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Owner seeks guidance for four‑lot infill sketch plan at 102 Shadigi Road
Summary
At a March 17 Planning Board workshop, owner Gary Colin presented a sketch plan to divide 102 Shadigi Road into four lots. Board members asked for clearer easement mapping, topographic data, stormwater capacity analysis and individual waiver justifications before formal application submission.
Gary Colin, the property owner at 10 Baxter Lane, told the Saco Planning Board on March 17 that his lot at 102 Shadigi Road could accommodate two additional lots and that public water and sewer already serve the site. "There's room for two more additional lots as it's set right now," Colin said, asking the board for guidance on assembling a subdivision application.
Board members focused on technical constraints and documentation the applicant must supply. Jim Moyer and Jeff Brochu pressed Colin to clarify a sewer easement that runs behind several houses and confirmed the sewer ties into a basin installed by an earlier nearby development. Brochu asked whether the existing gravel catch basin near the proposed lot 4 has capacity to accept additional runoff; Colin said the basin was installed years ago and described how existing grading routes water toward the drains.
Members also flagged ordinance requirements that could trigger waiver requests: underground utility service to new homes, sidewalks along the Shadigi frontage and driveway spacing. "We typically ask for underground services to the homes unless there is a waiver," Brochu said, and advised Colin to include a concise justification for each waiver sought. The board recommended mapping building envelopes and topography so future builders understand constraints and urged the applicant to show the tree line, utility easements and any proposed buffering on the sketch plan.
What happens next: the board told Colin that a clear waiver justification for each item, topographic contours, evidence of sewer and water service and documentation of the catch basin will help staff and the board evaluate a formal application. No formal vote or decision was taken at the workshop.
Ending: The applicant said he would prepare more detailed materials and return with a formal application; board members suggested looking at a recent, similar Smuddy Lane subdivision for structure and precedent.
