What was said

Zoning Board of Appeals, December 27, 2017

the recording · 1:18 long, about 9,240 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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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

▶ 54:29The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit for dimensional variation for an addition at 46 Fire Road 12, with architectural plans to be filed for the record.
▶ 1:16:30The board approved a special permit for a carport at 52 Pearl Street, with front and side yard setback relief.
▶ 20:39A special permit for a common driveway at 221 Goodrich Street was moved with a repaving condition; the vote result is not audible in the recording.
▶ 21:03The driveway permit is to be conditioned on repaving within one year after the new dwelling is completed, and the bylaw section cited was corrected.
▶ 1:08:28An abutter on Pearl Street said the carport would not affect access to his property.

Why it matters — our reading

These permits let owners build closer to lot lines than the zoning bylaw normally allows, which changes what abutters on those streets will see next to them.
The repaving condition on the Goodrich Street driveway sets a written obligation on the new house's owner, tied to the completion of the dwelling.

Watch next

The outcome of the Goodrich Street driveway vote is not audible in the recording, so the written decision on file is the place to confirm it.
The architectural plans for the Fire Road 12 addition are due to be submitted for the record.

planning and zoning public safety

Present: Al Gravelle (chair); Lisa Normandin (board secretary); Jim Bazookas key (member); Hines Winthrop (member); Paul Doherty (member); Robert ked (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

▶ 20:39Grant the special permit for the common driveway at 221 Goodrich Street, correcting the bylaw section to 6 4 3 B 4, with a repaving condition added. — moved by a member, as heardnot audible
▶ 54:29Grant the special permit for dimensional variation for the addition at 46 Fire Road 12, with architectural plans to be submitted for the record. — moved by a member, as heardpassed
▶ 1:16:30Approve the special permit for dimensional variation for the carport at 52 Pearl Street (front and side yard setbacks). — moved by a member, as heardpassed

And 1 procedural: adjourn the hearing. (▶ 1:18:40).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

▶ 21:03The driveway permit is to be conditioned on repaving the driveway to the new house within one year after completion of the new dwelling.
▶ 20:39The bylaw section cited in the driveway application is corrected to 6 4 3 B 4.
▶ 54:29The applicant for the addition is to submit the architectural plans for the record.

Documents and exhibits

The town’s minutes

The town has not published minutes for this meeting.

Heard in the recording

▶ 1:43the application for a special permit (Goodrich Street)application or permit, shown
▶ 32:42application for a special permit for dimensional variation (Fire Road 12)application or permit, shown
▶ 1:02:06application for a special permit for dimensional variation (Pearl Street)application or permit, shown
▶ 1:07:00memo from the Board of Health agentmemo, shown

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.

Public comment

▶ 1:08:28An abutter at 53 Pearl Street said the carport would not affect access to his property. — a speaker, abutter

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 · 100%
public safety19 min · 28%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:00Special permit for a common driveway at 221 Goodrich Streetvoted; repaving condition added · 21:44 long · planning and zoning
▶ 30:40Special permit for an addition 11 feet from Fire Road 12 at 46 Fire Road 12voted, granted · 26:40 long · planning and zoning
▶ 59:58Special permit for a carport at 52 Pearl Street, and adjournmentvoted, approved · 18:42 long · planning and zoning, public safety

What the captions could not carry

The vote on the Goodrich Street driveway motion is not in the captions.
Vote counts for all motions are not stated.
A stretch of recess talk and silence between hearings is unclear.

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