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Falmouth Planning Board continues contentious Marsh subdivision after engineering, access and waiver disputes
Summary
The Planning Board continued Steve Marsh’s 3‑lot subdivision at Old Barnstable Road to Oct. 8 after public concerns about legal access, stormwater and multiple waiver requests; staff advised recorded conservation restrictions and a stormwater permit as conditions of future approval.
The Town of Falmouth Planning Board continued a contested public hearing for applicant Steve Marsh’s definitive plan to create a three‑lot subdivision at 0 Old Barnstable Road, setting a new continuation date of Oct. 8 while staff and the applicant work through multiple engineering and legal issues.
The hearing focused on four waiver requests the applicant submitted with his plan: reducing pavement width from the town’s required 22 feet to 19 feet to match adjacent Catawba Lane; allowing a nonstandard dead‑end turnaround (the applicant proposed a T‑style hammerhead rather than building a full cul‑de‑sac circle); waiving placement of performance‑guarantee language on the definitive plan page (the applicant clarified he was not seeking to avoid providing a…
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