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STOW – Electric vehicle charging stations may be on the way to Hogan's Hut in North Harmony.
A sketch plan for an electric vehicle charging station at Hogan’s Hut was presented to the North Harmony Planning Board during its September meeting. Concerns include traffic flow around Hogan's Hut, aesthetics around the store, lighting and placement of the charging station near fuel tanks. No plans were approved by the board. The proposal is to be discussed again on Oct. 20.
In other business, a homeowners association in the town of North Harmony is asking the North Harmony Planning Board for help ensuring its guidelines meet town zoning guidelines.
Mark Eicher of the Sunrise Cove Home Association spoke during a recent North Harmony Planning Board meeting asking if the board can give the association some input as to how the HOA can enforce its own guidelines along with the town's zoning guidelines. Eicher suggested having the town code enforcement officer join the HOA when it reviews a plan, as well as possibly including a stamp the HOA would place on the original plans it reviews so the town code enforcement officer knows which set of plans was approved by the HOA. Sunrise Cove officials also proposed limiting home heights to 30 feet at all points around the perimeter of a home in the future.
In May, the North Harmony Zoning Board of Appeals approved a height variance for new home on Salam Drive. The property owner said he had submitted plans to the association that were originally approved before he discovered a variance was needed because of the way the land lays. One neighbor opposed the variance, with Eicher saying the homeowners' association was also opposed to the height variance. Zoning Board of Appeals members, meanwhile, discussed drainage problems that often take place in the Sunrise Cove Home Association. After discussion, the Zoning Board of Appeals approved the height variance with the condition the property owner do everything possible to minimize drainage problems in the area. According to the meeting minutes from the May 27 ZBA meeting, there was little discussion of the height of the home by ZBA members.
The Zoning Board of Appeals discussed a property on the corner of Open Meadows and Diffley roads that had been the subject of public complaints regarding piles of stone and mulch on Open Meadows Road that need to be moved because the property owner is using Diffley Road to load and unload gravel and mulch, which neighbors say creates a safety concern at the intersection. The property owner was invited to attend the meeting but did not attend.
Zoning Board members reviewed several sections of North Harmony’s Zoning Law and decided current operations at the site do not comply with the Zoning Law. Members recommended all piles of materials be moved to a location at least 100 feet from the road.