The Fall River Planning Board convened on January 8th, where they addressed five Form A applications for endorsement of plans believed not to require approval (ANR plans). All five applications were unanimously approved by a 3-0 vote. These included the subdivision of land at 250 Laurel Street, 368 Charles Street, 697 Oak Grove Avenue, and 1960 Highland Avenue. A significant item was the merger of three parcels at 20 Laurel Street and Rhode Island Avenue for Tucker Dashund Realty, a condition of a previously granted variance to allow for the demolition of an existing dwelling and construction of a new auto repair and auto sales facility. Additionally, the board discussed the minutes from a previous meeting, which were tabled to the next meeting due to the absence of a board member at the prior meeting. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to adjourn.
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so want to welcome everybody to the January 8th uh meeting of the planning board for Fall River pursuit to the open meeting by law any person may make an audio or video recording of this public meeting or may transmit the meeting through any media attendees are therefore advise that such recordings or Transmissions are being made whether perceived or unperceived by those present and are deemed acknowledged and
0:24permissible the city chter section 9-18 mandates that all mult that all multiple member bodies develop and adopt rules or policy for public comment we have adopted such a policy which in short provides for citizen input on planning board specific matters at the end of the meeting there's a signup sheet that is located in the back room I'm do a rad call lauia Pico Beth Andre Mario luciola here Michael faras
1:00here and I joh Ferrar I'm here we also have Craig Salvador with for of government TV we have Dan agar the city engineer and Patty agar the administrative clerk for the planning board first on the agenda form a application for endorsement of plan believed not to require approval a anr plan of land file number 251606 owner applicant Emory M Gomes trustee for Steven TS Life Trust property location 250 Laurel Street
1:36assessor map C-5 lot 16 so this is located at the corner of Salsbury and Laur uh regular anr subdivision no Varan is required both lot reement for Frontage and area recommend ement of the I have any comments by the board this seems like a pretty cut and dry do I have a motion to approve motion to approve motion by Michael second second by Mario uh all favor roll call Mario yes
2:14Michael yes and I John Ferrera vote Yes as well second item on the agenda another form a application for endorsement a plan believed not to require approval and our plan of land file number 25 -67 owner Lewis Cordo applicant law officer BR Espanola and vanon property location 368 Charles Street assessors map a-2 lot 57 so this is a petition that did go through the Z Bo felds process they were
2:50granted releas in October of 24 allowing the subdivision of this parcel um cutting out the parcel that you see to the east uh 5900 ft with 50 ft of Frontage leaving the existing single family home on a lot with 58 ft of Frontage and 6,900 Square ft this actually matches what was the previous assessor map and lot numbers so basically just putting back the original line the variance U was recorded and that recording
3:20information is on the plan with that of any comments by the board coms do I have a motion to approve I make a motion to approve motion by Mario second I second it second by Michael uh all in favor Mario yes Michael yes and I John forvo yes as well item number three on the agenda form a application for endorsement our plan believe not to require approval a not plan of land file number 25-6
4:001608 owner applicant Emme Gomes trustee for Steven Gomes Life Trust property location 697 Oak Grove Avenue assessor map p-26 Lot 29 we have a rather large par for the district with a s family home 697 located in the G residential zoning District The Proposal was to subdivide this partial into two 5,000 foot each with 50 ft of Frontage that being said both partial the requirements of the G
4:35district with no variants required I recomend the endorsement of the making me happy today Mr AGA I know they they're all easy get easier yet so keep going do uh any any uh questions by the board any concerns no questions motion to accept or deny I uh motion to approve motion by Michael second second by Mario all in favor Mario yes Michael yes and I John Ferrera vote Yes as well item number
5:09four a form a application for endorsement of plan believed not to require approval an our plan of land file number
5:25255-6960 Street assessor map l- 6 Lots 52-53 so this is a little bit more complicated but again a rather large parel of land 16,000 sare ft with an existing two family dwelling located smack in the middle of it this parcel did receive um a variance recording information is on on the plan as well this went through a process of with land court that sometimes takes a while to get through the subdivision process so
5:57the building department determined that they have acted on the variant so that what that means is that it's still valid and that allows them to continue forward um what they did was rather than get through the land court process they voluntarily withdrew the property from Land Court which is perfectly allowable but there's a Time timeline that goes along with that i' I've researched all
6:18those documents we had them all in the file um and with that said this would now create two lots on either side of this home with 50 ft of Frontage and 5,000 square ft leaving the exist in dwelling um in the Middle with 62 ft of Frontage and 6200 Square ft with that I offer that it is afforded the endorsement of an anr just a quick question what are they what is I
6:43apologize um what is this owned are they looking to do in other two family or do it just it's unknown right now um hold on let me check the variance the variance allow but I believe the variance was for okay yeah it's good to see we still got some decent sized Parcels anyway yeah we'll be a it'll be a single family home okay I thank any questions from the board
7:17that's it now do I have a motion to accept or deny do uh one question Mario I see these slots so they all approved correct approved yes it matches exactly the Vari that I'm sorry okay it matches exactly what was on the variance uh application okay I make a motion for approve now motion by by Mario I second second by Michael all in favor Mario yes Michael yes and I John Ferrera vote Yes as
7:48well number five on the agenda form a application for endorsement of plan believed not to require approval and our plan of land file number 25-6 1610 owner applicant Tucker dashund realy property location 20 Laurel Street and Rhode Island Avenue assessors map C1 Lots 40 and one so this is a piece of property you're all familiar with as you're driving South on Avenue where the split begins at La R Island Avenue this
8:24actually is a merger of three Parcels so they're actually removing into interior lot lines you see running across the pilz it's shown there two dash lines that labed lot lines to be removed and what they did here was they went before the zoning board of appeals proposed the merger of these homes the demolition of an existing single family dwelling that located on that lot and they will be
8:50constructing a new um auto repair and Auto Sales facility uh in accordance with the variant but what's before you tonight is the actual merger of these three smaller Parcels into one and that was a condition of the VAR because the new building would then have straddled one of these lines which you couldn't do so they need to merge them all that's what this is with that there are reported endorsement of
9:15an is it is that a oh they're going to retain the existing mul yeah okay gotta I think it's ultimately planned to be removed but for financial purposes they weren't allowed to keep and a hotel portion that a little it's all I think I said six single family six units now and if you driven by there since the variance was granted he's just about remodeled that whole building no he just
9:37they finished signing it a couple of weeks ago yeah and what's he going to now what's he going to do with the single family in the front coming down it's coming down okay and then put a new building for the the car something and Auto Sales he's over on Earl Street right now I've met him once Brian nice kid yeah I met him once and he's he's eager he's uh you know he wants to put
9:57money into it I mean it was it was completed before where where he is now he's in that little you know TI tight neighborhood he just doesn't have room to move so yeah no this would perfect where he needs it any other questions by the board do I have a motion to approve a motion to approve motion by Michael second second Mario all in favor Mario yes Michael yes and I John Ferrera V vote Yes as
10:23well next item on the agenda is the minutes of uh the meeting just make sure guys were here at meeting three of you abent was Mario so we can't vote let's have to make a table this to the next meeting have a motion to table Michael I motion to table yes motion to table second second all favor Mario yes Michael yes and I vote Yes as well citizens input we don't have I don't
10:53believe and do I have a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second second all in favor Mario yes Michael yes and yes I will yes as well you get to keep the seat I'm going to say I'm going