What was said

Zoning Board of Appeals, September 27, 2023

the recording · 0:33 long, about 4,370 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda, 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

▶ 15:59The Zoning Board of Appeals granted a special permit to raze and rebuild the non-conforming lakefront house at 6 Peninsula Drive, by voice vote.
▶ 30:25The board then granted a special permit for 38 Oak Ridge Road on the same terms, after hearing the same engineering representative.
▶ 16:22Both approvals carried the standard conditions: filing with the town clerk within 14 days, recording at the registry of deeds, and lapse within two years.
▶ 32:54No one spoke in public comment on either application, and the meeting adjourned after the second vote.

Why it matters — our reading

Two lakefront lots will see old houses replaced with new ones, which touches setbacks, septic systems and runoff near the water, and may change those homes' assessed values.

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Whether each permit is recorded at the registry of deeds, and the new dwellings built, before the two-year lapse date set in the conditions.

housing planning and zoning

Present: Alfred gravel (chair); James bezakowski (member); Patrick Callahan (member); Tony nacastro (member); Don Gurney (member); Steve Dubois (member); Lisa nomadin (board secretary); Ryan Proctor (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

▶ 15:59Grant the special permit for 6 Peninsula Drive under the two bylaw sections cited in the application.passed
▶ 30:25Grant the special permit for 38 Oak Ridge Road under the two bylaw sections listed on the application.passed

And 1 procedural: adjourn the meeting. (▶ 32:54).

The money

Nothing touching money was heard beyond the transfers.

Settled without a vote

▶ 16:22Special permit granted for 6 Peninsula Drive, with the standard conditions: compliance with all applicable regulations, a filing with the town clerk within 14 days, recording at the registry of deeds, and lapse within two years.
▶ 30:46Special permit granted for 38 Oak Ridge Road, with the same standard post-decision conditions.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

planning and zoning29 min · 93%
housing12 min · 39%

The whole meeting, in order

▶ 0:19Opening, introductions and hearing procedureinformational · 1:47 long
▶ 2:06Reading of the 6 Peninsula Drive application, abutter letters and exhibitsinformational · 7:14 long · planning and zoning
▶ 9:20Applicant presentation and board questions on 6 Peninsula Drive: setbacks, height, septic, conservation, treesinformational · 6:39 long · planning and zoning, housing
▶ 15:59Public comment call, vote, and post-decision instructions for 6 Peninsula Drivevoted: special permit granted · 1:46 long · planning and zoning
▶ 18:37Reading of the 38 Oak Ridge Road application and exhibitsinformational · 5:31 long · planning and zoning
▶ 24:08Applicant presentation and board questions on 38 Oak Ridge Road: increased setbacks, grading, septic, height, impervious areainformational · 5:30 long · planning and zoning, housing
▶ 29:38Public comment call, vote, and post-decision instructions for 38 Oak Ridge Roadvoted: special permit granted · 2:30 long · planning and zoning
▶ 32:54Adjournmentvoted · 0:16 long

What the captions could not carry

The individual yes/no responses in both special permit votes are not transcribed, only a series of 'aye'; the exact counts are not stated.
Who moved and seconded each motion is unclear in the captions.
Some roll-call names were garbled in the introductions, so the board roster may be inaccurate.
Existing house height and floor-area figures at 6 Peninsula Drive were discussed but garbled.
The dialogue about a speaker's vote at about 1757 is garbled.

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