{"id":1430,"date":"2014-02-10T03:19:56","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T03:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2024-06-20T05:25:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T05:25:23","slug":"rcl-zba-meeting-notes-jan-8-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"RCL ZBA Meeting Notes Jan. 8, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<p>PDF Version:&Acirc;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ZBAnotes010814revBfinal.pdf\">ZBAnotes010814revBfinal<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>NOTES OF JANUARY 8, 2014 RYE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Final Revision B &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; Provided by the Rye Civic League<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>Present from ZBA:&Acirc;&nbsp; Chairman Frank Drake, Vice Chairman Ray Jarvis, Clerk Shawn Crapo, and Members Patty Weathersby and Burt Dibble.<\/p>\n<p>Also present:&Acirc;&nbsp; Kim Reed, Planning Administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Present from the public:&Acirc;&nbsp; Joe Cummins, Peter Crawford (left early), and person representing Charles Kelly (Shannon Alther, AIA)<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&acirc;&euro;&trade;s note:&Acirc;&nbsp; This meeting was video recorded and is available <\/em><em>at <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.town.rye.nh.us\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">www.town.rye.nh.us<\/span><\/a><\/em><em> by clicking on &acirc;&euro;&oelig;Town Hall Streaming&acirc;&euro; at the bottom left of the screen.&Acirc;&nbsp; Follow the link for &acirc;&euro;&oelig;Town Hall Live Streaming,&acirc;&euro; then find the meeting by date under &acirc;&euro;&oelig;Previous.&acirc;&euro;&Acirc;&nbsp; The times indicated are for ease in locating particular segments.&Acirc;&nbsp; They should match fairly closely the times appearing in the black bar at the top of the screen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Announcements and Approval of Minutes (7:07 p.m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The meeting commences with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.&Acirc;&nbsp; It was announced that the Webster at Rye case has been cancelled leaving only one applicant&acirc;&euro;&trade;s business.&Acirc;&nbsp; From 7:08 until 7:11 various grammatical mistakes and numerical typos from the previous meeting were discussed.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:11 it was announced by the Chairman that the rules of procedure business will<\/p>\n<p>be handled out of order.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charles Kelly, 33 Wentworth Rd. (7:12 p.m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At 7:12 the Chairman opens with the case of Charles Kelly, 33 Wentworth Road map 26 lot 10 for expanding bulk, continuing to exceed the 15% rule of Article 3, 203.3(E), and Article 3, 301.8(B)(7), construction in the tidal buffer.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:13 Ray Jarvis introduced a 7 minute discussion on driveways and lot coverage in the Single and General Residence districts.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:20 Patty Weathersby references a questionable Building Inspector determination relating to driveways. Until 7:27 all members engaged in discussions about ordinance language.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:27 Shawn Crapo references the Building Inspector&acirc;&euro;&trade;s denial letter.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:28 Shannon Alther, AIA, introduces the project as 33 Wentworth Rd., opposite the<\/p>\n<p>Wentworth-by-the-Sea Country Club (&acirc;&euro;&oelig;WBTSCC&acirc;&euro;).&Acirc;&nbsp; He asserts that the massing volume is in keeping with existing conditions, and that there is a reduction from 4 to 3 bedrooms.&Acirc;&nbsp; The need for a soil protection permit and a revised septic system are mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:42 the public session is closed by the chair, after cautioning visitors that he only wants comments from persons with standing.<\/p>\n<p>Burt Dibble asks where the hardship is.<\/p>\n<p>Mention is made of Bill Binnie being an abutter, and that he does not oppose the project.&Acirc;&nbsp; Kim Reed stated that he had a representative come to the Town Hall to look at plans.<\/p>\n<p>At 7:44 questions arise on whether neighborhood values must go up, or not down.<\/p>\n<p>From 7:47 to 7:48 Shannon recaps project.<\/p>\n<p>From 7:52 to 7:53 unanimous voting takes place approving the project, on each of five points.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rules changes (7:55 p.m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At 7:55 it is mentioned that the Planning Board is busy with warrants.<\/p>\n<p>From 7:56 to 8:04 there is discussion of various rule change considerations.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:05 there is discussion on the requirement that ZBA members be residents. There is a lengthy discussion regarding who is a resident.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:06 there is discussion of the role of alternate members on the ZBA.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:16 Ray Jarvis&acirc;&euro;&trade;s motion to encourage alternate members to attend meetings passes<\/p>\n<p>4-1 with Burt Dibble opposing, after first abstaining.<\/p>\n<p>There is then further discussion of various changes to rules.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:40 all supported, and none opposed, a motion to adopt the rules of procedure as presented for amendment that evening.<\/p>\n<p>At 8:43 Burt Dibble is elected Clerk, after Shawn Crapo resigns with recognition of the great job he has done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PDF Version:&Acirc;&nbsp; ZBAnotes010814revBfinal NOTES OF JANUARY 8, 2014 RYE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING Final Revision B &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; Provided by the Rye Civic League Present from ZBA:&Acirc;&nbsp; Chairman Frank Drake, Vice Chairman Ray Jarvis, Clerk Shawn Crapo, and Members Patty Weathersby and Burt Dibble. Also present:&Acirc;&nbsp; Kim Reed, Planning Administrator. Present from the public:&Acirc;&nbsp; Joe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rye-civic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/1433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ryecivicleague.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}