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Planning Board Agenda – 11/12/24

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Walpole Planning Board Agenda

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

7 pm

Town Hall 

Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed.

Call to order: 

Minutes: Review minutes of the October 2024 meeting and October Joint Meeting minutes.

Old Business:

Public Hearing No. 1. Elm and Pleasant LLC propose a Lot Line Adjustment for property at the corner of Pleasant and Elm Streets, Town Map 20, Lot 32 and Town Map 22, Lot 3 in the Residential B District. After the boundary line adjustment the lot with the apartment will be 1.3 acres and the field will be 18 acres, a change of 7 acres. Road frontage on Pleasant Street is 236.93 feet. Although not marked on the plat, road frontage on Main Street for Lot 2 is more than on Pleasant Street.  

Public Hearing No. 2. John McKee Pratt Revocable Trust proposes a subdivision on Reservoir Road, rural/ag district, Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1 will now be 26.07 acres with 268.75 feet of road frontage. It is currently a horse farm. The adjacent area to this lot is an Agricultural Easement for the benefit of Lot 1. This lot is 2.20 acres. The second lot, Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1-2, will be 15.44 acres with 200 feet of road frontage. 

Public Hearing No. 3. The Planning Board has drafted a zoning amendment to be placed on the town warrant that excludes formula businesses in the commercial district, Section 6, of Downtown Walpole Village, Article VI. Formula businesses include retail sales and restaurants that regulate by contractual or other arrangements certain standardized features that may include uniforms, logos, interior or exterior design, array of services or merchandise, menus, ingredients and food preparation. 

New Business:

Subdivision for Dunkin property at 418 Main Street. Four lots. Request for public hearing.

Chad E. Branon, Commercial Development on property next to Dollar General.

Fieldstone

Walpole Foundation:  Community Room

Workshop:  Tuesday, Joint meeting November 26 at 7 pm.

Next meeting: December 10, 2024.

Planning Board & Zoning Board Joint Meeting Minutes – 10/22/24

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JOINT MEETING MINUTES

OCTOBER 22, 2024 

Town Hall 7 pm 

Present:

Planning Board: Chair Jeff Miller, Vice-Chair Dennis Marcom, Clerk Jason Perron, Joanna Andros, Select Board Representative Steve Dalessio. 

Zoning Board of Adjustment: Chair Tom Murray, Clerk Pauline Barnes, Shane O’Keefe and Tom Winmill. 

Southwest Region Planning Commission: Executive Director Todd Horner, senior planner Carol Ogilvie. 

Mr. Miller called the meeting to order at 7 pm. 

Tonight’s discussion was about amendments to the Zoning Ordinances that will be put on the 2025 warrant. The final language will be presented to the members of the Planning Board and Zoning Board for approval at the November 26th meeting of the Joint Committee. A public hearing on the document will be held in December 2024. January 10, 2025 is the last date that any hearing can be held for an item to be placed on the warrant. 

There are eight (8) proposed amendments to go on the warrant. Following is a brief description of each amendment, 

Amendment 1: Reorganize and clarify the material in the Walpole Zoning Ordinances to make it easier to understand the document and to conform to current RSAS. 

Amendment 2: Add the following language to Article IV – General Provisions, and renumber accordingly: “No building, structure, or land shall be used for any purpose or in any manner other than that which is permitted in the district in which it is located.” 

Amendment 3. Amend Article XVII – Definitions for Nonconforming Use and adding definitions for Nonconforming Lot, and Nonconforming structure. 

Amendment 4. Amend Article X – Nonconforming Uses by amending Paragraph C as follows and adding a new Paragraph E. 

  • Example: Paragraph C: A nonconforming lot may not be voluntarily reduced in size: however, a nonconforming lot may be increased in size. 

Amendment 5: List of the powers of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. 

Amendment 6: Amend Article IV (General Provision E. Removal of Sand and Gravel) by replacing Zoning Board of Adjustment as the regulator of sand and gravel permits and assigning that responsibility to the Planning Board. 

Article 7: Amend Article IV (General Provisions D. Signs) as follows: 

All signs require review by the Planning Board as follows: 

  1. If the sign is associated with a site plan that is before the Planning Board, it shall be approved as part of the site plan. 
  2. Changed or updates to signs (except for content) require review and approval by the Planning Board at a regular board meeting. 

Amendment 8: Amend Article IV – General Provisions Paragraph F and Article IX, Paragraph B to reassign administrative and enforcement responsibilities from the Zoning Board to the Select Board. 

  • Amend Article IV F. Trailers and Mobile Homes 
  • Amend Article IX Timberland District Uses Permitted any use permitted…. A building may only be constructed in this District provided a permit is obtained from the Select Board or designee whose duty it shall be to grant such permit. 

The Table of Permitted Uses, while a useful tool for determining what is and is not permitted in a particular zoning district, is not part of the actual zoning ordinances document. 

The group adjourned at 8 pm and plan to meet again on the 4th Tuesday of November. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Marilou Blaine, WPB Secretary 

Planning Board Public Notice

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WALPOLE PLANNING BOARD
PUBLIC NOTICE

You are hereby notified of the following three Public Hearings to be held on November 12, 2024 at 7 pm in the Town Hall. The following applications will be reviewed for completion by the Board and a Public Hearing will be held.

Public Hearing No. 1. Elm and Pleasant LLC propose a Lot Line Adjustment for property at the corner of Pleasant and Elm Streets, Town Map 20, Lot 32 and Town Map 22, Lot 3 in the Residential B District. After the boundary line adjustment the lot with the apartment will be 1.3 acres and the field will be 18 acres, a change of 7 acres.

