2022 Planning Board Warrant Articles
Warrant Article # 1 – Business District Boundaries
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 1 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Greenfield Zoning Ordinance as follows?
Amend Section III – Districts. Section B. Business District Boundaries to modify the business district boundaries consistent with the recommendations in the Greenfield Community Design Charrette, 2014, to include V3-23, the Greenfield Inn Property, as part of the Business District.
Proposed Change:
The Business District, as defined in Section LLL A, shall be bounded as follows:
Beginning at the railroad crossing on Forest Road; thence
To a point, four hundred (400’) feet due north of the crossing; thence
Easterly, on a line four hundred (400’) feet north of Forest Road, to a point four hundred (400’) feet west of Sawmill Road; thence
Northerly and four hundred (400’) west of Sawmill Road. To a point due west fo the junction of Sawmill Road and the northern boundary line of V2,3; thence
Due east to a point four hundred (400’) feet east of Sawmill Road; thence
Southerly and four hundred (400’) feet east of Sawmill Road, to the south side of Forest Road; thence
Along the south side of Forest Road to the northeast corner of V3-22, the Library property V3-23, The Greenfield Inn property; thence to follow the eastern boundary of V3-23 to the southeast corner of V3-23; thence to a point on the southern boundary of V3-23 that is four hundred (400’) feet east of Slip Road; thence
Southerly on a line four hundred (400’) feet east of Slip Road to the railroad right of way; thence
Northerly and westerly along the east and north boundaries of the railroad right of way, to the point beginning.
Warrant Article # 2 – Business District Minimum Lot Size
Are you in favor of the adoption of Amendment No. 2 as proposed by the Planning Board for the Greenfield Zoning Ordinance as follows?
Amend Section III – DISTRICTS. Section A. Business District Subsection 1.c. to modify the minimum lot size, as recommended in the Greenfield Community Design Charrette, 2014, making the minimum lot size in the business district ¼ acre.
Proposed Change:
c. The lot area shall be no less than one half (1/2) (1/4) acres and the frontage not less than sixty- five (65’) feet, provided, however, that a lot with less acreage or less frontage, or both, which is recorded in the Office of the Registry of Deeds at the time of passage of this amendment shall be deemed a conforming lot. There shall be between the nearest side if any public highway and the extreme front of any building, a setback at least equivalent to the “build-to” line. There shall be between the nearest part of any building or structure on the lot, a rear yard and side yards if not less than twenty (20’) feet. There is, however, an exception to these setback requirements. For lots smaller than one-half (1/2) acres in area and deemed conforming per the above, setback requirements will be reduced in proportion to the actual lot size divided by the minimum lot size, however, in one case will setbacks be less than the “build-to” line at the front, and twenty (20’) feet at the sides and rear. No building addition shall have to be set back from the lot line any further than any existing building on the lot.
Warrant Article #3 - Adoption of RSA 72:82
To see if the town will adopt a new construction property tax exemption for commercial or industrial uses or both according to RSA 72:82 within the business and industrial districts. The exemption shall equal 50% of the increase in assessed value attributed to construction of new structures, additions, renovations, or improvements to existing structures. The period of the exemption shall be 5 years. The public benefit from the exemption is to further the economic development of the community by providing incentive to business to build, rebuild, modernize, or enlarge in the town.
Purpose: Clarify materials that may be used in monuments (adding rebar)
AS IS:
SECTION VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND
L. MONUMENTS:
4) Monuments shall be of stone, concrete, or other material acceptable to the Board and not less than four inches in diameter or square, and not less than 24 inches long. Concrete monuments shall be reinforced with steel rods and a plug, brass plate or pin shall serve as the point of reference. If stone, a drilled hole shall serve as the point of reference and a magnetic rod or other suitable metal shall be placed adjacent to the monument to allow for recovery.
Proposed Change:
SECTION VI. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF LAND
L. MONUMENTS:
4) Monuments shall be of stone, concrete, or other material acceptable to the Board and not less than four inches in diameter or square, and not less than 24 inches long. Concrete monuments shall be reinforced with steel rods and a plug, brass plate or pin shall serve as the point of reference. If stone, a drilled hole shall serve as the point of reference and a magnetic rod (3/4 inch rebar not less than 40 inches in length) shall be placed adjacent to the monument to allow for recovery.
**Red bold print is proposed to be striken from the text and replace with the underlined text.**