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Planning Board approves Eastview Parkway site plan with condition requiring winter snow removal
Summary
The Socko Planning Board voted 4-0 to approve a 17,640 sq. ft. office and storage flex building at Eastview Parkway (Map 64, Lot 6-2-2), adopting staff findings and conditions including a new Condition 21 requiring the applicant to clear snow within 24 hours of a storm to maintain parking and circulation.
The Socko Planning Board unanimously approved site-plan and related findings and conditions for a 17,640-square-foot office and storage flex building at Eastview Parkway (Map 64, Lot 6-2-2).
Board members adopted draft findings of fact and conditions of approval after the applicant agreed to revisions requested by staff and peer reviewers. The applicant amended the plan to meet a 10% internal landscaping requirement and reduced on-site parking by two spaces; the board accepted those revisions and adopted the findings as edited.
Why it matters: The approval clears the way for a medium-scale commercial building in the Park North contract zone while preserving interior landscaping and addressing turning movements and buffering concerns raised by the board and peer reviewers.
Board discussion and supporting details Board members said staff and the applicant responded to outstanding engineering and landscape peer-review comments. Applicant Matthew Orr, civil engineer at Sebago Technics representing Bad Dog Properties LLC, said the plan now shows truck turning diagrams from both directions and meets the required internal landscaping. Orr described targeted parking reductions and added landscape beds to achieve the 10% goal. Board members asked about building height and buffering; Orr said the proposed building will be taller than the immediately abutting structure on Route 1 but similar in scale to other nearby pre-engineered metal buildings, and that larger trees and supplemental plantings will be provided along property lines.
The board voted to reopen and then close the continued public hearing (no public speakers) before considering draft findings and conditions. Board member Jim Moyer proposed edits to two finding paragraphs (compatibility with neighboring properties and audio/visual buffer) and moved to adopt the edited findings. The board then accepted draft conditions and amended them by adding Condition 21, which reads in substance that the applicant must remove accumulated snow from parking areas to permit use of all parking spaces and vehicular movement, to be completed within 24 hours of the end of a storm.
Formal action The board voted 4-0 to adopt the edited findings of fact, adopt the conditions of approval including Condition 21, and grant site-plan approval for Eastview Parkway Map 64 Lot 6-2-2.
What the record shows - Applicant: Bad Dog Properties LLC; project engineer: Matthew Orr, Sebago Technics. - The application was a continued public hearing and was reopened, no public testimony was offered, and the hearing was closed. - The board required a 10% interior landscaping compliance and accepted the applicant’s revised plans showing two fewer parking spaces. - Condition 21 requires snow removal to restore parking and circulation, within 24 hours after a storm.
Next steps With findings, conditions and site-plan approval in hand, the applicant may proceed with permitting and implementation subject to the conditions of approval and any required building permits or inspections.
