TOWN OF
RUTLAND
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
MAY 21, 2009
MINUTES:
The meeting opened at 7:00
P.M.
Commission
members present: Howard Burgess, Anthony Flory, Richard
Hoenes, Raymond Leonard, William Matteson, Tom Turner and Charles Vajda.
Review of the May 7, 2009 Minutes
Mr. Burgess pointed out one
typo. Mr. Leonard motioned to accept the minutes with the correction. Mr. Vajda seconded the motion. All were in
approval.
Tracy Taylor Subdivision
Tracy Taylor and Peter Creyf
were present to discuss a possible subdivision of Mr. Taylor’s property at the
Nordic Inn. Mr. Taylor wants to convey
a piece of his property to Mr. Creyf.
Mr. Creyf plans to have a manufacturing facility and headquarters for
specialty waffles. He currently sells
his waffles at kiosks at the ski resorts.
He has a site in Rutland City that is too small for his planned
expansion. For this site, there would
be an Alpine hook-up for water.
There was a discussion as to
whether it would be better to apply for a subdivision or to do a lot line
adjustment. A lot line adjustment would
be a quicker and less expensive route and abutters would not have to be notified. Mr. Zingale brought up the issue that some
of the land is commercial and some is residential. Mr. Matteson said that if zoning was adopted, then they could
come in for a variance. Mr. Burgess
said he felt that a subdivision would be safer so that at a later date the
state would not require them to come back for a subdivision.
Mr. Flory asked if the
access to the new parcel would be off Bellevue Lane. Mr. Creyf said he had discussed access with Byron Hathaway, the Road
Commissioner. Mr. Turner and Mr.
Zingale said that if the back parcel wasn’t going to be immediately developed,
then no access would be required until it was developed.
Mr. Matteson suggested that
Mr. Taylor and Mr. Creyf talk to the Act 250 Office and the Environmental
Office for guidance on whether to do a lot line adjustment or a subdivision.
Miscellaneous
The Planning Commission
received a copy of the West Rutland Town Plan update. Mr. Zingale said that he had mailed out Rutland Town’s to
neighboring towns on May 21st.
Mr. Zingale had colored Town
maps that will sell for eighty dollars. Mr. Turner took a copy to review.
Mr. Matteson read a copy of
the letter Mr. Zingale sent to Tim Upton at CVPS concerning the upgrades to the
electrical conductors.
Mr. Turner said he would
stamp the Hubbard subdivision map after this meeting.
Mr. Turner asked Mr. Zingale
where the zoning document stood. Mr. Zingale
said that the Select Board Committee had met and made some changes. Now the full Board has to review the
document. Mr. Matteson suggested the
Town attorney, Kevin Brown, look at the document. Mr. Zingale said he would
like to wait until public input is received.
Once the Select Board is finished with changes, then the document comes
back to the Planning Commission and there has to be another public
hearing. Mr. Zingale is going to
provide the Board’s changes for the Planning Commission.
It was decided that the
first Planning Commission meeting in July would be canceled and replaced by an
extra meeting in June. The meeting
dates for June are 6/4, 6/18 and 6/25.
Mr. Leonard motioned to end
the meeting. Mr. Flory seconded the
motion. All were in approval.
The meeting ended at 7:50
P.M.
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William Matteson, Chairman Date
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