 We call meeting to order the Colchester Planning Commission and the 7 of 5. And we're going to start off tonight with their public hearing on supplement 43 toward development regulations. No, may I take you a quick walk through? All right. So I can just run through the hearing notice and then we can go through the regulations. If you want, I'm happy to answer any questions. I will note that we have one person joining us on Zoom. We're just joining shortly. Kevin Sleeper is part of the G2 change. So we'll just let him join. But anyway, so I'll go through and just go through supplement 43 as a house video amendment. It's just clearing up in existing language. It has a couple of rezoning to it. But the first thing is we're going to change section 2.0710 to exempt small chicken coops from permits. The thought was with this that they tend to move around a bit. And so you can check requirements with setbacks and then they'll move. So it's a small ones. The next thing is in section 2.09 a standards for accessory buildings exceeds 50% of principal structure size. We're clarifying that in the process involved in it. We did not mean to when we went from being a conditional use process to being a purely administrative process with particularly ag districts and what happens clarify the bars and such do not need to be in this requirement. Section 2.09 B1E exclude planning closed structures from maximum allowable square footage for accessory apartments. We've had particularly over the past couple of years shared patio or deck space with in-law apartments that they wish to have access between the accessory and the primary. And unfortunately the way that's worded right now is that counts against the maximum accessory apartment size. So this will allow for those sorts of amenities to be included with accessory apartments in that kind of against their square footage. Next one is amend section 6.03 F1 from one foot to two foot. This is above basefoot elevation. FEMA has changed some of its regulations and as part of our maintaining our CIS program is they really want to make sure that the mechanicals are above that basefoot elevation. And so this really tries to move towards that is to make sure that we don't have any mechanicals hanging down that everything is above that basefoot elevation because when mechanicals get inundated that can also be very costly for homeowners. Next on the list clarify section 8.03 B to reference back to 24 BSA section 4413. We're doing this just with some things to clarify with civic cultural and agricultural exemptions as to what those are and those have been recently clarified in state statutes so we're just referring back to that. We ever need to have that clarification or what's exempt. Another clarification is section 9.07 D4 which is exemption is for all GD districts and not just DD3. When we changed our PUD standards around open space set-asides we've had before about all GD districts and this had changed it to just GD3. So for instance the CHT was proposing a PUD for using existing buildings under our current regulations they have to do 25% open space set-aside and we're making very clear that that is not intended to be the case particularly with existing development. Next clarification is to section 10.01 C which is add C7 through 9 regarding electrical charging stations. This is a new state requirement that you have to at least provide for the electrical lines for future charging stations and developments over a certain size and so by pointing us our regulation we're doing what regional planning has asked of member communities to put out to make people aware that this is a new state requirement. And then we also in section 10.01 K clarified biker applications and again saying that they should be approximated to doorways and also electrical power sources so that they can also to benefit from electrical charging stations in the future. Section 10.01 M that we looked at to add additional commercial vehicles maybe permitted on residential properties in conjunction with the home business use. This was at a request for existing business on residential properties so that they might have some more opportunities available to them for home occupation. Amend section 10.08 B3 to B10 feet maximum night per solar panels instead of 8 feet because with the current limitations now they get ground clearance. This was something that was identified by Baccalaureate energy planning. Amend section 9.02 in 9.04 to require cross-lead ease on plans for subdivisions. Add section 10.01 M5 for commercial vehicles on businesses which is the next part of what I went over. Section 11.05 clarified expirations for tank for wastewater permits so the same as for building permits one year. Amend section 12.20 again we're clarifying some definitions for primary care housing hospice care home nursing care institution mental health facility residential care home to reference 33 BSA section 7102 that's again just in case there's any concerns about what those uses are you can point right back to state statute the definitions there. Amend section 12.02 to add a definition of group quarters lowest horizontal number which again goes back to the floodplain requirement with mechanicals and amend the definition of dormitory to reflect group quarters. This is again straining out some of the definitions to follow along with the states. Amend table 8.1 to add group quarters add 4.230 landscape contractor's yard as conditional to GD districts and lumber contractor's yard to 4.210 as a conditional use to GD2. This is signaling some of the existing uses out before that had requested and we have somebody potentially joining us on zoom about that so I'll just pause for a minute connecting audio I can come back to that. We are looking to rezone parcel tax map 64 parcel 4 and also parcel 5 from industrial to a residential one these are existing homes in the shore readers neighborhood that they're somehow resumed industrial that we are going to rezone to residential to be in keeping with what's on and that is the summary of everything that we're looking at for changes in the sub we did receive a notice from Patrick O'Brien representing SD Ireland requesting changes to GD3 we're going to set back for for barges on C streets and a modification to that and I explain that that's not on the hearing of what's in the actual regulations that were warned and that would be on her future side and I believe Mr. Slaper has joined us via zoom and I'll just quickly go over that also included in tonight's hearing is a change of use the table uses to allow as archival facilities and warehousing as conditionally used in GD2 which is at the board and so that is what you have what we're doing tonight. So we're looking for any comments from the public. So Mr. Slaper is joined us by zoom we have no members we have one number of the public but I don't know Mr. Slaper do you have any comments? All right so Mr. Slaper if you would like to comment you can unmute yourself. So we'll close the public hearing on supplement 43. I'll make a motion. Mr. Slaper did you have any comments? Yes. Very good. I just want to make sure we're jiggling some different popcorn sites I just want to make sure that you had a chance if you wanted to talk. So there's a motion and a second to close the hearing. All in favor. All right here we go. So we move on to action. This is just basically the board has any ideas of changes we can make happy with it. Any changes? Okay we need a motion. All in favor. All right so the supplement has passed the playing question and we'll next go to the slack board sometime in July. We'll work on getting a public hearing noticed out on that. Very good. I think we're possibly looking at the end of July slack board meeting again. Okay. Thank you. You don't need to