 All right, we're going to call the meeting to the order Colchester Planning Commission is seven o'clock So the first thing we got is reserved for changes to the agenda items in order. We're all set there Consider warning from public here amendments to the Colchester Development Regulations Supplement 46 Kathy and go on there Discussing for the better part of 2023 potential amendments to the Colchester Development Regulations We are referring to these potential amendments as Supplement 46 The entire text is included but for Commissioner reference you see a few Bulleted dots here. Those are changes since you met last month Very minor, but those are those have been incorporated the ones that you directed So we talked to a 2.09 a was types of hardships that were exempt or driveways are exempt So we've got rid of that word specifically that commissioners didn't like replaced it with the word note Congregate housing had one leftover Proposed 55 rather than 65 to the search of the document. They should all say 65 or 55 55 on 65 Throughout there and then lastly Sarita had brought up this question about electronic messaging signs for schools So I looked into that and proposed here You can read it in the red line, but it says basically Use 5.10 in table 1a So that is that that is the use for schools So it would be secondary education vocational schools and other Institutes, but not training facilities ballet schools or anything like that That was the proposed fix there other than that nothing new no new items No, no new changes other than those the full list is Listed below So that's there There are two recommended emotions one Would be to adopt the amendment adoption report as a reminder anytime you do a set of changes to the regulations You have to file an amendment adoption report with the Department of Housing Community Development and That adoption report addresses I tell you guys when people come before you about Requests to the development regulations. That's the document that says are you in line with your plan? That's the one where you're attesting that you are so you have that copy of that draft in here It's fairly short Although a little bit longer than I think some of the years just trying to boost up the affordable housing component there because that's one of the questions they ask you So the first motion would be to Adopt that that is specifically a planning commission function the select board does not actually Do that you guys do and that gets submitted when you are sharing it around So that's that would be potential motion one Potential motion to be to warn the public hearing at the last meeting we talked about doing so on January 16th Because alternatively it would be January 2nd tough time I think not just for commissioners, but for the public because it's still sort of a continued holiday time And just gives a little bit extra time through December So that's the potential motion if you make any amendments Add those there as well Below that just ask a question about what I I don't want to change anything, but I just number a letter o I Don't want to change it or anything, but I just don't understand it Sorry, just wondering if you could just explain the language Yeah, so this this this came from S100. So that's what prompted this Okay So part of that direction that came out of the home act was that you have to have the same Dimensional standards for duplexes that you do for single families our regulations prior to this potential adoption Say that you need to have extra road frontage for duplexes so what that means is that if I have a lot and I want to know if I can put one two three units on it There's a road frontage requirement that goes with it For single families. It was less than for duplexes The state law says that you have to treat them the same So part one of that amendment is to make sure that it's the same requirement for single versus a duplex The other thing that we talked about this was back when Zach was here. So it goes back a few months Was that the the frontage requirements were really high And so the second part of that is to reduce those a little bit It doesn't increase density the density is still going to be the same It just means that especially if you have weird shaped lots. Well, you could have a very large lot This sort of tapers a little bit not necessarily like a Traditional fly block, but it could still taper a lot at the road that drastically limits what can be built On the rest and so what we talked about is do you really mean for that to happen? And I think everyone agreed that no that wasn't the intention It wasn't to penalize lots that just had sort of a weird layout And so the frontage requirement is reduced via O Through all of them, but we still kept it. I think fairly I don't say fairly large. I think it was a it was a first step and maybe you guys can talk about it at another time But it was take take that first step Some communities go as low as 20 feet whatever it takes to get a roadway in with a little bit of snow Treatment on either side. I think the lowest that we are showing here is 50 Remember, thank you, but it had been like hundred hundred and fifty. Oh interesting. Yeah, I just didn't understand the language and the Thank you very much. So those are the two changes one was to make sure that they're the same and the other was just to Reduce them across the board. Yeah, because they were fairly large That's and I can review I know some of this we haven't talked about in many months if there's anything else you guys Want to refresh your on just let me know Happy to talk about it There is something in here. I can't find it now about the The portable housing the density increase and the floor increase the floor increase you put that in here now, too Right, the floor increase for the bonus. Yeah. Yeah, that's been in there for some time. Okay That we had discussed it so That's what I thought and I just couldn't find it fast enough here It might have so the listing that you see here has been truncated just a little bit Because this is the a formal warning that also has to get the newspaper where we pay per word So some of it had said per s 100 or just language that wasn't really helpful in a warning So yes, the list that you were looking at here is a little bit abbreviated from what you have been looking at in terms of fluff words, okay But that that is in there Oh f F. Okay. I know that's gonna be update gd3 fbc street tables to accommodate required additional floor bonus Okay, so Let me just talk about