What was said
Planning Board, January 29, 2018
the recording · 1:11 long, about 8,773 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately welllunenburgbudgetproject.org — written by the Lunenburg Budget Project, an independent tool for residents. Not affiliated with the Town of Lunenburg, the School Committee or the school district. The data this page is computed from: /data/recording-minutes/planning-board/2018.json
The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.
The short version
- ▶ 35:43The Planning Board agreed to rewrite the Summer Street overlay with its own by-right and special permit uses, the Zoning Board as sole special permit authority, and Planning Board site plan approval.
- ▶ 53:06The board settled wording for the medical marijuana bylaw (retail, processing and/or cultivation) and will research a better term than agricultural processing.
- ▶ 5:55The board agreed to use 'architectural variation' for flat-roof commercial buildings in the draft definitions.
- ▶ 13:43The board settled on lot coverage as the term for what all buildings cover, and reworded the impervious area limit.
- ▶ 1:08:34A redline draft compared to existing section four is to be prepared for Town Meeting; the only vote captured was adjournment.
Why it matters — our reading
- The Summer Street overlay and the use table decide what can be built where, and which board (Zoning Board or Planning Board) a property owner or neighbor must go before, so the rewrites shape what residents may later be asked to approve at Town Meeting.
Watch next
- The redline draft compared to existing section four, to be prepared for Town Meeting.
- A sign proposal is to be ready for the 12th, and the meeting schedule is to be added to the next agenda.
economic developmenthousingplanning and zoningpolicytown meeting
Votes
No substantive votes heard. 1 procedural.
The money
Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 5:55Use 'architectural variation' in place of 'articulation in the horizontal and vertical planes' for flat-roof commercial buildings.
- ▶ 13:43Use the term lot coverage for what all buildings cover in the definitions.
- ▶ 16:33Impervious area wording to read that the total impervious area shall not exceed, dropping 'lot devoted to'.
- ▶ 35:43Summer Street overlay to be rewritten with its own list of by-right and special permit uses, with the Zoning Board as the single special permit authority and the Planning Board doing site plan approval.
- ▶ 53:06Medical marijuana bylaw to say retail, processing and/or cultivation; agricultural processing term to be researched for a better word.
- ▶ 1:08:34A redline draft compared to existing section four will be prepared for Town Meeting; a sign proposal is to be ready for the 12th; meeting schedule to be added to next agenda.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The town has not published minutes for this meeting.
State law asks minutes to list the documents and exhibits used at a meeting (M.G.L. c.30A §22(a)). Names from the recording are the caption model’s hearing; the two sides are matched by name, by script, so a document named two different ways can be missed. A place to look, not a finding.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning67 min · 96%
- economic development26 min · 37%
- policy17 min · 25%
- housing7 min · 10%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:00Review of definitions and use table draft and red correctionsinformational · 3:00 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 3:00Architectural variation wording and sidewalk/pedestrian access languageagreed wording · 10:00 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 13:43Lot coverage and impervious area definitions, solar stormwateragreed wording · 3:30 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 17:33Townhouse density and conditions of use in the Whalom districtdiscussed · 7:14 long · planning and zoning, housing
- ▶ 24:47Summer Street revitalization overlay: uses, permit authority, village and commercial nodes, landfillstaff to redraft · 26:13 long · planning and zoning, economic development
- ▶ 51:00Medical marijuana bylaw wording, processing definitions, adult-use licensingfurther research · 17:14 long · planning and zoning, policy
- ▶ 1:08:14Next steps, meeting schedule, adjournmentadjourned · 2:46 long
What the captions could not carry
- Attendees and speakers were not identified in the captions.
- Result of the adjournment vote not stated.
- Several stretches around 727-823 are garbled or applause.
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