DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW BOARD
Meeting Type: Regular Meeting
Date: Thursday,
June 8, 2017
Time: 7:00
p.m.
Place: Municipal
Building Community Room
Address: 43
Bombardier Road Milton, VT 05468
Contact: (802) 893-1186
Website: www.miltonvt.org
DRAFT MEETING MINUTES
1. CALL TO ORDER
The Chair
called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
2. ATTENDANCE
Members
Present: Bruce Jenkins, Chair; Henry Bonges, Vice
Chair; Julie Rutz, Clerk; Robert Brisson; Jessica Groeling, Alternate.
Members
Absent:
Staff Present:
Jeff Castle, Town Planner.
Public Present:
Lynn Wood; Chris Blondin; Roger Dickinson; Rev. John Feliz.
3. AGENDA REVIEW
None.
4. PUBLIC FORUM
None.
5. OLD HEARINGS/BUSINESS
5(A). Continued from May 25, 2017: Chris
Blondin/Applicant & Owner – Major Conventional Subdivision Final Plan –
159-169 East Road.
The Chair
read the following summary to re-open the hearing:
Chris
Blondin/Applicant & Owner requests Final Plan approval for a Major
Conventional Subdivision located at 159-169 East Road. The
proposal would result in eight (8) lots, to be served by shared septic and
wells. Also proposed is a new, looped
private road within a 60' private right-of-way accessed from two intersections
on East Road. The property is described
as SPAN numbers 12211 & 12210, Tax Map 11, Parcel 93. The subject property contains a total of
61.41 acres and is located within the “Old Towne Residential” (R1) Zoning
District and Town Core Planning Area.
The
Chair administered the Oath to Interested Persons. Representing the Applicant was Chris Blondin,
hereafter referred to as “applicant.”
The Chair asked if the Town’s engineer had reviewed the additional
plans. Staff explained that the escrow
funds for engineering review had not been received. After brief discussion, the applicant
indicated understanding of the process.
6. NEW HEARINGS/BUSINESS
6(A). Boundary Line
Adjustment – St. Anne Parish Charitable Trust, Applicant/Roman Catholic Diocese
of Burlington c/o St. Ann Church, Owners – 20 Middle Road.
The Chair
read the following summary to open the hearing:
St. Anne Parish Charitable Trust, Applicant/Roman
Catholic Diocese of Burlington c/o St. Ann Church, Owners request Boundary Line Adjustment approval to adjust the property
boundaries between two adjacent lots located at 20 Middle Road, described as SPAN#s 14764 and 12052 and Tax Map 29,
Parcels 70 and 37. The proposal would transfer 0.66 acres from 20 Middle
Road to St. Ann’s Cemetery. The subject properties contain a total of
approximately 7.46 acres and are located within the Downtown Business (DB1) and
Milton Crossroads Marketplace Center (M1) Zoning Districts and Town Core
Planning Area.
The
Chair administered the Oath to Interested Persons. Representing the Applicant were Roger
Dickinson and Rev. John Feliz, hereafter referred to as “applicant(s).”
The
Chair noted an error on page 3 of the Staff Report within the “Site, District
& Area Information” section: it
should read: “Size/Area: The
applicant states the size of the parcels as:
Middle Road: 40,194 square feet
and St. Ann Cemetery: 283,769 square
feet.”
In response to the
following numbered items within the Staff Report:
1.
The applicant agreed the Final Plat shall show the
location of new monuments at the corners of the proposed new boundary lines for
20 Middle Road (the applicant stated this had already been fixed).
2.
The applicant stated that this numbered item, which read,
“The Applicant shall clarify why the corner monuments are not located at the
corners of the existing boundary lines on the draft plat,” had already been
fixed.
3. The applicant
stated that within the next week or two the Surveyor shall submit a letter or
e-mail attesting that all corner markers have been set prior to recording the Final
Plat.
4. The applicant questioned whether or not a
legal escrow was necessary, but ultimately agreed to submit $500 to cover the
legal review of the deeds and any other required legal instruments by the Town
Attorney (any funds not expended on the legal review will be refunded to the applicant).
5. The applicant agreed to submit draft deeds and
any other associated legal instruments for all impacted lots for review and
approval by the Town Attorney, that all requested revisions must be complete
before the Plat may be recorded, and that only instruments approved by the Town
may be recorded in the Town of Milton Land Records.
6. The Applicant agreed to submit one paper or
PDF version of the revised final Plat for review and approval by Staff prior to
submitting the Final Plat. The Applicant also agreed to submit one full-sized
(to scale) paper Final Plat and one 11x17 paper plat depicting any requested
changes, to be maintained in the Planning Office’s application file.
