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Planning board requires site plan review for home heating delivery business at 42 Monadnock Highway
Summary
Mark Patton, proposing a home heating oil delivery and burner service business, was told by the SMASI Planning Board to submit a site plan review and attend a public hearing before commencing operations with parked trucks on-site.
The SMASI Planning Board told applicant Mark Patton that his proposed home heating oil delivery business at 42 Monadnock Highway will require site plan review and a public hearing before the board, citing concerns about on-site truck parking, potential leaks, and the change in use from previous tenants.
At the Oct. 9 meeting, Patton described plans to lease and live in the building and to operate two delivery trucks and burner service from the site. He said vehicles would be filled off-site and that no storage tanks are planned. "No plans to ever put storage tanks in there," Patton said.
Board members said the business differs substantially from prior uses at the property and generally triggers a site plan review so neighbors can comment on parking configuration and other site arrangements. "I'm thinking that it might be time for a site plan there," a board member said; another member voiced concerns about potential leakage or seepage from trucks and said the board needs documentation to review those risks.
Staff told Patton he can prepare a simple site plan without an architect showing truck parking, office location, and other site features; planning staff (Adam) will provide an application packet and guidance on waivers where some requirements may not apply. The board agreed that everything (office location and truck parking) should be submitted together rather than piecemeal and that a public hearing will be scheduled so neighbors can weigh in.
Patton said his trucks are new and he expects minimal spill risk; he asked whether he could move into the building and operate the office while completing the site plan. Board members replied that moving in as a residence is separate from the planning review, but that operation of the business with trucks parked on-site will require the site plan and a public hearing.
The board did not vote to approve the business at the meeting; instead it directed the applicant to submit a site plan and agreed to schedule a public hearing once the application is complete.
