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49-012 PB SP-SPR-2Planning -Decision Hearing No.: PLN-2019-0031 APPLICATION TYPE: PB Special Permit with Intermediate Applicant's Name: NAME: City of Northampton Date: March 1, 2019 SUBMISSION DATE 214/2019 Owner's Name: NAME: SYNCARPHA SOLAR BURT KENNETH & JOHN BURT & JKB FARM ADDRESS: ADDRESS: 250 57TH STREET SUITE 701 41 School St. TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: NEW YORK NY 10107 HATFIELD MA 01038 PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. (212) 419-4840 EMAIL ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS: Site Information: Surveyor's Name: STREET NO .. SITE ZONING: COMPANY NAME: GLENDALE RD TOWN: ACTION TAKEN: ADDRESS: FLORENCE MA 01062 Approved MAP: SECTION OF BYLAW 49 I BLOCK 012 I Li;1 I MAP DATE: Chpt 350-10: Permit and Certificate Fees TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: Book: r;;~ 1069 PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. EMAIL ADDRESS: NATURE OF PROPOSED WORK Amendment to original permit to clarify that there is a reduction in rear setback for the purposes of donating land to the City. HARDSHIP: CONDITION OF APPROVAL FINDINGS: The Planning Board approved the amendment to clarify the reduction in rear setback. The Board approved the permit noting that the plans had not changed but the request was inadvertently left of the original permit application. The Board confirmed that the provisions in 350-6.3 for reduction had been met. COULD NOT DEROGATE BECAUSE FILING DEADLINE: MAILING DATE: HEARING CONTINUED DATE: DECISION DRAFT BY: APPEAL DATE: 217/2019 2121/2019 3/14/2019 REFERRALS IN DATE: HEARING DEADLINE DATE: HEARING CLOSE DATE: FINAL SIGNING BY: APPEAL DEADLINE: 2114/2019 4/10/2019 2128/2019 3/14/2019 3/21/2019 FIRST ADVERTISING DATE: HEARING DATE: VOTING DATE: DECISION DATE: 2114/2019 2128/2019 2128/2019 3/1/2019 SECOND ADVERTISING DATE HEARING TIME: VOTING DEADLINE: DECISION DEADLINE: 2121/2019 7:00PM 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 MEMBERS PRESENT: VOTE: George Kohout votes to Grant Janna White votes to Grant Samuel Taylor votes to Grant Euripedes DeO/iveira votes to Grant Theresa (Tess) Poe votes to Grant Mark Sullivan votes to Grant MOTION MADE BY: SECONDED BY: VOTE COUNT: DECISION: George Kohout Mark Sullivan 6 Approved MINUTES OF MEETING: Available on the city website: www.northamptonma.gov/ GeoTMS® 2019 Des Lauriers Municipal Solutions, Inc. Planning -Decision Hearing No.: PLN-2019-0031 City of Northampton Date: March 1, 2019 I, Carolyn Misch, as agent to the Planning Board, certify that this is a true and accurate decision made by the Planning Board and certify that a copy of this and all plans have been filed with the Board and the City Clerk on the date shown above. I certify that a copy of this decision has been mailed to the Owner and Applicant. Notice of Appeal An appeal from the decision of the Planning Board may be made by any person aggrieved pursuant to MGL Chapt. 40A, Section 17 as amended within twenty (20) days after the date of the filing of the notice of the decision with the City Clerk. The date is listed above. Such appeal may be made to the Hampshire Superior Court with a certified copy of the appeal sent to the City Clerk of the City of Northampton. GeoTMS® 2019 Des Lauriers Municipal Solutions, Inc. Planning -Decision City of Northampton Date: October 1, 2018 Hearing No.: PLN-2019-0013 APPLICATION TYPE: PB Special Permit with Intermediate SUBMISSION DATE 8/27/2018 Applicant's Name: Owner's Name: NAME: NAME: SYNCARPHA SOLAR Kenneth & John Burt & JKB Farms, Inc. ADDRESS: ADDRESS: 250 57TH STREET SUITE 701 41 School Street TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: NEW YORK NY 10107 HATFIELD MA 01038 PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. (212) 419-4840 EMAIL ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS: Site Information: Surveyor's Name: STREET NO .. SITE ZONING: COMPANY NAME: GLENDALE RD TOWN: ACTION TAKEN: ADDRESS: FLORENCE MA 01062 Approved With Conditions MAP: I BLOCK: 1Li;1 I MAP DATE: SECTION OF BYLAW: 49 012 Chpt 350-10: Permit and Certificate Fees TOWN: STATE: I ZIP CODE: Book: IP1a;~ 1069 PHONE NO .. FAX NO .. EMAIL ADDRESS: NATURE OF PROPOSED WORK GROUND MOUNT SOLAR ARRAY TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY HARDSHIP: CONDITION OF APPROVAL FINDINGS: 1) Prior to construction the applicant shall post a decommissioning bond in the amount to be approved by the Board. The Bond shall cover the cost of decommissioning as spelled out in the application appendices as well as costs associated with removal of all underground electrical conduit, encasement and wire as well as supplemental utility poles associated with the facility that are within the layout of Park Hill Road and the cost of restoring the gravel roadway as shown on the final construction plans. 