Ordinance Review Committee
Minutes
October 4, 2007
Present: Jack Goosetrey, Wayne Wood, Gary Foster, Wade Trudel, Richard Bibber, Margaret Hutchins,
Wade Trudel called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm
There were no minutes from last meeting
Jack Goosetrey was made a full voting member
Mr. Trudel reported he and members of the Village Master Plan Advisory Committee had a walk through the Village Center and discussed ways to cure some unsightly elements in with an ordinance. Mr. Bibber suggested the Gray Business Association may be of help.
The draft design standards as revised from the last meeting were reviewed and the following changes were agreed to. Mr. Foster noted anything in bold would still need to be discussed. Some global changes were made to change “possible” to “practical”. All agreed. Mr. Foster noted some definitions were added to the draft and the preamble was simplified. All agreed it was better language. It was noted the outline started with purpose to stay consistent with the rest of the ordinances. Grammatical corrections were reviewed
In the first section “c. Relationship to transit corridors” all agreed it would be okay to leave in. as GPCOG is looking at a bus service for the lake regions. All agreed to use section “A” in Mr. Foster’s draft. All agreed the paragraphs would be renumbered. Mr. Wood noted industrial is not a permitted use in the Village Zone. Mr. Wood suggested striking everything after “articulated” as it did not matter if a building was industrial or other, and should not have loading areas in front. Mr. Wood noted the wording in “c” would leave the developer some options to work with. All agreed
In section 2, Land Use Buffering, all agreed paragraphs a, and b as drafted was written well. Mr. Bibber questioned if paragraphs “c” and “e” may be combined as they were similar. All agreed to this change as well as paragraph “f”.
It was questioned if driveways should be included in paragraph “d” to help develop parking in the downtown area. There was concern that the language was too constrictive to allow other features. Mr. Foster suggested inserting after “features”, including, but not limited to parking area driveways,” All agreed.
Section 3, “Building Placement was reviewed. Mr. Foster suggested changing the first sentence of paragraph “b” to read “Buildings located on the corner of two streets shall be located as near as practical to the set back lines of both streets and keep the last sentence. All agreed. Paragraph “c” was reviewed. Mr. Trudel suggested Mr. Foster draft language one the intent of the paragraph is known or see if there is enough protection in the remaining sections to cover concerns is paragraph “c” is eliminated. All agreed to the language as drafted by Mr. Foster in paragraphs “d” through “g”. It was noted paragraph “h” was combined with B site plan standard.
In Section 4, “Trash Loading/Storage Areas”, paragraph “a”, “b” and “c” would be combined. In paragraph “c” all agreed to replace “concrete pad” with “an appropriate pad” as other material could be just as durable as concrete or asphalt, and remove the six feet requirement. All agreed to eliminate paragraph “i”.
In Section 5 Landscaping Requirements for Parking Lots the committee members questioned if there was sufficient space to meet the requirements of paragraph “b” and if the requirement would interfere with snow removal or mowing. All agreed to delete the paragraph.
Section B Landscape Standards, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, “3-inch caliper” should be changed to “minimum of 2-inch caliper” and “10 foot tall evergreen” should be changed to “minimum of 6 foot tall evergreen” as healthy trees will grow to desired dimensions. All agreed paragraph “b” to removing “i” and “ii” and change the language from “two or more of the following” to “at least one of the following. All agreed sections 2 and 3 should be eliminated as this would be more in the area for Maine DOT. 2.
Color standards were reviewed. All agreed the language appeared to be suggestive and the only standard needed would be paragraph “f”, colors shall be compatible with the colors of the surrounding area.
Mr. Foster agreed to renumber the sections as appropriate.
Mr. Foster moved and Mr. Wood seconded to send the Nonresidential Design Standards to the Town Council with the changes agreed to this evening.
Vote 4-Yes
Councilor Hutchins reported this was on the agenda for the October 16th Town Council meeting. Some members may wish to attend to the Council meeting to address any changes. Councilor Hutchins also reported the Public Safety Committee will make revisions to the proposed fire protection ordinance and discuss the proposal again with the Council. All agreed the committee would like to have the revised ordinance come back to the committee.
Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
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