PLANNING
COMMISSION
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Date: Tuesday,
February 21, 2017
Time: 6:00
p.m.
Place: Municipal
Building Community Room
Address: 43
Bombardier Road Milton, VT 05468
Contact: (802) 893-1186
Website: www.miltonvt.org
Due to
a staff oversight, this meeting was not noticed 48 hours prior to the meeting,
as required by Vermont’s Open Meeting Law.
Because of this defect, the Planning Commission will only have
discussion and all formal actions will be taken at the next duly noticed meeting
on 2/25.
1. CALL TO ORDER
The Chair
called the meeting to order at approximately 6:10 p.m.
2. ATTENDANCE
Members Present:
Lori Donna, Chair; Julie Rutz, Vice-Chair; Tony Micklus, Clerk; Henry
Bonges.
Members Absent:
John Lindsay.
Staff Present:
Jacob Hemmerick, Planning Director.
Public Present:
None.
3. AGENDA REVIEW
Because
there was a defect in the public Warning of the night’s meeting, the Chair
advised that Item 8, Approval of Minutes, would be moved to the Commission’s
next meeting, when the group can take action on it.
4. PUBLIC FORUM
None.
5. STAFF UPDATES
Staff gave
a brief orientation to the new Planning blog, sharing info with the group and
showing them how to navigate the site. The
Commissioners had some questions and comments.
Sign up/subscription options were discussed. Staff also shared some updates on general
Planning Office activity.
6. OFFICIAL NOTICES
None.
7. BUSINESS
7(A). Unified Regulations: Section III
Picking up
where they left off, the group began discussion of the working draft. The bulk of the discussion focused on the
following topics:
·
Outdoor
use areas, including outdoor seating.
·
Outdoor
displays (the group agreed that more flexibility is needed in the wording to
accommodate for special sales, for example sidewalk sales)
·
The
authority of the DRB to grant waivers to setback requirements
·
Waste
storage and applicable screening
·
Outdoor
storage
·
Site
Plan requirements, surveys being a special point of interest
·
Town
Core
·
Design
Standards
·
3D
rendering for Site Plans
·
Pedestrian
access, particularly within parking lots and between adjacent sites
·
Energy
conservation
·
Residential
storage
·
Lot
coverage & open space
The group
discussed pros and cons of the draft regulations, recommending various changes,
clarifications and revisions.
8. MINUTES
8(A). January 3, 2017
8(B). January 17, 2017
8(C). February 7, 2017
As noted
above, this Agenda item was tabled until the Commission’s next meeting.
9. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION by Rutz
to adjourn at approximately 8:00 p.m.; SECOND by Micklus. Unanimously APPROVED.
Minutes approved by the Commission this ___________ day of
_____________, 2016.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Lori Donna, Chair
/kt
Draft filed with the Town Clerk this ___________ day of
_____________, 2017.
Filed with the Town Clerk this ___________ day of _____________,
2017.
