Preliminary consultation: minor lot-line adjustment to allow relocated septic on Island Road

The Planning Board received a preliminary consultation on March 18 for a proposed minor lot-line adjustment at 38 Island Road (tax map 222-3 and 235-5) to resolve a recently installed septic leach field location.

Randy Castro, representing the applicant, said the project arose after a failed septic system required the owner to install a replacement leach field further back on the property. The applicant negotiated with heirs of a neighboring property to record an easement so contractors could install the state-approved 5-bedroom septic system; the easement was recorded and the system was installed before the owners completed a fee purchase of the land under the leach field.

Castro described the plan as a minor lot-line adjustment that will transfer a small area (he noted an incremental area of about 0.05 acres in a boxed plan detail) to the applicant so the septic system and associated lot-loading are on the same parcel. He said the adjustment improves conformity for the small camp lot and leaves access and frontage unchanged; the larger adjoining parcel remains a large lot.

Castro said the firm will set two boundary monuments as part of the final plan and that a topographic/septic design plan is already on file with the town for the affected lot. He asked the board for any questions; members asked for the current and proposed acreage to be shown clearly in a boxed area on the plan, and Castro responded that he had added a boxed area to make the acreage more evident.

The board was advised that the project already had been to the town’s technical review committee (TRC). No formal application decision or vote was taken; this was a preliminary consultation and the applicant expects to file the lot-line adjustment application with the plan details and requested waivers.