The Marion Planning Board met on Monday to discuss a land-parcel swap, the Special Permit for the Toll Brothers plot at 78 Wareham Road, comments to the Zoning Board of Appeals over Heron Cove Estate’s development, and the draft of the Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations.
An Approval Not Required hearing for lot lines at 9 Pleasant Street began, with Bob Rogers of GAF Engineering speaking on behalf of the applicant. Due to an agreement between the owners of 3 Pleasant Street and 9 Pleasant Street, a swapping of equal-sized land portions would take place between the two properties. Rogers explained frontage and total area of both properties would remain the same, but two parcels, referred to as “Parcel A” and “Parcel B,” would be swapped. As approval is not required, the representative sought the endorsement of the Planning Board as well as the plan being put in the public record and being used in the deed descriptions of both properties. Without question, the Planning Board voted in favor of the proposal and signed the plans.
Next was the Continued Public Hearing for an amendment to the Major Site Plan and Special Permit for the Toll Brothers’ work at 78 Wareham Road. This hearing was again continued, this time to Monday, October 20, per request of the applicant.
Keeping with the Toll Brothers, the Planning Board then accepted a Field Engineering Peer Review Invoice of $3,910 paid by the developer for consulting at 78 Wareham Road.
The board then moved to make comments on the recently continued variance hearing from the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals for Heron Cove Estates LLC’s work on their plot on Wareham Road. That hearing was continued by the ZBA to December 11, as the applicant’s representatives felt a vote against the variance was likely and needed more time to deliberate. The Planning Board declined to offer more comments, as their previously given discussion still stands.
Finally, there was a discussion and review of the Draft Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations scheduled. Much of this review was pushed to the Planning Board’s next meeting to allow more time to check on neighboring towns and their own similar plans. Chair Andrew Daniel also requested Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee talk with town attorneys about consistency in the wording of various sections of the Draft Stormwater Management plan and the MS4, especially highlighting possible redundancies. Guey-Lee clarified, saying “it is not about wording. It’s about how (the two potential bylaws) interact with each other.” He added, “do we need to do anything to either to accommodate one or the other?”
The next meeting of the Marion Planning Board will be held on Monday, October 20 at 7:00 pm in the Marion Police Department Conference Room.
Marion Planning Board
By Sam Bishop