Planning board questions open-space easement approach for Sebago View

Apr 24, 2026

Board members expressed concern that using overlay easements across private lots, enforced by an HOA, may not meet the subdivision ordinance's 10% common-open-space requirement and suggested obtaining a legal opinion or conveying a separate open-space lot.

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The Raymond Planning Board pushed back on the applicant’s proposal to meet the subdivision ordinance’s 10% open-space requirement through easements over private lots and the homeowners association documents rather than a deeded common-lot.

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