2). At least 15 days prior to issuance of any city construction permits, the applicant shall submit revised final site civil construction plans, signed and sealed by a Massachusetts registered P.E., to the DPW for review and approval. 3). Maintenance of the improved roadway within the Park Hill Road layout beginning at station 1 +00, including but not limited to grading, plowing, swale and side slope maintenance, shall be the sole responsibility of the applicant or any subsequent owner of the solar site. 4). Details on sheets C6.0 and C7.0 shall be revised to show that the improved gravel roadway within the layout of Park Hill Road shall have a subbase of 8 inches of gravel borrow meeting MassDOT M1.03.0, type A specifications overlaid by 4 inches of Ml.03.1. The gravel surface course may consist of 6 inches of M1.03.0, type C as proposed. 5). The detail for the stone construction entrance on sheet C7. 1 indicates 6 inch minimum thickness on the drawing and 8 inch minimum thickness in the notes. The minimum thickness shall be 8 inches ... 6). As offered and prior to final sign-off of construction, the applicant shall either plant 169 trees at 2.5" caliper on site or make a payment into the tree fund to offset the inches of trees lost. The Planning Board granted the special permit with site plan for the installation of a -5 MW array based on the following plans submitted with the application: 1). Syncarpha Northampton Solar Project by Beals Associates Dated Aug 17, 2018, Rev. Date Sept 10, 2018 Sheets C.1, C1.0-C1.3, C2.0- C6.0, C7.0-C7.4 2) Significant Tree Calculation 3). Site Plan Review and Special Permit Criteria In approving the plans, the board determined that the criteria in 350-11.6 for site plan and special permit had been met. GeoTMS® 2018 Des Lauriers Municipal Solutions, Inc. Planning -Decision Hearing No.: PLN-2019-0013 City of Northampton Date: October 1, 2018 A. The requested use protects adjoining premises against seriously detrimental uses. The installation of the array will be surface mounted in primarly open meadow. The site could be reverted to farmland if the array is decommissioned. B. There will be no need to provide separation of access to the site as the site will only be accessible for maintenance via gravel driveway off an unimproved portion of Park Hill Rd extension .. The only required maintenance once construction is complete will be mowing and occasional monitoring. C. The site will function harmoniously in relation to other structures and open spaces to the natural landscape, existing buildings and other community assets in the area as it relates to landscaping, drainage, sight lines, building orientation, massing, egress, and setbacks. The owner will dedicate a portion of the property along Hannum Brook to the City for conservation purposes. D. The will be no impact to city resources. A stormwater permit has been issued. E. The requested use meets any special regulations set forth in this chapter. There are no particular criteria for solar arrays. F. Compliance with the following technical performance standards: (1) Curb cuts used to access the site will be a narrow gravel driveway. COULD NOT DEROGATE BECAUSE FILING DEADLINE: MAILING DATE: HEARING CONTINUED DATE: 9/6/2018 9/20/2018 REFERRALS IN DATE: HEARING DEADLINE DATE: HEARING CLOSE DATE: 9/13/2018 10/31/2018 9/27/2018 FIRST ADVERTISING DATE: HEARING DATE: VOTING DATE: 9/13/2018 9/27/2018 9/27/2018 SECOND ADVERTISING DATE HEARING TIME: VOTING DEADLINE: 9/20/2018 9:00 PM 12/26/2018 MEMBERS PRESENT: VOTE: George Kohout votes to Grant Christa Grenat votes to Grant Janna White votes to Grant Samuel Taylor votes to Grant Euripedes Deoliveira votes to Grant Theresa (Tess) Poe votes to Grant Mark Sullivan votes to Grant MOTION MADE BY: SECONDED BY: VOTE COUNT: Mark Sullivan Christa Grenat 7 MINUTES OF MEETING: Available on the city website: www.northamptonma.gov/ DECISION DRAFT BY: APPEAL DATE: 10/11/2018 FINAL SIGNING BY: APPEAL DEADLINE: 10/11/2018 10/21/2018 DECISION DATE: 10/1/2018 DECISION DEADLINE: 12/26/2018 DECISION: Approved with Conditions I, Carolyn Misch, as agent to the Planning Board, certify that this is a true and accurate decision made by the Planning Board and certify that a copy of this and all plans have been filed with the Board and the City Clerk on the date shown above. I certify that a copy of this decision has been mailed to the Owner and Applicant. Notice of Appeal An appeal from the decision of the Planning Board may be made by any person aggrieved pursuant to MGL Chapt. 40A, Section 17 as amended within twenty (20) days after the date of the filing of the notice of the decision with the City Clerk. The date is listed above. Such appeal may be made to the Hampshire Superior Court with a certified copy of the appeal sent to the City Clerk of the City of Northampton. GeoTMS® 2018 Des Lauriers Municipal Solutions, Inc.