Planning Board
Town of Princeton, MA Planning Board
Meeting Minutes
September 6, 2023
Town Hall Annex and GoToMeeting
Board Members present in-person: Rud Mason, John Mirick, Ann Neuburg, and Tom Sullivan, and Alternate Members Corey Burnham Howard and Larry DeBlois
Board Members present, remote: none
Absent: Member Ian Catlow
Public Participation, in person: none
Public Participation, remote: Josh Olson
Call to order: 7:30 PM
ANR Plan for vacant land across from 49/51 Beaman Road
Josh Olson from GRAZ Engineering presented a plan to divide approximately 15 acres across from 49/51 Beaman Road into three lots. The plan shows that each lot as sufficient frontage and area, and that there are no wetlands.
MOTION to give ANR endorsement to the plan
Motion: Ann Neuburg; second: Rud Mason
Vote: unanimous
Discussion of ANR Requirements
The Board continued the discussion of requirements for ANR endorsements, including a hypothetical situation in which a landowner seeks to redraw lot lines to create a separate lot with no frontage but with an existing building. It was the sense of the Board that if there were two existing buildings that pre-dated the adoption of the Subdivision Control Law, then under Ch. 41 S. 81L the creation of the new lots with one building on each lot might not be a subdivision and might qualify for an ANR endorsement. It was the sense of the Board that any lot on which a new building was proposed had to meet the area and frontage requirements of Section VI of the Zoning By-Laws. Because there was no pending application, the Board did not have to take a position.
The Board reviewed and commented upon Corey’s draft guidelines for ANR applications. Corey will now work with Kolette on including those guidelines in information that will be made available to persons seeking an ANR endorsement. The procedures in the Board’s Rules and Regulations will need to be amended to be consistent with the guidelines.
Master Plan
Ann reported that the first three sections of the revised Master Plan are likely to be ready for circulation and comment by the end of September.
High Density Residential Zoning
John reported that he has been asked to meet with CMRPC which is doing “compliance modeling” of Princeton’s proposed plan to meet the Ch. 40A sec. 3A requirements.
Housing Plan Implementation.
Ann reported that the committee has not yet met.
Review and Approve meeting minutes of August 16, 2023
MOTION to approve minutes
Motion: Tom Sullivan; second: John Mirick
Vote: unanimous
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be September 20, 2023.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
MOTION to adjourn passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
John Mirick
Documents reviewed: ANR Plan and Application for Beaman Road property
Sketch of hypothetical division with a building on a lot with no frontage
Draft Guidelines for ANR process
Draft revision to Rules and Regulations for ANR applications
Draft Minutes for August 16, 2023 meeting