What was said
Zoning Board of Appeals, March 23, 2022
the recording · 0:35 long, about 5,204 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/zoning-board-of-appeals/2022.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
- ▶ 32:47The Zoning Board of Appeals voted to continue the 691 Chase Road contractor's-yard special permit hearing without prejudice to April 13 at 7 pm.
- ▶ 23:00The applicant asked for the continuance after the board said the site plan was incomplete.
- ▶ 9:00Two abutter letters raised groundwater, runoff, odor, noise and the temporary trailer; an abutter also spoke about well-water groundwater and later changes of use.
- ▶ 30:43The chair said any permit would be conditioned so the applicant must return to the board for any expansion or change of the business.
- ▶ 23:07The chair said the temporary trailer is not permitted long term and could only be allowed for a limited, conditioned period.
Why it matters — our reading
- No permit was decided: neighbors on well water have until the April 13 hearing to review a complete site plan, and any permit the board later grants would carry conditions on expansion or change of the business.
Watch next
- ZBA continued hearing on the 691 Chase Road special permit, April 13 at 7 pm.
- The applicant's revised site plan, which the board said it needs before deciding.
legalplanning and zoningpublic comment
Present: Alfred Gravel (chair); Lisa Normanden (board secretary); James Bezikoski (member); Hans Winthrop (member); Patrick Callahan (member); Tony Necastro (member). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 32:47Continue the hearing without prejudice to April 13 at 7 pm.passed (voice vote, ayes heard, no opposition audible)
And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting. (▶ 35:00).
The money
Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 30:43The chair said any permit would be conditioned so the applicant must return to the board for any expansion or change of the business.
- ▶ 23:07The chair said the temporary trailer is not permitted long term and could only be allowed for a limited conditioned period.
- ▶ 33:28The hearing was continued to April 13 at 7 pm.
Documents and exhibits
The town’s minutes
The town has not published minutes for this meeting.
Heard in the recording
- ▶ 1:45special permit applicationapplication or permit, shown
- ▶ 6:37letter from Dave Clapham dated February 23 2022letter or email, shown
- ▶ 7:19building inspector's letter dated February 17thletter or email, shown
- ▶ 8:42site planplan or drawing, shown
- ▶ 9:23abutter letter from Clark Knudsen dated March 22ndletter or email, shown
- ▶ 15:35letter from attorney Robert Bowen on behalf of Dr. Masseyletter or email, shown
- ▶ 12:29study on asphalt impact on water (attachment 2)report, 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
- ▶ 30:02Asked what the intended uses are and what a contractor's yard permits; worried that a change such as diesel washing, or a sale of the business, could occur later; main concern is groundwater for well-water properties. — Clark Knudsen, as heard, 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 zoning33 min · 94%
- legal14 min · 40%
- public comment2 min · 6%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:00Hearing procedure and special permit findingsinformational · 1:45 long
- ▶ 1:45Reading of the application and the building inspector's letter for 691 Chase Roadinformational · 7:15 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 9:00Abutter letters (Knudsen; attorney for a Holman Street owner) on runoff, groundwater, odor, noise and trailerinformational · 14:00 long · planning and zoning, legal
- ▶ 23:00Board questions on the incomplete site plan; applicant requests a continuanceinformational · 7:00 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 30:02Public comment from an abutterinformational · 2:03 long · public comment, planning and zoning
- ▶ 32:06Motion to continue and closing remarks on conservation and planning board reviewvoted · 2:47 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 34:53Adjournmentvoted · 0:17 long
What the captions could not carry
- The adjournment vote count is not in the captions.
- The caption renders the continuance date inconsistently, but April 13 at 7 pm is repeated.
- The applicant's name is given as Michael McGain and Dan's Paving and Excavating Inc.; spellings may be wrong.
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