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34 <br /> APPROVED 10/6/99 <br /> PLANNING BOARD MINUTES <br /> SEPTEMBER 1,1999 <br /> MEMBERS PRESENT: Karen Barrows(Chair),Leo Allison,Barry Katz,Howard <br /> McAdams,Jim Selkirk,Bob Strayhom. . <br /> MEMBERS ABSENT: Lynn Holtkamp,.Onie Lea,Runyon Woods. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Craig Benedict,Karen Lincoln,Robert Davis,Jim Hinkley,Jane <br /> Garrett,Debra Graham. <br /> AGENDA ITEM#1: CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br /> Barrows called the meeting to order at approximately 7:40 p.m. <br /> AGENDA ITEM#2: CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONS TO AGENDA <br /> AGENDA ITEM#3: .APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> August 4,1999 <br /> Lincoln added to the August 4, 1999 minutes,page 4,insert after fourth paragraph: <br /> Selkirk asked if there was a problem with steepness of the property so that the proposed property <br /> line(of lot 6A) could not be moved from the(northeast)corner to (some point along)the private <br /> road (so that both lots would be regularly shaped lots having access on Sparrow.Hawk Crest).. <br /> Hines responded that there was not and that the proposed property line could be moved. <br /> Barrows referred to Sketch C on page 25 (sketch submitted by the applicant) and stated that <br /> looking at the anticipated house sites and drives on both lots, it does not appear to be much <br /> farther to extend a driveway to Sparrow Hawk Crest (from Lot 6A to Sparrow Hawk Crest with <br /> respect to extending a driveway to Sparrow Hawk Crest from New Lot 6)so that, if a drive can be <br /> constructed from Sparrow Hawk Crest(to proposed.house site on New Lot 6) for one it could be <br /> done for the other.(proposed_house site on Lot 6A). She stated that, based on staff observation, <br /> the access from Ode Turner is also steep(the topographical conditions along Ode Turner Road to <br /> the house site are similar to the topographical conditions along Sparrow Hawk Crest). <br /> Allison asked.if the terrain were such that you could not get a road in there(from Sparrow Hawk . <br /> Crest to proposed house site on Lot 6A). Lincoln responded that a driveway from Sparrow Hawk. <br /> may cost a little more (than a driveway from Ode Turner Road) because of the terrain,.but it <br /> could be done. <br /> Selkirk reiterated that the distance between the two house sites from Sparrow Hawk Crest is not <br /> that much different so it would seem that the terrain is amenable to constructing a driveway and a <br /> driveway could be done(constructed from Sparrow Hawk Crest to the proposed house site on Lot <br /> 6A)without that much of a problem. <br /> Benedict pointed out that the.Subdivision Regulations promote the subdivision of land to be off <br /> access roads so as not to burden the existing public roads. He noted that this is what the Planning <br /> Staff s point of view was in the abstract and they are asking the Board to agree with that point of <br /> view. The regulations use words like`.`promote"and"encourage"because they are not fashioned <br /> on a case by case basis and cannot provide an exact language for each particular situation. <br />