Planning Board approves two-lot subdivision at 500 Carriage Shop Road, names private way Naomi Way

The Falmouth Planning Board voted to approve a definitive plan application to create a two-lot subdivision off Carriage Shop Road at 500 Carriage Shop Road, submitted by George Patelo (trustee). The new private roadway will be named Naomi Way (applicant agreed to drop an apostrophe so the name will read "Naomi Way" rather than "Naomi's Way" for database compatibility).

Tom read the board's motion and findings, which described the roadway as a roughly 431-foot, 22-foot-wide paved hammerhead turnaround private road, installation of an 8-inch water main and a fire hydrant, and a stormwater collection system. The board granted requested waivers from several subdivision-control requirements including traverse tables, fire-alarm system specifications, sidewalks/grass plots/street trees, and street lights, noting waivers may be revisited if future development is contemplated.

Conditions include submission of a covenant creating a homeowners association and a separate covenant or bond ensuring completion of roadway and utilities prior to endorsement; construction per approved plans; compliance with a zoning provision that no occupancy permit for new construction shall be issued until conditions are met; observation of excavations for infiltration pits by the town; compliance with town soil erosion and sediment-control standards; placement of telephone/cable/electric service lines underground; and an approved street-opening permit and bond prior to construction.

During the reading a clerical correction was made: the water main stated in the decision is 8 inches (a reading error had said 8 feet). The board called for the vote and recorded "Aye" votes; one member recused from the matter.

The decision includes typical subdivision conditions and a requirement for coordination with engineering and town departments before endorsement and building permits.