do anything further but I would say that if you want to look to a slack board meeting to tune into maybe that July 26 meeting would be a good one to look to tune into it might be on that agenda. Thank you. You too. So now I need a motion to recess. All right a motion to recess. Second. All in favor. All right now we will convene as the CRS public information committee. And this is going to hit or rewind and our redo as the last thing you have to have two meetings on the program for public information under our CRS endorsement so nothing has changed since then. It's our annual program on how we're going to communicate information about possible flooding, how to get flood insurance, how to prepare for events and so a lot of this we had already undertaken in the spring. We tried to run this in March prior to any sort of seasonal link flooding but we weren't able to get on an agenda with your sort of a regular agenda until May and June. So if you approve of it tonight it will go to the slack board for adoption and it's one of those things that each year when CRS EVA updates us we just show them that we're keeping this up. I'll make a motion to approve. I'll second. All in favor. All right there you go. All right so the next thing that we have is East Leecher Drive work today. That was a very thorough job. Very good job. That was amazing. Everything right there whoever steps in again there's no question of where we were where we're at. Very very good. Saying all that I don't think we need to go through the whole field and have you read from end to end here. No so I wanted to sort of just walk you through a little bit of history of it and sort of where you're at before COVID. So I think I tried to link this all on staff notes and so this is going on a book in Plaintain Zoning with everything that's gone on to date and with the staff notes but um you had just completed the melt band issue wastewater program in January handed out to the slack board and you guys had taken a look at everything from recreation to bike pad to wastewater and heard a lot of different things sort of along the way and a lot of those weren't necessarily in your real house but I think you served as a great off-lites person for receiving that information and so a lot of that got handed off to the slack board versus the slack entity for this and you're focusing on just the zone and I think some of what you had heard and it was in the town plan was just to take a look at um some of the things that have been an issue over on waslater drive, heights of buildings, massing, use of the lake. It's all zone R2 so you're taking a look really doing any malleable uses it was really just the setbacks and so one of the things that I had regional planning for air and this is something that you can take up later is taking a look at what those setbacks look like as applied to some of the structures so a 15 foot and a 20 foot and so we began to sort of look into these sort of dimensional standards so table of uses is pretty simple keep everything residential the way it is now um dimensional standards um taking a look at maybe the lesser quick hair setback along the lake side and a greater one of 20 feet along the non-lake side to allow for bike head improvements in the future and also taking a look at you can do just simply along the non-lake side there's a lot of work so we so I collected all this information over the intervening year I had started to draft text that could create Ellis one or Ellis three and four districts for this area so I've had that drafted it's there for you guys to start to roll through at some point it incorporates a lot of what was in the Ellis one and Ellis two for design standards and we even have a draft map that we can go with but that's going to be for the next that hopefully go with but I think that when you guys are ready and when there's a staff person I hope that there's consistency in this board to help shepherd that new person through we have great staff Zach and Renee are on board they know what's going on um so you're not starting from scratch and so I'm happy to answer any questions or thoughts people had on that draft but I'm hopefully going to leave it on the shelf for good hands with these two and also with you and yours all right no it's uh no no did you have any questions or thank you for leaving in these capable hands all right I think the key thing is going to be that when the time comes it's not very visit all you had done the MBI it's just to focus on the zoning and the other thing that I'll just bring up now is I think there were concerns about and we had taken a look at and we began to discuss this what's there is there and there's a certain grandfather and you can't force people to comply by a certain date so you're going to have to work towards existing and recognize that and there are some tools that you ever want to go to strap in terms of um regulate how many building permits be issued in a year if you're concerned about how rapid additional growth could be but all the bills that we've done is only up to under the current zoning 50 units in this entire area for bill which is not whole lot so that's a conversation for later and there are some tools there if you need them but this is just a straight zoning proposal and this is contemplating sort of growth restrictions or things like that it just is really saying in the place dimensional standards design standards and really trying to preserve character of the area which I think was overwhelmingly what people were most concerned about all right all right I'll make motion for the best all right all right um all in favor all right but let's have two sets for us to so yes I do actually it's sorry the first time I've I think no you guys have actually signed the previous set yes they're on the box so this is the first time that we've actually had to sign in person I think that would be exciting all right back to information so there's a little bit of everything in there I'm happy to go through any of it but there is a notice from Burlington about their combined development importance a notice for a tower 43 Main Street our main monthly report from planning zoning south here ahead of notice regulation changes any questions of fact information I'll just sort of chime in and say in terms of future agendas you're going into hibernation again for a little bit they have advertised my position this is my last meeting with people say that it's the people I'm going to miss the most people just heard I've had excellent words to work with and I very much value that and that's what's kept me going here and just I miss you guys but it's been a good run and I think I'm leading in capable hands and it's been so nice having Zach back as an intern and now he's just taken the reins of development planner and just one with it every day's pitch hitting and planning zoning for the time being they have advertisement position I believe that they're going to try to get some of your board as soon as possible so so what is technically your last day Thursday yeah okay yes I start in Fairfax on Monday so don't rest I can't think in a great job for the town it's been a great informational wonderful experience having you with your knowledge helping us guide us through our town I think we made a lot of great decisions over the course of your time here and it's much appreciative the town's going to be losing a big asset thanks but it's um it's sort of right back at you because what's made my run here so good has really been the words I've worked with and that you all collaborate we're all involved in your community um and you all work together that is so valuable you don't get that dynamic in every community and that's part of what truly makes culture special so just right back at you guys keep on