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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Development Review Board - 03/17/2020DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD 17 MARCH 2020 The South Burlington Development Review Board held a regular meeting on Tuesday, 17 March 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset Street. MEMBERS PRESENT: M. Cota, Chair; The remaining Board members, B. Sullivan, J. Wilking, M. Behr, D. Philibert, J. Langan, E. Portman participated via phone ALSO PRESENT: D. Hall, Administrative Officer; M. Keene, Development Review Planner; H. Auclair; the following persons participated via Go to Meeting: A. Gill, E. Langfeldt, K. Johnson, D. Walrath ***Mr. Cota noted the arrangement for this meeting was to address health concerns. Board members participated via phone as could members of the public and presenters.*** 1. Directions on emergency evacuation procedures from conference room: Mr. Cota provided directions on emergency evacuation procedures. 2. Additions, deletions, or changes in order of agenda items: No changes were made to the agenda. 3. Comments and questions from the public not related to the Agenda: No issues were raised. 4. Announcements: There were no announcements. 5. Continued Final Plat Application #SD-19-31 of R. L. Vallee, Inc., to consolidate two lots of 0.36 acres and 0.59 acres into one lot for the purpose of constructing an expanded service station and retail sales and restaurant building, 793 and 907 Shelburne Road: Mr. Cota and Mr. Sullivan recused themselves. Mr. Behr advised that the applicant had requested a continuation until 21 April. Mr. Wilking moved to continue SD-19-31 until 21 April 2020. Ms. Portman seconded. Motion passed unanimously. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD 17 MARCH 2020 PAGE 2 6. Conditional Use Application #CU-20-01 of Skada Builders to construct a 598 sq. ft. addition to an existing two-story house. The addition will be located above the existing driveway and consists of a first-story mudroom and carport and a second story habitable space, 42 Central Avenue: The applicant indicated that the correct square footage is 586 sq. ft. Ms. Keene said the Findings of Fact will be amended to reflect this. Ms. Dawn asked why there were no staff notes and just a decision. Ms. Keene said that sometimes staff gets applications that are very “clean” in which case staff goes straight to a draft decision. Mr. Wilking asked if the neighbors are OK with view corridors, shading, etc. The applicant said she had spoken with all of the neighbors, and they are unanimously fine with the application and voted to not attend the DRB meeting. The neighbor to the north was “thrilled” with the design, and the neighbor to the south is OK with it. She added they tried to do something as open as possible, so the construction below is open with the studio space up top. Mr. Wilking felt the plans are better than what the Board usually sees. Mr. Behr liked the project. He did ask whether the unit could be converted to an apartment in the future. The applicant said it is not designed that way. It is part of the existing home and just for her own studio use. Ms. Hall noted a conversion could not happen without approval. No other issues were raised. Mr. Cota moved to close CU-20-01. Ms. Philibert seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 7. Final Plat Application #SD-19-33 of Heather Auclair to subdivide an existing undeveloped 194 acre parcel and an existing 0.37 acre parcel developed with a single family home into two parcels of 191 acres (Lot #1) and 3.43 acre (Lot #2) for the purpose of consolidating the existing septic and lawn area for the 0.37 acre parcel onto a single parcel (Lot #2), 1650 Hinesburg Road: Mr. Langan recused himself due to a potential conflict of interest. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD 17 MARCH 2020 PAGE 3 Ms. Auclair explained that they want to extend the borders and draw a straight line across in order to consolidate the septic and lawn areas for the 0.37 acre parcel. No issues were raised. Mr. Cota moved to close SD-19-33. Mr. Wilking seconded. Motion passed 6-0. Mr. Langan rejoined the Board. 8. Rescheduled sketch plan application #SD-20-08 of O’Brien Farm Road, LLC, to subdivide five existing lots totaling 85.44 acres, one of which is developed with an existing barn, into seven lots ranging from 0.51 acres (Lot 18) to 37.3 acres (Lot 5) for the purpose of transferring ownership and better aligning parcel boundaries with zoning districts, 500 Old Farm Road: Mr. Wilking recused himself due to a potential conflict of interest. Ms. Philibert noted she is an abutter but far away from this area. There was no objection to her continuing to serve on the Board for this application. Mr. Langfeldt said they have submitted some supplemental information. This is just a simple subdivision in order to consolidate ownership for the 85 acres that are not already approved for development. The eventual plan is a for a walkable mixed use project. A map of the site was shown and the intersection of Kimball Avenue and Kennedy Drive was indicated. Ms. Keene stressed that this application is for the subdivision only, not to approve the Master Plan. She also stressed that the lots will be considered one lot for the time being. Mr. Gill showed an exhibit where each proposed lot was a different color. There are 8 different lots proposed. Staff comments were then addressed as follows: 1. Has the lot division occurred based on zoning lines? Mr. Langfeldt noted they will be requesting the Board allow them to apply the zoning of the adjacent district up to 50’ into the adjacent district, as allowed under the LDRs, and with that 50’ taken into consideration the lots would be along zoning boundaries. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD 17 MARCH 2020 PAGE 4 2. The applicant agreed to show the outer boundary of each lot at the next review. 3. Lot 18 doesn’t meet the minimum lot size. Its use was questioned. Mr. Gill said that lot will become larger when the road gets rerouted. They will be requesting the DRB consider all of lot 18 as in the R-12 district which would make it developable. Ms. Keene noted that a road isn’t automatically part of a lot. Mr. Gill said it will be part of the request at the next hearing. Ms. Keene said Staff will look into whether the Board can allow a too-small lot because no development is proposed. 4. and 5. Lots 17 & 18 are in the previously approved PUD but not part of the previous master plan. Mr. Langfeldt asked if they needed to amend the PUD as well. Mr. Gill said if the notice of conditions from 2016 ties those lots to another development, they should be amending that. They can amend the notice of conditions, but are wondering if there is a simpler way to do it. Ms. Keene said they can amend the notice of conditions without amending the PUD. The Board asked if the applicant is considering one lot either side of Old Farm Road? For zoning purposes, this is being considered one lot. Mr. Langfeldt said that recording a notice of conditions for these lots is one more hurdle to get over. If it’s necessary, they are OK with it. The Board was OK with the applicant not recording a new notice of conditions for this property. No other issues were raised. Mr. Wilking rejoined the Board. 9. Minutes of 29 January 2019: It was noted that in one place the year 2020 should read 2019. Mr. Cota moved to approve the Minutes of 29 January 2019 as amended. Mr. Wilking seconded. Motion passed 5-0 with Ms. Philibert and Mr. Langan abstaining. 10. Other Business: No other business was presented. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD 17 MARCH 2020 PAGE 5 As there was no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned by common consent at 8:05 p.m. These minutes were approved by the Board on April 7, 2020.