Warwick Planning Board & Agricultural Commission Minutes
May 9, 2024
Members present: John Bradford, Howard Mathison, Brad Compton, Kelly Buchanan
Alternate members present: Kady Woods
Members absent: Sandy Renna
Others present: None
Meeting in the Town Hall was called to order at 7:40 pm by Rotating Chair Brad Compton
Agenda was approved, voted unanimously.
The revised minutes of the April meeting were approved, voted unanimously.
Announcements & other info
- Reminder: We all have to take ethics training by the end of July. Do it here: https://massethicstraining.skillburst.com/User/index.php. Create a new account. Select ‘Warwick’ under Organization. Verify your email, set a password, acknowledge receipt, and complete the training.
Review and sign plans
- We received an ANR plan for Joel and Nathan Eigerman at 142 Flower Hill Road. The property is to be divided into three parcels, one of which is non-conforming, correctly labeled “not a building lot.” We endorsed the plan.
Old business
- Town meeting vote on ADU bylaw – follow up. The next step is for John to submit this to the Attorney General’s office. The actual text of the by-law changes didn’t make it into the TM warrant, which instead included a summary. It’s unclear whether this is a problem or not.
- We discussed changing the maximum size of an ADU to 900 sq ft. A lot of modular houses are built to 900 sq ft, so it may be easier for some people. We may also want to consider making ADUs by-right instead of requiring a Special Permit as they do now. There is a bill in the state legislature to make all ADUs by-right.
- We discussed other by-law changes we had queued up from the pandemic. We’ll continue to revisit them in future meetings.
New business and business not reasonably anticipated
- Sandy will be away in June, so someone else will need to take his place in the rotation. Howard will do it.
Meeting adjourned at 8:38, voted unanimously.
Next meeting: Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 7:30 pm in the Warwick Town Hall, to be chaired by Howard Mathison.
July – Sandy
September – Kady
October – Kelly
November – John
December – Howard
Submitted by Brad Compton, Secretary