NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Danvers Senior Center/25 Stone Street April 24, :00 p.m. MINUTES

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1 Town of Danvers Planning Board Danvers Town Hall One Sylvan Street Danvers, MA Planning Board Members: William Prentiss, Chair Aaron Henry James Sears Margaret Zilinsky John Farmer NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Danvers Senior Center/25 Stone Street 7:00 p.m. MINUTES William Prentiss called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Planning Board members Aaron Henry, James Sears, Margaret Zilinsky and John Farmer were present. Planning and Human Services Director Karen Nelson was also present. OTHER BUSINESS Ardmore Drive, Lots 29, 30 & 31 (Hilltop Estates Subdivision). Request by MPM Companies LLC for extension of completion date for incomplete site improvements from April 30, 2018 to August 31, (Assessor s Map 45, Lots 201, 202 and 203). Michael McNiff, from MPM Companies LLC, appeared before the Board. He said that he met with Stephen King today, and everything at this site has been completed. The slope in the back has failed, and he will have this completed by August 31, Zilinsky asked where exactly the slope had failed. McNiff said that loam had come off the slope from heavy rain. The driveway above is directing water causing erosion. McNiff said that there is a resolution to this that he will address. MOTION: Henry read the Certificate of Action and moved to approve the application for extension of the completion date for incomplete site improvements for Ardmore Drive to August 31, Farmer seconded the motion. The motion passed by a unanimous vote. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING Isle of Skye Estates Definitive Subdivision f/k/a Putnam Hill Estates Definitive Subdivision (105 Dayton Street). Request for Definitive Subdivision Plan Approval submitted by 115 Dayton St LLC for property at 105 Dayton Street, pursuant to the Rules and Regulations

2 Governing the Subdivision of Land, Town of Danvers Planning Board. Said property is located in the R-III Zoning District. The applicant proposes to develop a six (6) lot single-family residential subdivision on the property located at 105 Dayton Street. The site consists of approximately 5.03 acres of land improved with a single-family dwelling which will be removed. (Assessor s Map 31, Lot 61) (Definitive Subdivision action date: May 4, 2018) (To be continued without discussion at the applicant s request to May 22, 2018 with the extension of the action date to May 31, 2018) MOTION: Henry moved to extend the action deadline to May 31, 2018 and continue the application for the Definitive Subdivision Plan for Isle of Skye Estates to the next Planning Board meeting scheduled for May 22, 2018 Zilinsky seconded the OTHER BUSINESS 179 Newbury Street. Request for Special Permit and Minor Modification to an approved Site Plan pursuant to Section 6 and Section 4 of the Zoning Bylaw submitted by U-Haul Company of Eastern Massachusetts, a subsidiary of AMERCO Real Estate Company for property located in the Highway Corridor Zone District for the outdoor rental of motor vehicles, including the outdoor storage of those vehicles, in conjunction with the operation of the existing U-Haul selfstorage facility. (Site Plan action date: 05/28/18; Special Permit action date June 1, 2018) Prentiss read the legal notice. Nelson explained that at Town Meeting they approved Motor Vehicle Sales (Car Dealerships) outdoor from being prohibited in the Highway Corridor Zone by being allowed by Special Permit. Attorney Nancy McCann appeared before the Board on behalf of the applicant, U-Haul Company of Eastern Massachusetts. With her this evening was the regional manager, Scott Chase, and the General Manager, Chandel Bertucelli. This property is located in the Highway Corridor Zone. In 2000, a site plan was approved for the construction of this U-Haul self-storage facility. In 2005, there was a modification of the site plan to create a 38-space parking plan in the upland section. This approval had condition #4 that said this area could only be used for parking of customer and employee vehicles. This site has only three employees on their largest shift. They have very few customers that visit the site. This is an underutilized area. McCann said that they are here seeking a special permit based on the zoning change in December that allows the storage and sale, or in this case, the rental and leasing of vehicles associated with the self-storage. The use is for the storage of vehicles to rent or lease for people to retrieve their items and store at their storage container. There are 7 customer spaces up near the offices. They have 38 spaces where 3 would be used by the employees. There are 35 spaces that would be used for the rental of vehicles. The number of vehicles stored here will fluctuate. They want enough vehicles to meet the rental needs. They are looking for a special permit and the modification of the site plan for condition #4. 2

