Planning Board Meeting

DURHAM PLANNING BOARD
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Town Council Chambers, Durham Town Hall
7:00 p.m.
AGENDA
*Please see the notes at the end*

I.          Call to Order

II.         Roll Call and Seating of Alternates

III.       Approval of Agenda

IV.       Town Planner’s Report

V.        Reports from Board Members who serve on Other Committees

VI.       Public Comments

VII.      72 Piscataqua Road – Resubdivision of 2 existing lots.  Resubdivision/lot line adjustment of 2 lots, one with frontage on Route 4/Piscataqua Road and one with frontage on Riverview Road.  Donna Vittands, property owner.  Paul Dobberstein, Ambit Engineering, Surveyor.  Map 11, Lots 29 and 31-15.  Residence Coastal District.  Recommended action:  Accept as complete and set public hearing for July 10.

VIII.     3 Foss Farm Road – 2 lot subdivision.   Subdivision of lot located at juncture of Foss Farm Road and Orchard Drive.  Patricia Cotter and Michael Lambert, property owners.  Adam Fogg, Atlantic Survey, surveyor.  Mike Sievert, MJS Engineering, engineer.  Map 6, Lot 1-6.  Residence B Zone. Recommended action: Accept as complete with caveat and set public hearing for July 10.

IX.       Public Hearing - 56 Main Street – New Restaurant.   *Review of revised construction management plan including plan for outreach to property and business owners on Jenkins Court and Pettee Brook Lane.  The site plan was approved on May 22 but the approval included a condition for satisfactory review of a revised construction management plan by the Planning Board.  Doug Clark, applicant.  Peter Murphy, property owner.  Mike Sievert, MJS Engineering, engineer.  Map 2, Lot 14-4.  Central Business Zone.  Recommended action:  Possible final action.

X.        Eversource Energy – Distribution Line Upgrade. 

A.  Courtesy presentation by Eversource about overall project.  The following roads will be affected: Colony Cove Road, Cutts Road, Durham Point Road, Frost Drive, Langley Road, Longmarsh Road, Mathes Cove Road, Sandy Brook Drive, Sunnyside Drive, Winecellar Road, and several private drives off these roads.  Recommended action:  No action needed.

B.  Public Hearing – Cutting of Trees on Durham Point Road.  Review of proposal to trim and remove trees along Durham Point Road, a designated scenic road, in accordance with RSA 231:158. Approval by the Planning Board is required for cutting any tree within the Town right of way with a diameter of 4-3/4 inches or greater.  Ian Farley, Arborist with Eversource.  William Burleigh, Asplundh, contractor.  Recommended action:  Possible final action.

C.  Installation of New Poles in WCOD and SPOD.  Request to install 13 new poles in the Wetland Conservation and Shoreland Preservation Overlay Districts in various locations off Durham Point, Longmarsh, and Winecellar Roads.  Reviewed as Permitted Use B.  William McCloy, Normandeau Associates, wetland scientist and agent for Eversource. Recommended action:   Possible final action.

XI.       Other Business

XII.      Review of Minutes (new):  56 Main Street Site Walk Minutes; January 30, 2019; March 13, 2019,

         March 27, 2019, April 10, 2019

XIII.     Adjournment

Please note:

1)      Public hearings and public comments.  The public is welcome to speak at all public hearings and during the Public Comments time. However, the Planning Board will not accept comments at the meeting on agenda items for which a public hearing is expected to be scheduled nor on matters for which the public hearing has been closed.  The public may send written or emailed comments on any matters except those for which the public hearing has been closed. Written or emailed comments should be sent to Michael Behrendt, Town Planner, at mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us or at the address above.                                                           

2)         Submission of information.  Emails and letters received from the public that pertain to current Planning Board matters (except when the public hearing has been closed) will be: a) emailed to the Planning Board; b) mailed to the board members if received by the Thursday prior to the meeting, or placed on the table the evening of the meeting, if received later; and c) posted on the Town’s website.        

Any email, letter, document, or other information that is pertinent to a decision which the Planning Board is expected to make at the upcoming Wednesday meeting, must be received in the Planning Office by the prior Monday at 5:00 p.m. or the board will consider the submitted material only at its discretion (This limitation does not apply to comments made at the actual public hearing).

3)      Other information.  Files on the agenda 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 Town’s website on the Friday prior to the meeting at http://www.ci.durham.nh.us/. To see background documents related to specific agenda items, look at the agenda on the website and then click on any green highlighted items.

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

5)      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.

6)      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.

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

8)      Next meeting.  The next regular Planning Board meeting will be on July 10, 2019.  The board is holding a workshop meeting on June 26.