FAIRFAX
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Norm
Stinehour and Joyce Hakey 6 Lot Subdivision for 233 Huntville Rd. Sketch Plan
and Boundary Adjustment between Stinehour/Hakey (233 Huntville Rd) and Karen
and John Seaman (44 Ferguson Rd.)
Members
Present: B. Murphy, M. Dufresne
Alternates
Present: P. Rainville, Lucien Hayes
Applicant
Present: Norm Stinehour
Public
Present: Mary Casey (Averill Engineering); Fran Conlon; Allyssa Benoit; Alexis
Combs; Lauren Pollitt; Brian Conlon; Faith Hadden; Valerie Ugro; Michael
Averill (Averill Engineering); Skip Taylor, ZA
7:46 PM- B. Murphy called the hearing to order. Introductions were made, the warning was
read, and interested persons sworn in.
Peter
Rainville told Mr. Stinehour that he
is an abutter to his property and offered to recuse himself, however Mr.
Stinehour had no objection to Peter participating in the hearing.
Mary Casey recused herself because of a conflict of interest as a
representative of Averill Engineering (the engineer on this project).
Michael
Averillof Averill Engineering
explained that the priority was to keep the majority of the land open. Lot 1 will consist of 92.23 acres. They intend to permit 4 lots (lots 2,3,4,
and 5), leaving Lot 6 deferred. A
preliminary survey has been done.
The Boundary Adjustment will make the parcel owned by
Karen and John Seaman at 44 Ferguson Rd. more regular in size and bring the lot
size up to current zoning standards.
The boundary adjustment will add 1 acre to the Seaman parcel. This added area will contain the septic area
for the proposed lot 5.
Lot 2 will have its own septic area; Septics for Lots
3 and 4 will be located on Lot 1.
Curb cuts have been approved by the Selectboard. On Huntville Rd., Lot 2 will have its own
driveway and Lots 3 and 4 will have a shared driveway. On Ferguson Rd., Lot 5 will have its own
driveway.
B. Murphy asked why Lot 6 was being deferred.(Norm Stinehour - to limit development.Lots
2, 3 and 5 to be sold to cover his expenses. Lot 4 will be sold only if needed. There is no current plan to develop Lot 6;
it is being kept as insurance but he does not want to have to develop it. Access from Ferguson Rd. to Lot 6 is not
easy and would probably be accessed through Lot 1.)
Mr. Stinehour explained that the shape of Lots 2,3,
and 4 are dictated by the topography and the location of current stone walls
along Lot 4. Originally Lots 2,3,and 4
were an existing 10.5-acre parcel.
There was additional discussion regarding the location
of an existing underground cable running through Lots 2,3,and 4 and the need to
notify Dig Safe before any development.
Open for
Public Comment
Fran Conlon(61 Ferguson Rd.) expressed concern about water and
stated that all the area wells are low yield.
She asked if the current wells could be monitored before, during, and
after development as a Condition for approval from the DRB. Mike Averill stated that the State is
generally concerned that wells be 100 apart and require 200 when there is a
concern. The closest proposed well,located on Lot 5,is 420 from the Conlons home (located on Lot
5). He said the State had no aquifer
map for this area. Mary Casey added
that the state would bump up interest because of the concern.
Faith Hadden spoke in favor of Mr. Stinehours plans.
Valerie Ugro asked if changes in area wells over the years could
be due to increased development, and that the Town needs to look into it.
B. Murphy asked if there could be shared water supplies between
lots. (Norm Stinehour said he did not
anticipate problems on Lots 2,3, and 4 but understood the Conlons concern
regarding Lot 5. He felt it was
unreasonable to have all the lots monitored.)
B Murphy asked the Board about a site visit before the final
plat review. The Board agreed. A Site Visit will be scheduled 30 minutes
prior to the next hearing. This will be
included in the warning for the next hearing.
8:25 PM- hearing closed.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Varney, Zoning and Planning Assistant
Approved: ___________________________________
Signed: _______________, 2012
For the
Development Review Board
.
These minutes
are unofficial until approved at the next regularly scheduled meeting. All motions were unanimous unless otherwise
indicated.