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Planning Board approves Hawks Nest subdivision findings and signs plans
Summary
The Town of Wells Planning Board voted to approve findings and sign plans for the Hawks Nest subdivision after staff recommended the proposal met subdivision standards including open-space, utilities, streets and performance guarantees.
The Town of Wells Planning Board on Sept. 22 voted to approve the Hawks Nest subdivision and to sign the final plans and findings after staff review found the application met applicable subdivision standards.
Staff presented a packet of draft findings and a compliance memo for the new subdivision and recommended the board make the required determinations under the town subdivision ordinance. The board heard that the plan provides 48.7 percent open space (about 7.8 acres) and that the proposed homeowners association would own and maintain the open space. The staff review also described proposed private drilled wells, individual subsurface sewage disposal systems, residential sprinkler systems for fire protection, a hydrogeologic assessment, and a stormwater management plan prepared by Empire Engineering.
The board moved through the required findings, including open-space retention, lot and block standards, utilities and required improvements, streets and cul-de-sac design, erosion-control practices, and performance guarantees. Staff told the board that monumentation, water supply, fire protection and sewage disposal were listed on the submitted plans and that the proposals met the applicable code sections. The packet included references to the town’s subdivision criteria and specific plan notes called out on the plan (for example, note 5 for wells and sewage and note 11 for underground utilities).
After the staff presentation, board members moved and seconded a series of motions to adopt the findings for each code standard; the transcript records those votes as unanimous. The final motion recommended that the planning board approve the subdivision, sign both the plans and the written findings at the end of the meeting.
The board recorded no additional conditions beyond the standard and special conditions listed in the findings; staff indicated they would sign the documents at the end of the meeting. No public objections or appeals were recorded in the meeting transcript for this item.
The board’s action completes the planning-board level approval; the transcript does not specify subsequent permitting steps, building permit timing or any appeals period.
