Planning Board conditionally approves lot‑line adjustment for Young properties with clarification requirement

Rodney Phillips, alternate, moved the motion to conditionally approve application 25‑17 (Barbara Young Revocable Trust and Drew Young, Map 45 Lot 5 and Lot 9) with the condition that the plan clearly indicate whether each proposed line is for a lot‑line adjustment or for a future subdivision; Alicia seconded and the motion carried by voice vote.

The application packet and the consultant’s presentation (Mark Sargent of Richard Bartlett & Associates) described a transfer of roughly 25.63 acres from 418 to 404 Loudon Ridge Road, leaving a roughly 10.49‑acre remainder and meeting the board’s minimum building‑area and frontage requirements as presented. Board members and abutters had earlier discussed an on‑site, historically‑used cemetery; the consultant said research showed the last burial was in 1960 and that town counsel and the cemetery association were contacted to clarify status. The board required abutter notification and clarity on any deed or conservation easement that affects buildable area before the file proceeds.

The board discussed potential title and recording sequencing problems with combining a lot‑line adjustment and subdivision on a single sheet; that concern informed the condition tying plan language to the deed and to the recording order. No further conditions were imposed at the vote beyond the plan‑labeling requirement.

Next steps: applicant to submit revised plan clearly labeling which lines correspond to the lot‑line adjustment and which correspond to the proposed subdivision, and to provide documentation clarifying conservation easement or cemetery status prior to final recording.