Planning Commission Minutes 8-4-2022

Planning Commission Minutes 8-4-2022

TOWN OF RUTLAND PLANNING COMMISSION

MEETING MINUTES

 

DATE: August 4^th, 2022

LOCATION: Town Hall and a publicly accessible conference line

OPEN MEETING 6:30 P.M.

 

Commission Members Present: Chair Barbara Pulling, Dana Peterson, Howard Burgess, Sherman Hunter, Mary Beth Poli, Jim Hall and Norman Cohen. All members present are a voting member for this meeting.

Members of the Public Present:  None

Approval of the Agenda:

Mr. Peterson moved to approve the agenda. Mr. Hunter seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

New Business: Review of the Flood Hazard Regulation and Information Building Permits

1. The Flood Hazard Regulation Permit was created due to the requirements in our Flood Hazard Regulations. The Informational Building Permit was updated to reference the Flood Hazard permit.
2. Two Flood Hazard permits have already been received since it has been posted.
3. The new permit was reviewed and discussed. Some changes were discussed.
4. Mr. Peterson moved to accept the documents as presented. Mr. Hunter seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

New Business: Existing Flood Hazard regulations

1. A discussion was had at a recent Selectboard meeting about adopting river corridor regulations. There is a benefit to the Town, of increased reimbursement, if a federal disaster was declared.
2. The Board would like to see a map of the river corridors. The State maps them in conjunction with FEMA.
3. This will be part of a discussion at a future meeting.

Old Business: Information Building Permit update

1. The draft of the updated permit form has been discussed with the Town Attorney. No changes were suggested but did advise presenting it to the Board for comments before adoption.
2. The penalty maximum amounts can be increased to $800.
3. A per day, up to $800 per day can be included.
4. Suggested making sure it is well known this is a requirement. There was a lengthy discussion about how best to do this. The website has some updates coming which will help call this out.

Old Business: Booth at the Town Wide Celebration

1. The event is coming up soon and will take place before the next meeting.
2. We should have enough Commission volunteers lined up to staff the table.

Announcements

There were no announcements.

Approval of Minutes July 14^th, 2022:

Mr. Peterson moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Burgess seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Peterson and Mr. Hunter abstained.

Adjournment:

Mr. Hunter moved to adjourn. Mr. Cohen seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 7:22 PM.

Respectfully submitted, Bill Sweet

 

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Barbara Pulling

Rutland Town Planning Commission Chair