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Board of Health MinuteS 07/12/2010
MINUTES OF MEETING
SHARON BOARD OF HEALTH

July 12, 2010

A meeting of the Sharon Board of Health was held on Monday, July 12, 2010, beginning at 7:30 PM at the Town Office Building. In attendance were Andrew Stead, Chair, Suzi Peck, Jay Schwab, and Ed Welch. Also present was Jim Andrews, Health Agent for Engineering.

Appointments:
Linda Valentin: proposal for day care center on Lakeview Street (former Horizons for Youth facility).  She proposes a French speaking Montessori school.....5 classrooms...capacity of approximately 65 students and staff of 10...plans to increase the square footage from 2500 square feet to 3800 square feet.  She provided architectural plans for the former administration building. Jim Andrews noted that there exists a 1000 gallon septic tank....designed for 600 gpd under the ‘78 code. Selectman Rich Powell was also in attendance...and asked what is the capacity of the system.  Rich Powell asked what could be done with the existing system. The BOH further discussed the fact that, per Title 5,  the proposed change in use...increase in existing design flow...would trigger upgrading to the current Title 5.

For a proposal for 75 people, the applicant will need a septic design plan to conform with Title 5 and Article 7.  If the proposal meets the code...if it is a fully compliant system requiring no variances..they do not need to return to the BOH....Jim Andrews would be able to approve the proposal.

Minutes of June 21, 2010
VOTED (Welch/Schwab) Welch, Schwab, and Stead voted in favor of accepting the minutes as written.  Peck abstained.

License Fee for Bed and Breakfast Home
VOTED: (Peck/Schwab) unanimously to adopt a license fee of $75/$100 for 1-30 days late/$125 for 31+ days late... for a “Bed and Breakfast Home”. The owner of the B and B Home at 80 Brook Road will be provided with an application for a license.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.