Wolfeboro Planning Board reviews lot-line adjustment moving parking and a shed between Brewster parcel and children's center
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Summary
An agent for the applicants explained a proposed conveyance of roughly 10,000 square feet from a Brewster-owned lot to the adjacent children's center to resolve existing encroachments; the board discussed a waiver to the town's "form factor" rule and whether an existing shed must be moved out of a setback.
Randy Tetrault, agent for the applicants, told the Wolfeboro Planning Board the proposal is "just simply a lot line adjustment" that would transfer about 10,000 square feet from the Brewster parcel to the adjoining children's center to formalize existing encroachments from parking and a shed onto the center's property.
The board spent the meeting's preliminary time focusing on whether to recommend a waiver from the town's lot "form factor" requirement. Tetrault said the adjustment increases the form factor on the Brewster lot but that the change results from existing site conditions, not an attempt to create additional building lots. "The waiver is, you know, reasonable," he said, arguing the conveyance brings parking and the shed onto the children's center's parcel and preserves a clear buildable area at the front of the lots.
Board members discussed setbacks, the width of the remaining Brewster lot and how the form factor rule is intended to prevent oddly shaped lots that could be used to create additional lots. Kathy (Planning Board member) said the application met the standard allowing a waiver "for sound planning practices," pointing to the fact the adjustment places existing parking and the shed clearly on the children's center property. Paul (Planning Board member) asked whether lot coverage would remain conforming; Tetrault said the parcels would remain within the village residential district's coverage limits.
Board members also discussed an existing small shed that sits partly in the setback. Tetrault said the owners prefer to keep the shed where it is but can relocate it if the board requires the move: "They'd rather not move it, but they could move it to get it past the setback and rearrange it, if that's the request of the board." Board members noted the shed is small (Tetrault estimated about 10 by 12 feet) and not on a permanent foundation, and said moving it would not constitute an undue hardship if the board required relocation.
The presentation was given as a preliminary review; Tetrault said the applicants intend to return for final submission and may request limited waivers at that time. No final action or vote on the lot-line adjustment or on a shed relocation requirement was recorded at the meeting; the board asked the applicants to return with final plans and, if the board requires a condition to move the shed, a timeline for that work.
The board also requested aerials and a final plan set for the next meeting to confirm that the lot lines, parking areas and setbacks are shown consistently before a final decision.
