What was said
Zoning Board of Appeals, April 27, 2022
the recording · 0:40 long, about 4,533 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
- ▶ 31:35The Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit for Dance Paving to run a contractor's yard at 691 Chase Road, with conditions; the vote count was not audible.
- ▶ 31:35Conditions: the office trailer must be removed six months after all approvals, and no asphalt or hazardous materials may be stored on site.
- ▶ 29:32The board agreed to temporary relief on the office trailer, tied to six months after the final permit.
- ▶ 32:17An abutter asked about runoff, protection of his private well and the oil and water separator; the board left wetlands and wastewater to the Planning Board and Conservation Commission.
- ▶ 32:38The chair read the post-decision notice: filing with the town clerk, a 20-day appeal period, and a two-year lapse.
Why it matters — our reading
- A contractor's yard is now permitted on Chase Road, and neighbors with wells or runoff concerns must rely on the Planning Board and Conservation Commission, since the ZBA left those reviews to them.
Watch next
- The 20-day appeal period after the decision is filed with the town clerk.
- Planning Board and Conservation Commission review of the wetlands and wastewater questions for 691 Chase Road.
legalplanning and zoningpublic comment
Present: alpha gravel (chair); donald gurney (associate member); james bezikovsky (member); hans wintrap (member); patrick callahan (member); tony nicastro (member); lisa normanden (board secretary (not present at this hearing, per chair)). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.
Votes
- ▶ 31:35Approve the special permit for a contractor's yard at 691 Chase Road, with conditions: trailer removed six months after all approvals, no asphalt stored on site, no hazardous materials stored on site. — moved by board member (name not clear), as heardnot audible
And 1 procedural: adjourn the hearing. (▶ 34:21).
The money
Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.
Settled without a vote
- ▶ 32:38Chair stated the special permit had been approved and read the post-decision notice (14-day filing with town clerk, 20-day appeal period, recording at registry, two-year lapse).
- ▶ 32:17Wetlands and wastewater concerns left to the Planning Board and Conservation Commission; lighting must not spill onto abutters' property.
- ▶ 29:32Board agreed to give temporary relief on the office trailer, tied to six months after the final permit.
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.
Public comment
- ▶ 23:22Asked about water runoff to adjoining properties, protection of his private well, the oil and water separator, whether the office trailer had been moved, and whether the site plan driveway matches the existing one. — clark knudsen, 487 holmen street, as heard, resident/abutter
- ▶ 22:00A person who works for the company that took over the Elm Street, Fitchburg building said the applicant had been a close neighbor there; offered as context on being a good neighbor.
Where the time went
Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.
- planning and zoning34 min · 100%
- public comment5 min · 15%
- legal3 min · 8%
The whole meeting, in order
- ▶ 0:06Opening, hearing procedure, required findings and background of the continuanceinformational · 4:07 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 4:13Chair reads applicant's responses and applicant adds comments (oil/water separator, unpermitted driveway, trailer)informational · 5:07 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 9:20Board questions: staffing figures, driveway, asphalt handling, repairs, six-month build timelineinformational · 12:40 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 22:00Public comment on water runoff, well, trailer, and driveway locationinformational · 5:10 long · public comment, planning and zoning
- ▶ 27:10Board deliberation on conditions: trailer, lighting, securityinformational · 4:25 long · planning and zoning
- ▶ 31:35Motion to approve special permit with conditions and post-decision noticeapproved per chair; vote count not audible · 2:46 long · planning and zoning, legal
- ▶ 34:21Adjournmentvoted · 0:09 long
What the captions could not carry
- Vote count and individual votes on the special permit motion are not in the captions; the chair says it was approved.
- Who made the motion and who seconded is unclear.
- Captions have garbled speaker turns, so some questioners are unidentified.
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