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Lakeville Board of Health asks zoning board for full plans on multi-lot redivision
Summary
The Lakeville Board of Health voted to send a letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals saying it has no information to comment on a petition to redivide eight abutting parcels into four lots because no applicant or plans appeared at the health board meeting.
The Lakeville Board of Health voted to send a letter to the Town of Lakeville Zoning Board of Appeals saying the health board had no information on a pending petition to redivide eight abutting parcels on Evergreen Road, Clark Road and Spruce Street and therefore could not provide meaningful comment.
The motion, made during the board’s Dec. 4 meeting, said no one representing the petition appeared at the health board meeting and the board had not received engineering or septic plans. “No one was in attendance for our meeting, nothing’s been presented to us. We have no information to make an intelligent comment to your board about this, and we would like them to come to us with actual plans and proposals, before it got approved,” Member (unnamed) said when moving the motion. The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The petition described in a brief summary provided to the board said eight parcels — four of which contain pre-zoning-era single-family dwellings — are proposed to be redivided into four new lots with new single-family homes proposed on each. Board members said the summary did not identify well locations, septic layouts or whether existing dwellings would remain deed-restricted for their current bedroom counts.
Board members repeatedly raised concerns about septic feasibility and potential well impacts if some units remain on private wells while others hook into the Newtown Water System. “We don’t have an actual septic design plan or house locations to see what wells are affected,” the board chair (unnamed) said. Members asked the zoning board to wait for site plans and for applicants to consult the board of health before any zoning approval.
The board’s letter to the zoning board will state the health board did not receive a presenter or materials at the Dec. 4 meeting and requests that the petitioner present site plans, septic designs and information about sewer or water hookups before the zoning board acts.
Board members noted that if the new lot configuration preserves existing wells on some lots while moving house footprints on others, the board will need detailed septic and well location plans to assess nitrogen loading and Title 5 compliance.
The board did not vote on the underlying zoning petition itself; the action was limited to sending the requested comment letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The board recorded the motion and voice vote during the Dec. 4 meeting and will forward the letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
