MEETING OF THE EATON PLANNING BOARD
ON JUNE 12, 2007
AT 7:00 P.M., IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The Eaton Planning Board met in regular session in Council Chambers on Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.
The roll was called and the following were found to be:
Present : Ronald Coleman
Stanley Spencer
Tim Lane
Harold Geeting
Gary Wagner
Tom Jordan
Absent: Steve Deffner
Also in attendance were City Manager Dave Daily, Law Director Jill Richards, Projects Manager Joe Ferriell and Mayor Bob Stonecash.
MINUTES:
The minutes of the May 8, 2007 meeting were read. A motion to approve the corrected minutes was made by Gary Wagner and seconded by Ron Coleman. The motion passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Wagner, Jordan (6)
Nays: None
SWEARING IN:
All members of the audience anticipating to testify before the Board were asked to raise their right hand and be sworn in. The secretary administered the oath or affirmation to the audience.
PB-07-02 – Conditional Use - Day Care Center – 115 West St. Clair Street:
The applicant has applied for a Conditional Use permit to be allowed to construct a Day Care Center at 115 West St. Street. This is in the ‘C-1’ General Commercial District. The current use is a bare lot and a private residence.
Brad Oyler of Oyler Construction was present to represent the application. He told the Board that he is requesting the approval to construct a two story building with a Day Care Center on the ground floor and offices on the second floor. After looking at his options he felt that this would be a good match. There is an existing house on the Beech Street property and he plans on tearing this structure down. His first thoughts were to try and salvage the house and use it as a rental, but after thinking it through he has decided to demolish it completely.
Mr. Oyler plans on combining both properties and will use both for the construction of the Day Care Center. He will be using the satellite parking for the Day Care and also for the office building.
Project Manager Joe Ferriell addressed the Board and advised them that the playground needs to be on the same lot as the Day Care Center and that is another reason to combine the two lots and remove the house.
Taking into consideration that the agreement Mr. Oyler has with the current owners, they would be allowed to remain living there for 6 months after closing, he will need some time to demolish the house and clean the area up.
Jill Richards, City Law Director, suggested that we set the time frame of the demolition to be from the closing date.
Gary Wagner made a motion to approve this application contingent upon the removal of the residence at 404 S. Beech Street and the replatting that is required. This will need to be done within 8 months from tonight and or prior to the opening of the business or whichever comes first. The motion was seconded by Tim Lane and passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Wagner, Jordan (6)
Nays: None
OLD BUSINESS:
None
NEW BUSINESS:
Stephen Pope addressed the Board and said that he was here on behalf of A.M.D. which is a subsidiary of Somerville National Bank. They own approximately 2.021 acre in the ‘C-1’, General Commercial District on South Barron Street adjacent to the current Somerville National Bank.
They are wanting to come to the Planning Board in July and apply for Preliminary and Final approval of a PUD. They are proposing a multi-structure office development consisting of 4 one-story structures. They will be extending the current utilities that are available.
Mr. Pope just wanted to see if the Planning Board had any requirements that must be met before construction begins. They will discuss the possibility of putting public sidewalks in at the time of construction.
They will come back next month with their applications.
ADJOURN:
A motion to adjourn was made by Stanley Spencer and seconded by Harold Geeting. The motion passed as follows:
Ayes: Coleman, Spencer, Lane, Geeting, Wagner, Jordan (6)
Nays: None
Meeting adjourned.
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Secretary Chairman