Provincetown Planning Board
and LCP Implementation
Committee Joint Meeting
October
24, 2001
5:00
p.m.
Cape
Cod Commission: Martha Hevenor
Planning
Board: Mindy Baransky, Ellen Battaglini, Anne
Howard, and
Richard Olson
LCPIC: Mindy Baransky,
Sally Brophy, Anne Howard,
and Ted Malone
Board
of Health: Mark Baker
Town Staff: Warren Alexander, Gary
Delius, and Judith Oset.
Those
absent: John Paul Grunz, (excused)
Anne Howard called the meeting to order
at 5:07 p.m.
Meeting Agenda
Agenda
Item
Review objective and provide handouts for members of Growth Management review boards and staff and establish dates/times of next meeting(s)
Judith Oset handed out several charts dealing with solid waste and pumping frequencies; the charts showed dramatic increases during the months of July and August as might be expected. The outgoing water superintendent and the head of the DPW had been invited to the meeting. It was thought that their input could have been valuable.
General consensus of the committees involved was that the next meeting must be
scheduled soon in order to fulfill the November 15th deadline for
presentation to the Board of Selectmen (BoS). The next meeting is scheduled for October 31st
(as in Halloween)!
Agenda Item
Continued discussion of strategy for implementation of the vote of Town meeting to approve the following article:
The Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000, to be expended under the direction of the Director of Regulatory Management for the funding of the Cape Cod Commission's assistance to the Town, the Planning Board and the Local Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee, under a Memorandum of Understanding, in performing a comprehensive update of the Town of Provincetown Zoning By-laws, Subdivision Regulations, and Sign Code in a manner consistent with the Local Comprehensive Plan. Said update of the by-laws and regulations to be subject to public hearings conducted by the Planning Board and approval by Town Meeting Vote.
Judith Oset told the gathered committees that the most recent water consumption data rate was not yet available. She did have a bit of information from Craig Weigand. He forecast that by next year the Water Department will have control of all the leaks; Craig also said that restaurants make the big difference in water consumption, not condos. Nonetheless, Dana Faris, the Assessor, is running a study on condo conversions. Dana will have input at a later date.
Mark Baker wondered if Pat Fitzpatrick, the Tourism Director, had any numbers available from tourism. It was then thought that the Chamber of Commerce would be the best source of tourism information.
To complete the Growth Management picture some pertinent questions were asked, i.e., parking lot information (#s), police responses, etc.
Article VII was discussed and further explained by Warren Alexander as it dealt with adult entertainment and nudity..
Kopelman & Paige sent in a decision on signs. K & P said the Town can take it out of the general by-laws. It was thought to be a controversial issue but business owners would have five years to conform which may help.
Richard Olson wanted clarification on the term “artist’s studio.” Warren responded by saying that definitions are not helpful in cases like this?
Design Standards came under scrutiny next.
Ted Malone felt it should move up to Article II. All design standards are part of the community character so placing it in that category might be helpful.
Scale Calculations were then discussed. Gary has designed a program for the Assessors Department and it makes calculations easy to come by. Judith felt there should also be an explanation and definition of zones and what they mean.
Richard Olson had a suggestion that perhaps a statement in the introduction to the by-laws stating that anything in caps will be found in the Definitions section.
Judith told the group that she felt the BoS would be looking for specifics as the by-laws dealt with the proposed Health Care Campus.
Next the “change of use” by-law came under discussion. Richard Olson felt this might be the manner in which condo conversion could be addressed.
Judith said that formatting in general is what the group is going to have to look at.
Martha Hevenor said she had had a discussion with other members at the Cape Cod Commission regarding renting out a home and if it should come under Business – as in “use for profit”
She has talked to Don Schmidt about it and he’s going to check on some court cases – and, of course – the enforcement issue is huge.
Gary felt the key is to tie property rental to the rental agent; they should see if the people are licensed, etc. Also Gary wondered aloud if “whereas” in every paragraph was necessary?
Ted, in discussing the Affordable Housing category, thought it may need to be looked at because there are a myriad of people who come under the category “moderate” and because of this they can neither qualify for affordable housing nor can they afford to buy. He suggested that the “moderate” category might by 80% of the HUD guidelines? Everyone admitted it was a difficult issue.
Approval of August 29 minutes and September 26 minutes.
Motion: Richard Olson made two separate
motions: 1) to approve the minutes of
the August 29th meeting, and 2) to approve the minutes of the
September 26th meeting.
The 1st
motion was seconded by Mindy Baransky, the 2nd motion was seconded
by Ellen Battaglini and both were unanimously approved.
A motion to adjourn
was made at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Evelyn
Gaudiano
Evelyn Rogers Gaudiano
Approved by _____________________________________ on _________________
Anne Howard, Chairman
date