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Committee moves to refer Salt And Sanchad permit to CEO, bypassing board review
Summary
Committee members voted to forgo a board-level conditional-use review for the Salt And Sanchad public-works application and referred the permit to the town CEO; staff said the project replaces an existing non-public-use facility and does not constitute a new conditional use.
A committee member moved to forgo the board review of the Salt And Sanchad public-works application and refer the permit process to the town CEO; the motion passed with committee members answering “Aye” and no recorded opposition.
Staff member: "In my opinion, this doesn't meet the need for a conditional use permit because it is not a new conditional use. It's the same use that we already had, and it's been less than a year since that was torn down. We are simply replacing the existing use, and it is not open to public use." The staff member said the project should be handled as a replacement rather than as a new conditional-use application.
A committee member said the town had voted in support at a prior town meeting and moved to send the application to the CEO directly "for obtaining a permit for the Salt And Sanchad project." The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote; no "no" votes were recorded on the transcript.
Following the referral vote, participants discussed technical design and maintenance issues for the replacement salt-and-sand shed. A contractor-level speaker explained the primary durability problem is salt's corrosive effect on concrete and described mitigation measures discussed by the town and vendors, including epoxy coatings and visual "fill-line" markings to prevent overstorage. "The biggest issue we always have is how high the wall the concrete goes because the salt is corrosive," the contractor said.
The staff member noted that, although the committee referred the application to the CEO, the full building application materials are still required: "I'll still need everything with the building application," the staff member said.
In other business, the Chair reported a request from Tom Carabine about an inter-town planning committee of local planning-board representatives and said the committee would consider the item for a future agenda. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn carried by voice vote.
Next steps: the permit application will proceed with CEO-level review and the town's building-application process; the committee did not retain the matter for a board-level conditional-use hearing at this meeting.