a potential schedule for this. It's going to be a little slower than we've done before I think just because of where we're falling and In the the change of the year or in the budget season So what I'm showing you here just so you can follow along Um, january 2nd, you'd agreed that you'll ask me no meaning january 2nd We can talk about that later if you decide you do want to have a meeting But they're they would not be a warning that would be for january 16th So that would be the public hearing Depending on how I've been in communication with the town manager's office When you have delivered some limits to the select board before you've done it in two different ways They've received them in two different ways. You don't know which way they'll want to do it this time Sometimes they just like the delivery and they'll do a public hearing warning for a later date But they don't necessarily talk about it the day that they get it One other time that we've delivered they said yeah talk to us. We'll walk all the way through it We'll do as a select board give you all our thoughts Remand anything ahead of doing the public warning a hearing for a public warning Warning for public hearing At a later date I don't know which they'll do I'll confirm more if that next but either way What I've planned here we could potentially be as soon as january 23rd You do a delivery whether that is just a formal delivery Or if it's an actual presentation remains to be seen But it would be great if You know at least two members are able to attend In case there are questions or there's a lot to work through you guys have seen a lot of this, but it'll be a long Chat at the select board because there's a lot of items That could happen as soon as january 23rd If not january 23rd, it would likely be March just because of All of the meetings associated with the tau meeting day and the budget meetings that The select board has they have a lot of hours, you know set aside for that So those are potential dates right now If that works as I think it will work as it did with the last meeting You have that that delivery on that day potential Presentation potentially not but they would warn a hearing on that day And that hearing because again because of the budget We're suggesting march 12th that falls after town meeting just to clear up all that time for the select board Sometimes the public hearing is over in two minutes Last time we got very very unlucky and it happened to be on the same evening as a room full of people Thankfully It didn't have much discussion and Then we waited up the next item And they they wrote on that later in the evening That's how it worked last time And then your other meetings january 16th and then february 6th Agenda items tbd by them will have heard back about any grants So that might kick off. We might do some work planning. You may or may not have another Commission member joining you by by that meeting We may also pull up back Karen Adams has some updates She wasn't able to join us at the last last meeting if you remember She'd love to give you guys some updates on some of the stormwater work That's going on that impacts You know some of your work as well So that probably would happen in february It probably convene as the public information committee for the flip plane crs community rating Survey that we that you operate as You and then again back to your regular schedule march 5th All right, we need to do our motion Can we knock that out We need a motion first motion first motion. Okay. I make a motion that we accept the amendment and the adoption report as drafted to be included in the public warning and distributed accordingly Okay, second All right in discussion All discussed All in favor I motion passes So Motion that we'll go to motion two for a public Okay I make a motion that we warn for our planning commission public hearing at 7 p.m. On january 16th 2024 The the proposed amendments to the colchester development regulations known as supplement 46 and as reviewed and considered this evening of december 5th 2023 second Discussion all in favor. Hi. Hi motion passes Thank you So we're at comments and questions from the public. We're all set with that one Information items and staff updates. I think you got most of that anything missing on that one You see our report Yep, those together every month So we're planning Yep, go right ahead. Just for the reports. I was just wondering it looked like there were a lot more health inspections There are a lot of health inspections more than normal. It looked like more than last year or last month They're very cyclical and a lot of our health inspections tend to be rental inspections So especially around change of seasons Especially in the winter we get a lot because people call and say my heat's not working. We are their first call when that happens Hopefully there will be less in the future attending a meeting next week the legislature passed It was supposed to be effective in july A direction that the state Department of building and services is supposed to take on these rental inspections now because a lot of towns don't have the capacity for this Or the knowledge really. Well, I don't know if the electrical is working in an apartment That's a health that's that's considered health. Yes. So so rental housing Um goes first to the health officers your current health officers In cold chester or set blaster and I Um, I am very thankful for saskas. There's a lot more about this stuff that I do So there is a rental inspection. So that's why we tend to get a lot In the winter especially early winter when people are turning their heat on for the first time It's just just curious. Yeah, it's just sometimes it's mold Sometimes it's just disagreement between a renter and a landlord and they involve us So No, you always get nervous about septics, you know, yeah, that's probably once a year we'll get a surfacing Like a failed system where stuff is surfacing that happens about once a year But that doesn't make up most of them. Okay. Almost always rental housing. Thank you That's it Meeting schedule. I think you discussed that Pretty straight for Agreed. Yeah All right, so we need the motion for the minutes of november 7th I make a motion that we approve the minutes of november 7th 2023. You the second All right, all in favor. Hi Motion passes And sip was that I know we did all our hard work Are you listening to a jorger? Oh, I can make an emotion to a jern We need a second second. All right, all in favor. All right Motion to adjourn