[music] [music] [music] >> Good evening everyone. Today is June 18th, 2026. The time is 6:08 and this is the Acushnet Planning Board. This meeting is being recorded for
future viewing on the town's YouTube page and local cable channel. Can I get a motion to open the Planning Board meeting? >> Motion to open the meeting. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Can we introduce ourselves, please? >> Victoria Alfarro, Town Planner.
>> Peter Gaeppa, member. >> Mark Francois, Chairman. >> Brian Deschamps, member. >> All right. We've got a quorum. Uh, minutes. Gentlemen, minutes of May 21st, 2026. Uh, we were
Excuse me, we were all in attendance. Uh, Victoria sent it to us a few days ago. Did anybody have a chance to read it? Questions, comments, concerns? I looked it over. I read through it. Uh, it wasn't a very long meeting. Um,
I didn't I didn't see any issues. >> I make a motion that we accept the minutes as of May 21st as written. >> I second that. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> Aye. >> Thank you very much.
Uh, next is discussions. We have an A&R, approval not required, for 265 and 255 Main Street, Map 24, Lot 139B and 139.139D. Uh, applicant and owner is Liberio
Soares, represented by John Romanelli and Zenith Land Surveys LLC. John, if you could introduce yourself, please. >> Sure. For the record, John Romanelli >> [sighs] >> of Zenith Land Surveyors, 1162 Rockdale Ave in New Bedford. Here representing
Liberio Soares, who recently purchased the former animal hospital at 265 Main Street. Uh he resides at 255, which is a lot 139D on the A&R plan shown.
What he wanted to do, he's got uh he's got an interested buyer for the uh for the animal hospital. I think he told me that they're going to continue to use it as an animal hospital, which is good. Um he wanted to take a parcel, an unbuildable parcel, out of here, this
L-shaped piece that belongs to the animal hospital right now, and add it to his property. So, what we are doing And And there is a note here. The purpose of this plan is to take 15,046 sq ft from the existing lot 139B and
combine it with Liberio's property 139D uh for two conforming lots. The new lot 139B has 45,000 sq ft, and the new lot 139D has 76,296. So, this is D, and this is B.
This is in the business village district. So, we've got to have a minimum of 10,000 sq ft. Um I did put the uh setbacks here, building setbacks, front, side, rear. I know,
Victoria, you had a question that the uh buildings do still conform to zoning. I did check that out. >> Thank you. >> Uh we needed 20 I'm sorry, we need 15 ft on the side of the animal hospital. We have 20.7. We need 20 at the street, we have 64, and on the other side we have 52 ft.
Uh I did also want to show, cuz it comes up with Board of Health every now and then, the the system for both the animal hospital and library or source. This is his leaching field back here, septic system tanks. The leach field is directly behind the animal hospital, so we're not
So, one won't be on the other property owner's land. >> The other thing that he wanted to add to this plan is this little triangle piece is basically a detail of an access easement cuz right now the parking lot is under that dashed shaded
area shown right here. >> Mhm. >> And he said he's going to It's a temporary access easement for them to continue to use for parking, but I think eventually he's going to make them push the parking lot closer to the animal hospital. So, that that shaded area is actually
the edge of pavement. Right? >> So, not a permanent easement, but a temporary. >> And he's going to let them use it until they reconfigure the parking lot if this all goes through. And I said you might as well show it now before we
It's just easier to do it now. We could do it as an 81X easement plan after the fact if we wanted to do that, but I just thought we'd better just do it now. >> So, So, when he sells the lot, he's going to give them an easement in the deed for that? Is that what he Okay, correct. To say And is what Is that going to say
that it's going to be taken away eventually? >> Yes. I think he's going to give them a time frame, whether it's a year or 2 year to reconfigure and get the existing parking lot onto their property. I'm sure that will be handled with the his lawyer.
>> So, that that whole section is This whole section that we're taking over only this The lines is parking lot, the dots >> Correct. >> are not. >> Yes, you can see the outline of the parking lot here, comes in, goes right and does come along here.
>> Oh, I see what you got, yeah. I see, yeah. >> Guess if I drew a smaller scale it would have shown better. >> No, I I I see how you got it laid out now. Yep. All right. Well, it doesn't affect square footage or affect the front end. It doesn't uh
affect side yard setbacks. >> There is a shed I noted that has to be relocated. He said he's going to pick it up and move it because a portion of that does fall on the new 39B. See it back here. >> That shed belongs to the El Rancho >> Correct. Well, belongs to him now. He
owns both of them. >> Right. >> But he said he's going to take it and move it. And I think that answers a bunch of questions. Anybody's got any others? >> No. I was uh at one I didn't realize that the business village district went
that far, but I guess it's it's right up to that Oliver Street. >> Yes, it ends at Oliver Avenue. >> Oliver Avenue, yeah, which is further than I thought it was originally, but uh yeah, I I mean I think you hit you hit all the uh
points. Gentlemen, any other questions? >> Nope. >> I'll entertain a motion. >> I make a motion that we accept the plan as submitted. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Super.
>> You need one of these signed, right? >> Yes, please. >> I wanted to let you remember to know that we had a full map approved because two meetings ago on Perry L and Mendel with the various family.
Just know that I'm trying to come in here. They want me to I never recorded the plan. They want me to move it after we staked out the lot corners. He didn't like what they felt. So we're adding like another 50 ft strip around us. So I'll be back next next meeting with that. >> Okay. >> Uh all right, so that was done. Nothing
else came in within the last 48 hours. You are here for >> Um Noah Gomez, um Lambert Street. This is ZBA meeting, right? >> Nope. >> No. This is a planning board. >> ZBA, I mean it's not Oh, wait a minute.
ZBA, sorry, but I think the ZBA moved their uh meeting location to the police station. They have it on Thursdays now, and because we're here on Thursdays, I think they're at the the the police station. I
am 99% sure they're at the police station. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. Good seeing you again. >> Thank you. >> That's the meeting is uh with um Paul in it. Wondering >> Oh. >> with them. And uh yeah, for some reason
I think they're having their meetings on Thursdays now, where they used to have them on >> Was it Wednesday? >> Wednesdays, but now they used to have it on Thursdays, but they can't have it here, so now I think they're having it over there. All right, next uh play This was a quick one today, ladies and gentlemen. Our next planning
board meeting is Thursday, July 2nd. Does anybody else have anything they'd like to discuss? >> Nope. >> [clears throat] >> Nope. >> I make a motion close the meeting. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Thank you. Have a good night. >> [music] [music]
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