Public Hearing No. 2. John McKee Pratt Revocable Trust proposes a subdivision on Reservoir Road. Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1 will now be 26.07 acres with 268.75 feet of road frontage. It is currently a horse farm. The adjacent area to this lot is an Agricultural Easement for the benefit of Lot 1. This lot is 2.20 acres. The second lot, Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1-2, will be 15.44 acres with 200 feet of road frontage.

Public Hearing No. 3. The Planning Board has drafted a zoning amendment to be placed on the town warrant that excludes formula businesses in the commercial district, Section 6, of Downtown Walpole Village, Article VI. Formula businesses include retail sales and restaurants that regulate by contractual or other arrangements certain standardized features that may include uniforms, logos, interior or exterior design, array of services or merchandise, menus, ingredients and food preparation.

All townspeople and interested parties are encouraged to attend. To be heard on this matter, you or a duly authorized agent must either attend the hearing in person or submit your comments in writing, prior to the hearing to the Planning Board, PO Box 729, Walpole, NH 03608.

If final action is delayed or the hearing continued, the application will remain on the agenda for the following Planning Board meeting, or until a decision is reached, without further notice. A plat of the property and the application are available for public inspection at the Town Offices. Meeting minutes and public notices are posted inside the Town Hall and on the bulletin board outside the Post Office.

Marilou Blaine
WPB Secretary

Planning Board Meeting Minutes – 10/8/24

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WALPOLE PLANNING BOARD MINUTES

OCTOBER 8, 2024 AT 7PM IN THE TOWN HALL

Roll Call: Present: Board members Chair Jeff Miller, Clerk Jason Perron, Jeff Harrington, Trevor
MacLachlan, Joanna Andros. Alternates Travis Adams and Bill Carmody. Absent: Board member Vice- Chair Dennis Marcom and Select Board Representative Steve Dalessio.

Also a the meeting were presenters Wendy Pelletier and Joe DiBernardo.

Call to Order: Mr. Miller called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Mr. Miller asked Alternate Bill Carmody to fill in for absent board member, Dennis Marcom. He agreed.

Minutes of September 2024 and Joint meeting minutes with members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and two representatives of Southwest Region Planning Commission Executive Director Todd Horner and Senior Planner Carol Ogilvie. Mr. Harrington made a motion to approved these minutes as printed. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS

Request for a Public Hearing Boundary Line Adjustment: Elm and Pleasant LLC propose a Lot Line Adjustment for property (apartment house) at the corner of Pleasant and Elm Streets.

Presenter was Wendy Pelletier of Cardinal Surveying and Land Planning. Ms. Pelletier said that the lot with the apartment house on it owned by Elm and Pleasant LLC..The property is Town Map 20, Lot 32 and Town Map 22, Lot 3 in the Residential B District. After the boundary line adjustment the lot with the apartment will be 1.3 acres and the open lot with the barn will be 18 acres. They were originally 7.3 acres and 11 acres respectively. Frontage on Pleasant Street is 236.93 feet and the road frontage on Main Street is not noted on the plat but the length is longer than the road frontage on Pleasant Street lot so it fulfills the requirement of 150 feet frontage in the Residential B District.

Mr. Harrington made a motion to hold a public hearing for a Boundary Line Adjustment for the property at the corner of Elm and Pleasant Streets in November. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Request for a Public Hearing: Subdivision for John McKee Pratt Revocable Trust on Reservoir Road.

Surveyor Joe DiBernardo explained that the property is at the end of Reservoir Road, on the southeast side of the road, and is part of the John McKee Revocable Trust. Timothy Karpoff, executor of Jack Pratt’s estate and the trustee of the John M. Pratt Irrevocable Trust sent a letter indicating he was aware of the subdivision application. Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1 will now be 26.07 acres with 268.75 feet of road frontage. It is currently a horse farm. The adjacent area to this lot is an Agricultural Easement for the benefit of Lot 1. This lot is 2.20 acres. The second lot, Tax Map 11, Lot No. 1-2, is 15.44 acres with 200 feet of road frontage. The driveway into Lot 2 is part of the frontage. The rear boundary line of both properties abuts properties on Ramsay Road. If you continue on Reservoir Road, the land is in Conservation Easement.

Mr. Harrington made a motion to hold a public hearing for a subdivision for the John McKee Pratt
Revocable Trust property in November. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS

Finalize Draft Zoning Amendment

The Planning Board has drafted a zoning amendment that excludes formula businesses in the commercial district, Section 6, of Downtown Walpole Village, Article VI. Formula businesses include retail sales and restaurants that regulate by contractual or other arrangements certain standardized features that may include uniforms, logos, interior or exterior design, array of services or merchandise, menus, ingredients and food preparation. If approved, this zoning amendment will go on the warrant at Town Meeting in March 2025.

Mr. Harrington made a motion to hold a public hearing on the Zoning Amendment to exclude formula businesses and restaurants in the Downtown Village Commercial District in November. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Reminder: Joint workshop on Thursday, October 22 at 7 pm with ZBA and SWRPC.

Adjournment: Mr. Harrington made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Perron second the motion and the motion carried.

These minutes are unapproved and will be reviewed in November for corrections.

Respectfully submitted,
Marilou Blaine
WPB Secretary

Planning Board Agenda – 10/8/24

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Walpole Planning Board Agenda
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7 pm in the Town Hall

Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed.

Call to order:

Minutes: Review minutes of the September 2024 meeting and Joint Meeting minutes.

Old Business:

Finalize Draft Zoning Amendment

Finalize District 6 on map of commercial district in Walpole Village District. Recheck warrant article. Request a public hearing for November.

Workshop: Joint meeting Tuesday, October 22 at 7 pm.

Next meeting: November 12, 2024.