MINUTES OF MEETING
SHARON BOARD OF HEALTH
September 23, 2009
A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was held beginning at 7:30 PM on Monday, September 23, 2009, in the Sharon Community Center Hearing Room, with the following members present: Stanley Rosen, Chair, Andrew Stead, Vice-Chair, Jay Schwab, and Suzi Peck.
Dao Thatch and Ram Dital - owners of Coriander restaurant
The owners of Coriander restaurant were present to discuss their proposal for a new venture, i.e., to occupy the vacant store which formerly housed Sharon Mart. They are negotiating entering into a 5 year lease with a 5 year renewal with the building’s owner, Kevin Raines. Mr. Raines has agreed to upgrade the outside of the building. According to Mr. Thatch, the agreement with Brickstone to have its sales office in that location is not going forward. The proposal is for a new company Helambu, Inc, to open a “high-end grocery store” in that location...including retail foods, produce, and refrigerated product (to be prepared at Coriander Restaurant). There will be no food preparation at the new location; no washing or disposal of produce; this will all be done at the existing
restaurant.
Suzi Peck questioned the categorization of the building under Title 5. There is no category for a convenient store (which has been located in that store)...only for a supermarket. Andy Stead stated that, conceptually, he had no problem with the proposal...but questioned how the system is currently configured and how it functions. Suzi Peck questioned whether or not the septic system is working; the facility hasn’t been in use for several years. Stan Rosen and Jay Schwab agreed that they saw no real basis to require an inspection of the system, since there is no change in use.... and flow would be the same as it was previously.
Following further discussion, the Board members
VOTED:(Rosen/Schwab) unanimously to approve the proposal with the following conditions:
1: Because the system has not been in use for several years, the landlord can choose :a) to have a Title 5 inspection performed or b) to ask the Health Agent for Engineering to ascertain the condition of the system, e.g., to be sure there
are no cracks in the system
2: The Health Agent for Sanitary Inspections and Enforcement is to review and approve the method of transport of food prepared at Coriander’s to be sold at the new location; review and approve the proper dating of prepared products.
Continued hearing....25 Meadow Road
Property owner Truong Tran, Engineer Bill Drexel, and attorney Joshua Katz were present to discuss: Proposed teardown and rebuild...still need to go to Concom and ZBA. They reported that they have changed the plans since the earlier May 2009 hearing to try to require the least # of variances. They are requesting variances from Title V: 15.211; as well as 3 variance requests from minimum distances in Article 7. The applicants have previously met with Greg Meister, Jim Andrews, and Joe Kent on this proposal.
There was a great deal of discussion revolving around the 125' buffer zone. Suzi Peck expressed concern about maximizing distances; would rather minimize distance from the street. She suggested moving the house forward as much as possible.
Bill Drexel will prepare a new drawing first to see ramifications of this proposa1: one without moving house forward; another with moving house forward 5 feet (which would require approval from ZBA as well). Suzi Peck noted that this is a unique situation....by ZBA’s acquiescence to this, we maximize public health.
It was the sense of Suzi Peck that, with upto approximately an 8' variance from the 125' wetlands setback, no other variances would be required; they would be moving the leaching field farther back; the distance variances would not be required...may require moving house forward just a few feet. They may still require a Title 5 variance. Mr. Drexel also discussed and will review the possibility of utilizing a Presby system.
In addition, the applicant will review/reconsider the number of rooms shown in the floor plan. This is to be a three bedroom house - in accordance with Board of Health and Title 5 definition of bedrooms.
Minutes of Meeting
VOTED: (Rosen/Stead) Rosen, Stead, and Schwab to approve the minutes of the meeting of August 31, 2009, as amended. Suzi Peck abstained.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 P.M.
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