business XII. Minutes  7. Acceptance of minutes from December 6 The revised minutes were sent out Dec 8. With no other revisions, the board voted to accept the minutes from December 6, 2016 with a motion made by D. Denio, and D. Bownes seconded. The motion passed unanimously 7-0. H. McLean abstained. XIII. Adjournment The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by D. Bownes, and G. Denio seconded. The motion passed unanimously 8-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. Respectfully, K. Graham