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Planning board accepts subdivision conditions amid dispute over 50‑year runoff standards
Summary
The Town of Warner Planning Board voted to accept conditions for a subdivision on Tax Map 7, Lots 39 and 391 despite disagreement between the applicant's engineer and the board's reviewer about whether the design must meet a 50‑year volume standard in addition to state peak‑flow rules.
The Town of Warner Planning Board voted to acknowledge that conditions for the subdivision of Tax Map 7, Lots 39 and 391 have been met after a lengthy technical debate over stormwater standards.
The board's decision came after engineers and board members debated whether the project complies only with state Alteration of Terrain (AOT) and New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) rules for peak runoff (cubic feet per second) or whether Warner's site‑plan condition — written to prevent increased runoff or velocity onto adjacent properties — also requires meeting a 50‑year storm volume metric favored by the board's consultant, Ares.
"Because we've met those requirements,…
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