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Planning Board tables proposal for three rentals at 596 Water Street after abutter concerns and impervious-area issues
Summary
The Gardiner Planning Board opened a public hearing on Echo Property Management's plan for three small rental houses at 596 Water Street but tabled the application for revisions after abutters raised drainage and screening concerns and staff-calculations showed impervious coverage above the 35% HDR limit.
The Gardiner Planning Board opened a public hearing on a proposal by Echo Property Management to construct three single-family rental dwellings (about 1,100 square feet each) on an existing lot at 596 Water Street and voted to continue review after residents and board members raised design and drainage concerns.
Applicant Ted Mitchell of Echo Property Management described the proposal as three 1,100-square-foot homes with one-car garages and said engineering work supported the layout. “The intention … is to construct 3 single family homes about 1,100 square feet each,” Mitchell told the board during the public hearing.
Nearby property owners described recurring groundwater and drainage problems in the neighborhood and asked the board to require more detail on stormwater and grading.…
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