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