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Planning board approves reconstruction in resource-protection zone after finding limited alternatives
Summary
The board granted a conditional-use permit to allow Brian Blake to reconstruct a single-family house within the Resource Protection Overlay District, concluding the proposed house would be located in the least-impactful spot on the lot and would not exceed the prior footprint.
The Town of North Berwick Planning Board on June 12 approved a conditional-use permit allowing Brian Blake to reconstruct a single-family home on a Maple Street property (Map 2, Lot 126) located in the Resource Protection Overlay District. The vote was unanimous, 5-0.
Blake and his contractor told the board the original house and an accessory building had been torn down before the owner obtained a demolition permit. During review of a replacement application the board and staff identified a 75-foot setback in the shoreland/resource-protection standards…
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