Planning Commission Minutes 05/28/13
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Town of Boonsboro
21 North Main Street
Boonsboro, Maryland 21713
Telephone: (301) 432-5141
Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Commission
TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
PRESENT: Commission Members: Chairman W. Carvel Wright, Secretary Kim Koerting, David Ambrose, David Parmelee and Dan Ebersole
Absent: Vice-Chairman Rob Maricle, Steve Jamison, and Mayor and Council Liaison Howard Long
Staff Member: Megan Clark, Town Planner
PRESIDING: Chairman W. Carvel Wright called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Chairman W. Carvel Wright declared the meeting minutes of the April 23, 2013 Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission approved as submitted.
NEW BUSINESS
SITE PLAN APPROVAL: Boonsboro High School Track Renovations
The site plan proposes to resurface the existing seven lane track and two event runaways, with an alternate plan to add an eighth lane, shoulders, and a shot put pad.
Ed Schreiber, with Frederick, Siebert, and Associates, stated more than likely the just the resurfacing project will go through, since the alternate bid came in higher than expected.
Town Planner Clark stated since the amount of disturbance for the additional lane and shoulders is over 2,000 square feet; a site plan is required to be approved. She stated the plan meets all the criteria of the zoning and subdivision regulations.
MOTION by Secretary Koerting, seconded by Member Ambrose, to APPROVE THE SITE PLAN FOR THE BOONSBORO HIGH SCHOOL TRACK RENOVATIONS CONTINGENT UPON ALL OTHER APPLICABLE AGENCY APPROVALS. Motion passed unanimously.
DISCUSSION
ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE
Town Planner Clark presented a draft article to the Zoning Ordinance for Planned Neighborhood Development (PND) regulations. She stated a PND allows flexibility for development over five acres, in terms of the locations of the types of dwelling units and commercial uses within the proposed development. The underlying zoning would still be applied for the types of uses and overall density of the development, but the layout and lot sizes would be up to the determination of the developer, and subject to Planning Commission approval.
The Planning Commission discussed the proposal and felt the regulations should be included in the revised Zoning Ordinance.
PLANNING AND ZONING UPDATES
The Planning Commission discussed the statuses of the Sycamore Run development and AC&T redevelopment proposals.
CITIZEN COMMENT
NONE
COMMISSION MEMBER’S COMMENT
NONE
ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Wright declared the meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Megan Clark,
Town Planner/Zoning Administrator