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Brookside subdivision continued to Oct. 20; board requires updated DEP/stormwater items and water testing
Summary
The board continued final action on the 25-lot Brookside cluster subdivision to Oct. 20 after noting the Army Corps permit is in hand and a small DEP amendment and stormwater and fire-plan edits remain; the board voted to require updated water testing and to disallow ADUs on the subdivision.
The Wells Planning Board continued the Brookside Subdivision application to Oct. 20 and asked the applicant to supply outstanding permit amendments and plan revisions, including stormwater and fire-system details.
Planning staff reported the project — a 25-lot cluster subdivision on House Road that previously received extensions while awaiting Army Corps of Engineers authorization — has obtained the Army Corps permit. Staff said the applicant must file a minor amendment to the state DEP permit and complete several plan edits before final approval.
Staff identified remaining technical items: a stormwater maintenance correction (the 5-year DEP recertification language needed updating), fire-system plan notes and placement of some boulder markers at the field neck; staff said those edits would allow the fire chief to issue final sign-off once provided. The board also discussed well-water testing: although the subdivision was grandfathered under older ordinances, staff recommended and the board voted unanimously to require water testing consistent with current ordinance language.
The board also addressed accessory dwelling units. Planning staff and the applicant agreed that the subdivision would not allow ADUs; the board asked staff to add a restriction to the plan to prohibit ADUs on lots in this subdivision.
The board set a continuation for final action on Oct. 20 to allow the applicant to submit the DEP amendment, updated stormwater language and the fire chief’s sign-off. No final approval was granted at the Oct. 6 meeting.