7. The applicant agreed the Final Survey Plat
shall be in compliance with SR610 and submitted on mylar (18" x 24"),
signed by the licensed surveyor and the Chair of the DRB, and recorded in the
Town Clerk’s Office within 180 days of the date of the DRB's Final Approval
Decision per SR940. The applicant understood
that Final approval expires if not filed within 180 days, unless extended by
the Zoning Administrator for pending local or state approvals, and that, in the
event a subdivision plat is recorded without complying with this requirement,
the plat shall be considered null and void.
MOTION by Bonges to APPROVE the Boundary Line Adjustment
at 20 Middle Road subject to the conditions discussed above; SECOND by Rutz. Unanimously APPROVED.
6(B). Boundary Line
Adjustment - Elizabeth Ross Wood Revocable Trust, E.R. &
L.T. Wood, Trustees, Applicant & Owner – 79
& 81 Eagle Mt. Harbor Road.
The Chair
read the following summary to open the hearing:
Elizabeth Ross Wood Revocable Trust, E.R. &
L.T. Wood, Trustees, Applicant & Owner requests
Boundary Line Adjustment approval to adjust the property boundaries between two
adjacent lots located at 79 & 81
Eagle Mt. Harbor Road, described as SPAN#s 13856 and 13855 and Tax Map 24,
Parcels 6-1 and 6. The proposal is for an even exchange of area between
the lots. The subject properties contain a total of approximately 7.91 acres
and are located within the Shoreland Residential (R6) and Agricultural/Rural
Residential (R5) Zoning Districts and West Milton Planning Area.
The
Chair administered the Oath to Interested Persons. Representing the Applicant was Lynn Wood,
hereafter referred to as “applicant.”
In response to the
following numbered items within the Staff Report:
1. The applicant
agreed the Surveyor shall submit a letter or e-mail attesting that all corner
markers have been set prior to recording the Final Plat.
2. Following explanation of the legal review
process, the applicant agreed to submit $500 to cover the legal review of the
deeds and any other required legal instruments by the Town Attorney (any funds
not expended on the legal review will be refunded to the Applicant).
3. The applicant agreed to submit draft deeds and
any other associated legal instruments for all impacted lots for review and
approval by the Town Attorney, that all requested revisions must be complete
before the Plat may be recorded, and that only instruments approved by the Town
may be recorded in the Town of Milton Land Records.
4. The applicant agreed to submit one paper or
PDF version of the revised final Plat for review and approval by Staff prior to
submitting the Final Plat. The applicant also agreed to submit one full-sized
(to scale) paper Final Plat and one 11x17 paper plat depicting any requested
changes, to be maintained in the Planning Office’s application file.
5. The applicant agreed the Final Survey Plat
shall be in compliance with SR610 and submitted on mylar (18" x 24"),
signed by the licensed surveyor and the Chair of the DRB, and recorded in the
Town Clerk’s Office within 180 days of the date of the DRB's Final Approval
Decision per SR940. The applicant
understood that Final approval expires if not filed within 180 days, unless
extended by the Zoning Administrator for pending local or state approvals and
that, in the event a subdivision plat is recorded without complying with this
requirement, the plat shall be considered null and void.
MOTION by Bonges to APPROVE the Boundary Line Adjustment
at 20 Middle Road subject to the conditions discussed above; SECOND by
Rutz. Unanimously APPROVED.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
Staff shared an update on recent
Planning Office activity and upcoming DRB Hearings, including:
·
Three
Hearings scheduled for the 6/22/17 DRB meeting:
the Continued Hearing for a Major Conventional Subdivision on East Road
(discussed above), a Site Plan and Conditional Use application for a Banquet
Facility to accompany an agricultural use on Duffy Road, and a Conditional Use
application on Everest Road for a dock, boat launch and stairs on Lake
Champlain.
·
Two
Hearings scheduled for the 7/13/17 DRB meeting:
the re-opened Hearing for a Minor Conventional Subdivision on Westford
Road, and a Site Plan Amendment and Conditional Use application for a facility
located on Catamount Drive.
Staff also noted the pending end of
the Fiscal Year and expiring terms on the Board. Those that need to re-apply are aware. Staff shared contact info for anyone else
that may be interested.
8. MINUTES
8(A).
Minutes of May 25, 2017
MOTION by
Rutz to APPROVE the minutes of May 25, 2017 as written, SECOND by Brisson. Motion PASSED.
10. ADJOURNED
MOTION by
Rutz to ADJOURN at approximately 7:30 p.m., SECOND by Brisson. Unanimously APPROVED.
Minutes approved by the Development Review Board this
___________ day of _____________, 2017.
________________________________________________________________________________________
Bruce Jenkins, Chair /kt
Draft filed with the
Town Clerk this ___13th________ day of __June___________, 2017.
Filed with the Town Clerk this ___________ day of
_____________, 2017.
