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Gardiner planning board approves Orchard Street subdivision with wetlands note, waives test‑pit submission
Summary
The Gardiner Planning Board approved a subdivision application by a local builder to divide Map 26A Lot 015A (Orchard Street) into eight parcels, granting a written waiver for test‑pit submission and adding conditions that require a note that Lot 8 is undevelopable and that any required DEP permit for road work be obtained.
The Gardiner Planning Board on an application by Val (applicant) approved a preliminary subdivision of Map 26A Lot 015A at Orchard Street into eight parcels and granted a waiver of the test‑pit submission requirement, attaching conditions that Lot 8 be recorded as undevelopable and that any required Maine DEP permit for road impacts be obtained.
The vote followed extended review of the city subdivision performance standards, discussion of wetlands on Lot 7 and Lot 8, on‑site stormwater control by roadside ditches, and how the developer will stage construction and septic design.
Board chair Debbie Willis opened the hearing and asked the applicant to describe the plan. The applicant identified himself as a local builder proposing “7 or 8 houses down on Orchard Street…and the roadway to go to it,” with two‑ to three‑bedroom houses using private wells and septic systems. Code Enforcement Officer Chris McNeil and Public Works Director John Cameron participated in the technical review.
The board discussed test‑pit requirements in the subdivision performance standards, noting that submission of test pits is a…
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