Smart Growth Committee
June 24th 2009 7 pm
Mark Amado
Larry Gould
Terry Gould
Howard Levin
May minutes accepted and will be sent to clerk.
We found out that the approved Planning Board Budget includes funding for $2,500 for Ed Partyka to be hired as a special employee to assist us in correcting errors in the by-laws and to begin adjusting them for future growth in the town.
Discussion began regarding what we would like to research for the by-laws.
Some input in favor of lot sizes etc. Ideas only. Noted that Mark Brobowski advised that our residential lot sizes might be better at 2 acres 200 foot frontage. This led to discussion of the non-conforming lots. There are such a large number of them that perhaps an additional district may be an idea to consider.
We moved on to discussions of driveways once again. (An ongoing discussion.) We noted that the wording in the by-law needs to be clarified and added it to the list for Ed.
The wording in the by-laws for signs have serious discrepancies and should also be addressed.
Larry mentioned that there is no by law about camping on private property. For example: a person buying property…..would they be able to camp there?
The committee decided to review the by-laws and bring additional notes to the next meeting.
Adjourned 8:30
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