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MINUTES OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING HELD 2/5/09 Present: Tom Morris, Chairman, Lisa Firstenberg, Vice Chairman, Don McCormick, George Moran, John Chase, Kristina Costa and Mary Ann Loncto, Secretary Others Present: Tom Walsh Al Cappelli Trustee Calabrese Michele Greig Jay Paggi John Fenton Jim Horan Angel Barros Daniel Mayet Mike Novick Jeanne DiPolito Fran DiPolito Jennifer Van Tuyl Joe Sarchino Carlo Caladara Wayne Zuckerman Tom Snell Lou Snell Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Motion by Mr. McCormick, seconded by Mr. Moran to accept the minutes from the January 2009 meeting. Unanimously carried except for Mr. Morris who abstained because he was absent from the meeting. LIBERTY TAX OFFICE, ROUTE First on the agenda was the proposal from Liberty Tax Office for a new sign. Code Enforcement Officer stated that Liberty Tax Office is in violation with a court date of February 24, 2009 for a temporary banner that was hung without a permit. Mr. Morris asked if the banner was still there and Mr. Fenton stated yes it was. Mr. McCormick made a motion to deny the proposed until Liberty Tax Office comes into conformance with the ordinance, seconded by Mr. Moran. Unanimously carried. RENNHACK OFFICE BUILDING, 24 OLD ROUTE 9 Next on the agenda was a discussion with Mr. Al Cappelli regarding the Rennhacks using office space on upper floor of their building for the swimming pool business at 24 Old Route 9. Mr. Cappelli stated he was at the Planning Board four years ago for the building – it was designed with a small little attic space – at the time the Rennhacks who own a swimming pool company were going to put their retail business in there – instead they were approached by Maine Technical Source who rented the entire building from them. What the owners of the building (Rennhacks) would like to do is not to open a retail establishment which was their original intention but they would like to go upstairs and use the attic space for a business office for themselves. Mr. Morris asked if this was part of the original site plan approval for parking included this business and Mr. Cappelli stated no it was not. Mr. Cappelli went on to state that when the Rennhack project and the Bostwick project next door the conclusion we all came to was that the owners would have to come back to the Planning Board with every new tenant to make sure that the parking requirements satisfied the Planning Board. On the Rennhack site the parking requirements were not met for retail sales. Presently there are 21 spaces on site and 27 spaces are required – the tenant has 6 employees. It was stated that the space being proposed for office space is 1500 sq. ft. and according to the code 1 space is required for each 300 sq. ft. of floor area so another 5 spaces would be required. It was stated that there was a cross-easement between both the Bostwicks property and Rennhacks property for parking. Mr. Fenton stated Mr. Cappelli should put together a proposal for the parking, he would review it and if a variance is necessary Mr. Cappelli can go to the ZBA. Mr. Moran made a motion to deny the request because the parking does not conform with the Code, seconded by Mr. McCormick. Unanimously carried.