North Berwick planning board tables Big Boys Truck storage-yard request after extended public hearing

The Town of North Berwick Planning Board on June 12 tabled a conditional-use application from Big Boys Truck and Heavy Equipment Repair LLC (applicant Jason Day) for an amended auto service facility that would add a storage-yard use at 16 Linscott Road (Map 2, Lot 30). The board voted 5-0 to delay final action and asked the applicant and the landowner to deliver a complete, scaled site plan, a current survey, and a screening/buffering plan before the board reconvenes the matter.

The application drew an extended public hearing and substantial questioning from the board and neighbors about visibility from Route 9, the number and status of vehicles on site, hours of operation, hazardous-material handling and whether some of the paved/drive areas sit on state-owned right-of-way. “I was told I look like a junkyard. Apologies for that. I work on everything,” applicant Jason Day said about how his property appears. “I only applied for the storage yard because that’s what I was told I had to do,” he added, describing a business that repairs heavy equipment and…