Planning Board Meeting

DURHAM PLANNING BOARD
Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
Town Council Chambers, Durham Town Hall
*Please see the notes at the end*
AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Seating of Alternates

IV. Approval of Agenda

V. Planner’s Report

VI. Public Comments

VII. Public Hearing - Amendment to an Approved Site Plan for a Master Sign Plan to allow for hanging signs at 9 Madbury Road.  Submitted by Jennifer Sayre and Laura Rothstein, proprietors of SolSistar, on behalf of 9 Madbury Road LLC.  Tax Map 4, Lot 12-0.  Central Business Zoning District.  Recommended action:  Final action

VIII. Application for Subdivision and Conditional Use Permit. 13 Longmarsh Road.   Two-lot subdivision and filling a portion of a wetland for a driveway.   Kelly Cullen (applicant); Adam Fogg, Atlantic Survey (surveyor).  Tax Map 15, Lot 23-0, Residence B Zoning District.  Recommended action:  Accept as complete and set public hearing for March 27

IX. Public Hearing - Design Review for a Site Plan and Conditional Use Application.  17 & 21 Madbury Road.   Complete redevelopment of multifamily site known as “The Greens” for mixed use project with multifamily housing for 460 +/- residents, office/retail, and parking for 57 to 100 cars, to be called “Madbury Commons.”  Golden Goose Properties c/o Barrett Bilotta and Ken Rubin (applicant);  Rose Lawn Properties c/o Laura Gangwer (owner of 17 Madbury);  GP Madbury 17 c/o Barrett Bilotta (owner of 21 Madbury); Michael Sievert PE, MJS Engineering (engineer); Shannon Alther, TMS Architects (Architect).  Tax Map 2, Lots 12-3 & 12-4. Central Business Zoning District.  Recommended action:  Hold public hearing, discuss, continue to March 27, continue preliminary review, and continue public hearing.

X. Discussion of Proposed amendment to Site Plan Regulations to require submission of the Energy Considerations Checklist and Architectural Drawings for all multifamily and nonresidential projects.  Recommended action:  Make any appropriate changes and set public hearing for March 27

XI. Other Business

XII. Review of Minutes: January 9, 2013        January 23, 2013

XIII. Adjournment

Please note:

1) Public hearings.  The public is invited to attend all meetings of the Planning Board.  The public is welcome to speak at all public hearings.  For other items the public may speak only at the discretion of the chair/board.

2) Public comments.  For public comments (item VI. above), the board does not accept comments about formal development projects that are currently under review by the Planning Board, whether specifically listed on that evening’s agenda or not.  This restriction applies to projects that have been accepted as complete by the Planning Board or that have returned to the board for any type of review/consideration after they have been accepted as complete or approved.

3) Recommended actions:   Actions recommended by the staff are shown at the end of most items.  The Planning Board may or may not take these actions and may take other actions not stated.

4) New items of business.  Unless approved by a 2/3 vote of the members present, no new item of business shown on the agenda will be taken up after 10:00 p.m.

5) Other information.  Files on the items above are available for review in the Planning Office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Agendas marked as “Preliminary Agenda,” are subject to change.  The final agenda will be posted on the City’s website on the Friday prior to the meeting.

6)   Contacting us.  Contact the Planning Department with questions or comments about the items above or any planning-related matters.  Call (603) 868-8064 or email kedwards@ci.durham.nh.us (Karen Edwards, Administrative Assistant) or mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us (Michael Behrendt, Town Planner).

7) Communication aids.  Please provide the Town 48-hours notice if special communication aids are needed.

8) Next meeting.  The next Planning Board meeting will be March 27, 2012.