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Planning board conditionally accepts Azura/Azure Skies amended subdivision; waives application fee
Summary
The Lebanon Planning Board conditionally accepted the amended subdivision application for Azura/Azure Skies — permitting three detached condo units on a >7-acre parcel with 251 ft frontage — pending an updated abutters list and sitewalk; the board also granted a request to waive the application fee.
The Lebanon Planning Board voted to conditionally accept the amended subdivision application for the Azura (also spelled "Azure" in materials) Skies condominium project, moving the application to the next procedural step pending an updated abutters list and a sitewalk.
The applicant’s presenter summarized changes to the plan, saying the lot line adjustment added about 31 feet and brought the frontage to roughly 251 feet, which, combined with more than 7 acres of land, supports three single-family detached condominium units. The applicant described driveway spacing verified at about 103 feet edge-to-edge (roughly 124 feet center-to-center), separate driveways for one unit and a shared driveway for two others, reuse of an existing well, and septic designs for each unit. The plans show a 16,000-gallon water supply system for fire suppression but the applicant said a residential sprinkler system may be a cost-effective alternative.
Road Commissioner Lori, who had provided written input to the board, told the panel she had "no issue as long as it meets what the town requires" and said driveway permits remain a road-commission responsibility.
Board members focused questions on stormwater treatment. The applicant’s team said they modeled peak flow and discussed options including rain gardens with liners and level spreaders; the presenter said removing liners and spreading runoff over vegetated depressions could lower maintenance needs though modeling made it difficult to demonstrate pre-development peak-flow parity without larger storages. Members emphasized the importance of maintaining any planted or mulched stormwater features.
The board conditionally accepted the application with the stipulation that an updated abutters list be provided in time for public notice; a sitewalk was scheduled for Tuesday, the 21st, at 6:00 p.m. Separately, the board granted a waiver request to waive the application fee tied to the previously approved three-lot subdivision.
The application will return for formal hearings once notice requirements are met and the sitewalk is completed.
