Zoning Board of Appeals — Meeting Minutes — February 5, 2009

A duly posted meeting of the Shelburne Zoning Board of Appeals was held at the Assessor's Office at Town Hall, 51 Bridge Street, Shelburne, on February 5, 2009.

Members Present: Joseph Palmeri, John Taylor, Lowell Laporte, William Sweeney, Theodore Merrill
Clerk: Faye Whitney
Members Absent: Catherine Smith, Laurie Bluver-MacLeod

Chair Joe Palmeri called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m.

The Board discussed the minutes of January 8, focusing on the second motion, which was to grant a waiver relative to the application and architectural and engineering plans from Industrial Tower & Wireless LLC System to replace a freestanding CMRS structure with a structure of the same height. It was felt that the first condition should have been made more clear indicting that the requested dipole antenna is the only structure permitted to exceed 100 feet. Wording to that effect will be added to the minutes.

A motion was made by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Laporte, to accept the January 8 minutes as amended.

Voting in favor: Lowell Laporte, John Taylor, Joe Palmeri, Bill Sweeney, Ted Merrill
Opposed: None
Abstaining: None

Mr. Palmeri said he would like the ZBA to have a revolving account, which would allow the Board to issue its own invoices. This will be discussed with the appropriate town officials.

Mr. Taylor said he had sent a letter to SBA/Lightower/Omnipoint explaining what information the Board would need before considering an application for a tower.

The remainder of the meeting was spent reviewing the ZBA's Rules and Regulations. Mr. Merrill had a copy of the most recent changes and updates and the Board discussed those updates, making further changes and clarifications. Two and a half pages of the seven-page document were studied with the rest to be reviewed at the next meeting.

The next meeting was set for Tuesday, March 3, which is a change from the regular Thursday meeting night.

At 9:18 p.m. Mr. Merrill moved that the meeting be adjourned. This was seconded by Mr. Sweeney. The vote in favor was unanimous.

Respectfully submitted,
Faye Whitney, Clerk