TOWN WARRANT
Town of
State of
The Polls Will be Open From10:00 AM
to
To the Inhabitants
of Town of Tuftonboro in the
You are
hereby notified to meet at the Tuftonboro Town House in said Tuftonboro on
Tuesday, the eleventh day of March next, 2008, at
Article 1-14 will be voted on by Ballot March 11th.
You are hereby notified to meet at the
1.
To choose
all necessary Town Offices for the year ensuing.
2. Are you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning
Ordinance as recommended by the Planning Board?
Amending the Zoning Ordinance by inserting the adoption
date into the title block and page footers, and moving the definitions section
from Section 2 to the end of the document, and inserting the Tuftonboro
Floodplain Development Ordinance after Section 13 Telecommunications
Facilities.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to make the Ordinance easier to use and understand.
3. Are you in favor of
the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended by the Planning
Board?
Amending Section 2.1 of the Zoning
Ordinance so the definitions read as follows:
Building Height: The vertical distance measured from the
average level of the grade at the Building line a point on the ground at the mean finish grade adjoining the foundation
to the highest point of the roof, excluding chimneys, ventilators, silos, and
other accessory features required above the roof.
Expansion: Any increase in the intensity of the use of a
Home Occupation: Any
individual business or profession conducted within a Dwelling Unit or Accessory
Structure which (a) is incidental to the Dwelling Unit, (b) does not change the
character of the Dwelling Unit or the surrounding neighborhood, (c) is conducted
by the resident owner/lessee, (d) employs no more than three additional
employees besides the owner/lessee, (e) there is no exterior storage of
materials or equipment nor permanent display of products visible from the
Street, and (f) uses not more than the
equivalent of fifty (50%) percent (50%)
of the Gross Floor Area of the Dwelling Unit.
Pervious Surface: Consists of porous material. Does not cause an increased runoff. Will
allow water to pass through at a rate equal to or greater than the natural infiltration
rate of the underlying soil.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to clarify the intent of these terms in the Zoning Ordinance. Note that
currently there is no definition in the Ordinance for Pervious Surface.
4. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 3.5.1 of the Zoning
Ordinance so that the last sentence reads as follows:
Any use not
specifically listed in the Table shall be deemed to be prohibited
is prohibited unless it is consistent with
the permitted uses and the district purpose.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to accommodate compatible uses that did not exist when the table of uses was
created.
5. Are you in favor of
the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended by the Planning
Board?
Amending
Section 3.6 of the Zoning Ordinance so that Home Occupations and Special
Home Occupations are removed from the Residential Uses section of the Table and
inserted in the Commercial Uses section of the Table.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
in order to place these uses in the correct section of the Use Table and be
consistent with the text in the Zoning Ordinance. This does not change the permissibility of Home
Occupations or Special Home Occupations.
6. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 4.2 of the Zoning
Ordinance by inserting the word “Impervious” into the eighth column heading as
follows:
Max. %
Impervious
Coverage
Per
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to clarify the type of lot coverage this standard includes.
7. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 5 of the Zoning
Ordinance by deleting Section 5.1.2.
Changes: No Building, Structure, or use which has been
changed from a Non-Conforming Use to a conforming use shall be permitted to
revert to a Non-Conforming Use.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to remove any redundancy in the Zoning Ordinance which creates confusion.
8. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 5.1.3 of the Zoning
Ordinance by inserting the word “ Height”
as follows:
Rebuilding: The restoration of a non-conforming Structure
damaged by fire or other causes shall be substantially completed in one year
and there shall be no increase in volume,
height, or floor space of such Structure.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment to provide clarification.
9. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 5.2.1 of the Zoning
Ordinance so that the section reads as follows:
Fire Ruins: No owner or occupant of land in any District
shall permit fire or other ruins to be left on a site, but within one year
shall remove such ruins and fill any excavation with solid fill to ground level,
or shall Repair, replace, or rebuild the Structure. All
potential hazards such as foundation holes are required to be mitigated within
90 days after the fire event and until the structure is
reconstructed.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment to
ensure the safety of the community after a fire event.
10. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 6.3.3 of the Zoning
Ordinance by inserting the words “Pervious Material” as follows:
Surface: All parking areas and Access drives and
aisles shall be surfaced with bituminous binder, concrete, asphalt, pervious material, compacted, or
crushed stone placed in order to prevent erosion and rising of dust. If paved, the Lots shall be striped to
delineate parking spaces.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment to include a full range of
surface materials.
11. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 7.3 of the Zoning
Ordinance so that the Explanatory Note reads as follows:
Explanatory Note:
A. The maximum
aggregate area is the sum of all
attached, projecting, and/or free standing Signs. In no case can all of the Sign areas on a property exceed the maximum
aggregate area identified above.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment to provide clarification.
12. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending the certification
language in Articles 12.3.1 and 12.3.2 of the Zoning Ordinance to read as
follows:
“Based on my field investigation conducted on
(date), Lots (lot numbers) contain at least ** Acres of contiguous
non-wetland soil as defined specified
by Article 12.5.3 of the Town of
(** is
the minimum number of acres required for a lot in the particular zone in which
the parent tract is located.)
The Planning Board recommends this amendment to
clarify the existing certification so that it conforms to Article 12.5.3 of the
Zoning Ordinance.
13. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending the certification language in Article
12.3.3 of the Zoning Ordinance so that it reads as follows:
“Based on my field investigation conducted on
(date), the sewage disposal
capacity of the newly configured tax lots (lot numbers) is not
diminished by this boundary line adjustment. newly
configured tax lots (lot numbers) contain adequate non-wetland soil area to
support a State approved sewage disposal system.”
The Planning Board recommends this revision because
the current certification is worded improperly.
14. Are
you in favor of the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance as recommended
by the Planning Board?
Amending Section 13.2.9 of the Zoning
Ordinance so that the definition of Height reads as follows:
Height. The distance measured from ground level to
the highest point on the tower or other structure, including antennas including its attachments.
The Planning Board recommends this amendment
to provide clarification.
15. To see if the Town will vote to change
the Town Treasurer position for the Town of
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended by the Selectmen and
Budget Committee)
16. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight thousand
five hundred and fifty dollars ($8,550) for the purchase of a police radar
trailer.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
17. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty seven
thousand, five hundred dollars ($37,500) for the purchase and equipping of a
new police cruiser.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
18. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty thousand dollars
($80,000) for the purchase of a new fire boat and related equipment to replace
the 1990 Eastern Lobster Style RNBT.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
19. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred
eighty five thousand dollars ($185,000) for the paving of town roads.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
20. To
see if the Town will vote to reclassify the southern end of County Road from a
Class VI to a Class V Seasonal Highway and to raise and appropriate the sum of
Seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for repairs to that section of
County Road.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
21. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for the use of the Public Safety Facilities Study Committee.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
22. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the
sum of Two hundred twenty five thousand dollars ($225,000) for the
reconstruction of a section of
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
23. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) for the purpose of dredging the
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
24. To
see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred thirty-two
thousand seven hundred eighty three dollars ($132,783) for the purchase of 18 Self
Contained Breathing Apparatuses (air packs) and all Related Equipment for the
Fire Department; $126,144.00 of this amount will be funded by the Dept. of
Homeland Security with the “Assistance to Firefighters Grant of 2007”.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize
the Conservation Commission to retain the unexpended portion of its appropriations.
Said funds to be placed in a special Conservation Fund in accordance with RSA
36-A:5.
(Majority vote required)
(Not Recommended by the Selectmen or Budget Committee)
26. To see if the Town will vote to place all Land Use Change Tax Revenue into the Conservation Fund in accordance with RSA 79-A:25.
(Majority vote required)
(Not Recommended by the Selectmen or Budget Committee)
27. To see if the Town will vote to require that all votes by the Town’s governing body and Budget Committee, relative to Budget items or Warrant Articles, be recorded and a numerical tally of any such vote be printed in the Town Warrant next to the affected Warrant Article.
(Majority vote required)
28. To see if the Town will
vote to raise and appropriate the Budget Committee’s recommended amount of Two
million two hundred thirty seven thousand seventy-eight dollars ($2,237,078) to
defray town charges. This article does not include any special or individual
warrant articles.
(Majority vote required)
(Recommended
by the Selectmen and Budget Committee)
29. To transact
any other business that may legally come before this meeting.
Given under our hands and seal this 25th day of
February, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.
A
True Copy of Warrant Attest:
Susan Weeks, Chairman
William Stockman,
Selectman
Daniel Duffy,
Selectman
Board of Selectmen