EDGECOMB PLANNING BOARD

MINUTES, MARCH 19, 2009

1. Call to Order

Chairman David Boucher called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

2. Roll Call

Members present were David Boucher, Katharine Braid, Bruce Cameron, Barry Hathorne and Jarryl Larson and alternates Jack French and Pat Jeremiah

3. Citizen Comments - None

4. Approval of the March 5, 2009 minutes and clarifications if any.

Item 5, third paragraph, the second sentence was amended to read, “A subdivision road…”. Item 5, fifth paragraph was clarified to indicate that not all of the town’s $30,000 legal budget would be available to the planning board. Bruce Cameron moved to approve the minutes as amended. Vote 5-0-0.

5. Ripley’s Ridge Subdivision, Fred Nehring - Preliminary subdivision application, Map R-6, Lot 45

Fred Nehring and Robert Burns submitted a copy of the DOT application and a letter from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission indicating nothing of historic value was on the site. A site walk was scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at 9 a.m.

The application was reviewed and the following will be needed to complete the application. Mr. Burns said that he had no interest in abutting properties or any contiguous holdings; the abutting owners are shown on the plan. An amended soil report will be needed to show the results of a test pit on Lot 3. Also needed are a boundary survey showing boundaries of all three lots and indication on the plan where the proposed DOT-approved access to Lot 3 will be located. A separate entrance to Lot 3 is planned at the northeast corner of Lot 3; however, if the access to Lot 3 is through Lot 2, the road serving all three lots would have to conform to subdivision standards.

Inasmuch as Mr. Nehring will be selling lots only, there was a consensus that the requirement for a stormwater management plan and an erosion control plan be delayed until application is made for building permits.

Katharine Braid said a waiver of a phosphorus control plan was not necessary; a plan would not be required, as the area was not in the watershed of a Great Pond.

With regard to a waiver of the two-foot contour lines, Katharine Braid said that two-foot contour lines are required by the ordinance; however, the board may permit five-foot contour lines in instances where there would be little impact on existing drainage and no underground utility systems are to be constructed. Ten-foot contour lines with estimated five-foot contour lines are shown on the current plan. She said the board would consider an application to permit five-foot contour lines on the back of Lot 3 and two-foot contours on Lots 1 and 2 and on an area of Lot 3, the rear line of which would coincide with the rear lot line of Lot 2, and would most likely contain the building site. Nehring said Lot 2 is being reduced in size to approximately 2.5 acres by moving the rear lot line closer to the road. If construction is planned for the remainder of Lot 3, two-foot contours would be required for the building site before the Code Enforcement Officer could issue a building permit.

Katharine Braid advised the applicant to submit a new plan showing the revised lot line for Lot 2 and a test pit and building envelope on Lot 3 before requesting a waiver so that the board can define the area in the request. She said the board would need to act on the waiver before finding the preliminary application complete and ruling on the preliminary application, which could be accomplished at a single meeting.

There was a question regarding vernal pools and the chairman will inquire into the matter.

With regard to the 60+ acre Lot 3, Katharine Braid advised the applicant that the 40-acre exemption described in the state subdivision regulations was not applicable because the town has not by ordinance or by reviewing authority elected not to count parcels over 40 or more acres as a lot.

6. Other Business

The building permit application of Doris Downey for addition to a residence in shoreland will be on the April 16 agenda. The application is incomplete and the chairman will advise the applicant of the requirements.

7. Adjourn

Katharine Braid moved to adjourn at 8:10 p.m. Vote 5-0-0.