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Planning Board preliminarily approves Mia Lane subdivision, accepts wells and grants off-site fire-protection waiver
Summary
After reviewing new well data and a driller's letter, the Planning Board voted unanimously to accept on-site wells for the Mia Lane subdivision, require a landscaping plan at final submission, and grant a waiver for on-site hydrants based on proximity of nearby hydrants.
The Town of Wells Planning Board gave preliminary approval Jan. 27 to the Mia Lane subdivision after accepting on-site wells as the water source and agreeing to a waiver for on-site fire hydrants.
Staff summarized the application's history and the additional water data the applicant supplied, including a letter from a well driller and an inventory of nearby wells. Staff said bringing town water to the site would be considerably more expensive than private wells; the estimate provided to the board showed roughly a two-to-one cost differential, though exact figures were preliminary.
Unidentified Speaker (S4), an abutter, raised soil contamination concerns near the railroad and asked for water-quality…
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