3 McCann went over all the requirements for approving a special permit, which this application met. She said that favorable recommendations have been received from Fire, Building and Engineering. Farmer said that he did not have any questions. Henry said that all his questions were answered. Sears had no questions. Zilinsky asked how they would determine the number of vehicles that would be parked in this area. Chase said that vehicles come in when people are moving to the area, and vehicles go out when people are moving out of the area. If the number of vehicles gets uneven, then they will move out vehicles. Prentiss said that he had no questions. He asked the Board if they would require a site like this to have this number of parking spaces in the future. He pointed out that they have struggled with parking requirements. He asked if this site came before them without the U-Haul, would they require the same number of spaces. Zilinsky pointed out when the site was first approved there were only seven spaces. The additional parking was added in McCann said that there was not a parking requirement for this type of use in the bylaw. The Board has discretion regarding parking requirements. Prentiss said that he does not want to see overparking. MOTION: Farmer moved to close the public hearing for the Special Permit for 179 Newbury Street. Sears seconded the motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote MOTION: Farmer read the Certificate of Action and moved to approve the Special Permit for 179 Newbury Street. Zilinsky seconded the motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote. MOTION: Sears moved to find that the requested modification represents a Minor Modification an Approved Site Plan for 179 Newbury Street. Henry seconded the MOTION: Sears read the Certificate of Action and moved to approve the Minor Modification to the Approved Site Plan for 179 Newbury Street. Farmer seconded the 3

4 2 Electronics Avenue. Request for a Minor Modification to an approved Site Plan pursuant to Section 4 and Section 8 of the Zoning Bylaw submitted by Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc. for property located in the Industrial-II Zone District and Registered Marijuana Dispensary Overlay District for the ADA compliant accessible route from parking area to existing entrance and the relocation of two existing ADA compliant parking spaces closer to the new accessible route. (Site Plan action date: 06/04/18) Rich O Connell from RJO Connell & Associates, Inc. appeared before the Board on behalf of the applicant, Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc. Josh Weaver, the Chief Financial Officer of Sanctuary Medicinals, Inc., was with him this evening. O Connell said that the project is a minor modification to a previously approved plan. He showed the prior approved site plan. This minor modification is for entrance improvements. These improvements are shown in the dash area of the plan. They will be relocating two ADA parking spaces closer to the entrance along with building a ramp to the sidewalk. Drawing C-2 showed the entrance in a larger scale with the sidewalk. He showed the relocated parking spaces on the plan. They meet the minor modification requirements. They have had meetings with the building department and planning department and have gone through a Technical Review Committee (TRC) meeting. Zilinsky said that Engineering, Building and Fire recommend approval of this plan. She asked how many people they expect would come to the site on a given day. Weaver said that it would be less than 100 people. They are projecting 75 to 100 patients per day. A small fraction would use the handicapped entrance. O Connell said that the site has sufficient parking. Sears asked what the hours of operation would be. Weaver responded that the hours would be 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sears asked if there was any new lighting. O Connell said no. Henry asked what drove the number for the ADA spaces. O Connell said that it is driven by the overall parking for the site. They are just relocating to be closer to the entrance. Farmer said he had no questions. Prentiss said all his questions were answered. MOTION: Zilinsky moved to find that the requested modification represents a Minor Modification an Approved Site Plan for 2 Electronics Avenue. Henry seconded the 4

5 MINUTES MOTION: Zilinsky read the Certificate of Action and moved to approve the Minor Modification to the Approved Site Plan for 2 Electronics Avenue. Farmer seconded the April 10, 2018 MOTION: Farmer moved to approve the minutes of April 10, Zilinsky seconded the BRIEFING Planning staff and chair will update the Board on various items of interest. Nelson reminded the Board that they are working toward a kick-off meeting for the C-1 and C-1A area at their next Planning Board meeting scheduled for May 8 th. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Zilinsky moved to adjourn. Sears seconded the motion. The motion passed by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted: Francine T. Butler The Planning Board approved these minutes on May 8,