[RP TownTalk] 711

[Alan K. Thompson]

The decision letter sent by the MUTC committee in December is available
(for the moment, but probably not forever) at

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lr1okz21kiqq7fv/20141209FinalSigned711DecisionLetter.pdf?dl=0

Starting on page 4 of the document are the Mandatory Standards from the
MUTC "Black book," which are the architectural standards that the Planning
Board must consider.  An excerpt of the actual standard is in the 3rd
column, and the Committee's analysis of whether it was met or not is in the
"Notes" column.  The Committee is working now to evaluate the updated plans
against those same standards, as many of the issues identified in the
Committee's recommendation in December have been addressed (for instance:
there is no monument sign in the current plans).

There are also findings that the Planning Board must make in order to
approve a plan that does not meet the Mandatory Standards, which are
detailed on page 66 of the Black Book.

The Black Book is available at

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x920xperfn0t1jo/MUTCBook2004APPROVEDExceptBigMaps.pdf?dl=0

This version of the Black Book doesn't include a few big maps that increase
the size of the document by more than 100 MB.  This link is also not
guaranteed to last forever.

I hope this helps!

Alan Thompson
Chair, Riverdale Park M-U-TC Local Design Review Committee, a.k.a. "the
M-U-TC Committee"

On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 2:12 PM, <douglagrl at verizon.net> wrote:

> As someone who is not familiar with the technical aspects of these types
> of applications, what is an example of a technical reason/opposition? What
> are some of the factors that the planning board would consider to make this
> application a 'positive' to our community?  Thanks.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 7, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Jonathan Ebbeler <
> jebbeler at efusionconsulting.com> wrote:
> >
> > Not liking a 7-11 or using the fact there are other ones in the vicinity
> is not a basis from which an application can be opposed. If it's allowed,
> which a 711 is, there has to be technical reasons to disallow an
> application. The planning board as a matter of law cannot and will not
> consider comments that do not pertain to the identification of technical
> oppositions to an application.
> >
> >
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