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MARSHFIELD DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD
Approved Minutes of April 27, 2005
Board Members present: Tom Daley, Jon Groveman, Martin
Johnson and Gary Wilson. Also attending: Dorene Mears
and George Mears.
At 7:10 pm the Board opened public hearing on the
Subdivision application of George and Dorene Mears. The
Plan survey drawing depicted two lots of 39.5 acres and
15 acres, respectively, each containing an existing
residence. Some discussion followed on whether the home
on the larger lot was in the Forest and Conservation
District. Although it is more than 900 feet from the
public road, George believes there is documentation to
support the fact that his entire lot is zoned
Agricultural and Rural Residential. The Board noted that
that does not appear to be reflected on the newest
official zoning map, but it is not a question that needs
to be resolved for purposes of subdivision approval. The
board also reviewed the septic engineer’s drawings of
the existing systems. Hearing was closed at 7:40 pm.
Tom reported that he had spoken by telephone with Ada
Silverstein on April 8, and asked about their
availability to attend a hearing on their Site Plan
application at the DRB meeting of May 5. Ada wasn’t sure
they would be back in Vermont by then, and requested
that the Board hear the matter at their June meeting.
The DRB will accordingly set the hearing for June 2,
2005.
At 7:45 pm Gary moved to approve the minutes of April 7,
2005 as drafted; seconded by Martin, all in favor.
The Board then discussed the status of four subdivision
applications that were still pending. With respect to
some of the issues presented by these proposals, Martin
called the Board’s attention to some definitions in
Section 180 of the Zoning Regulations that seem to be at
odds with other provisions of the regulations. He felt
that these inconsistencies made it very difficult for
the average citizen to be able to anticipate what could
be done under the regulations. Jon agreed that the
examples Martin cited could be misleading, but stated
that there were many such inconsistencies throughout the
Regulations, and that was something the Board would
always be wrestling with.
At 8:20 pm Martin moved to adjourn the DRB meeting.
Seconded by Jon, all in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Daley
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