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Planning board reviews proposed No‑Name Pond overlay changes after neighbors urge caution
Summary
At a workshop the board considered rewriting buffer rules in the No‑Name Pond overlay so the 50‑ft vegetated buffer applies only to drainageways that drain directly into the lake; neighbors and residents urged the board not to weaken protections and asked staff to confirm how local retention ponds drain to the lake.
The Lewiston Planning Board held a workshop discussion on proposed amendments to the No‑Name Pond overlay district that would clarify when a 50‑foot vegetated buffer applies. Staff proposed tying the buffer to drainage ways that drain directly to the lake, rather than automatically applying the buffer to engineered stormwater conveyances that outlet to on‑site retention ponds.
Shelley Norton said the change originated from a subdivision where a newly configured driveway would otherwise fall inside…
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