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Planning Board backs small farm stand at 4 Exeter Road, sets sign and setback guidance
Summary
The board agreed the proposed 5-by-2-foot movable farm stand selling homemade soaps and herbs fits the single-family agricultural district and asked the applicant to keep signage within local limits and observe setbacks.
The Kingston Planning Board told a resident it considers a proposed small farm stand at 4 Exeter Road to be an agricultural use allowed in the single-family agricultural district and offered guidance on signage and setbacks.
Applicant Sandra Guy described a 5-foot-by-2-foot movable stand and a sign reading "homemade soaps, lotions, salves, and herbs." The board reviewed zoning rules about home occupations and farm stands and noted the stand appears to fall within the town's size and signage limits.
Nut graf: Board members said the structure is not a permanent foundation-mounted building and can be removed seasonally. They recommended the applicant keep the sign to the town's two-square-foot maximum and to place the stand at least 50 feet from the road, consistent with setback rules in the single-family agricultural district.
Robin Carter, the land-use administrator, noted that because the operation involves manufacturing (mixing essential-oil based products) the processing would be considered a home occupation component but that most of the activity can be kept out of public view and remain allowable. Members said the stand's size as described would likely be under the 2-square-foot sign maximum.
The board voted by consensus to respond to the applicant indicating the use is acceptable as an agricultural farm stand and to specify design and sign-size limitations for final confirmation.
Ending: Staff will draft a response to the applicant confirming the farm-stand classification, reiterating the sign-size limit and setback expectations and advising the applicant how to proceed if the operation expands beyond the current, small-scale description.
