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Planning board hears revisions on 48 Hillside steep‑slope plan; hearing adjourned for public review
Summary
Applicant for 48 Hillside presented a reduced footprint and shifted house to increase separation from a travel way; consultants outlined planting and stormwater infiltrator plans; neighbors expressed ongoing concerns about scale and visual height; the public hearing was adjourned so revised plans can be posted for review.
The planning board received an update on a steep‑slope application for a new single‑family house at 48 Hillside Avenue, where a public site visit prompted the applicant to shrink the house footprint, shift the plan to move the façade further from a traveled way that crosses the lot, and develop a multi‑layered landscape screening plan.
Representatives for owner Wolf Lucarath (Tim Allen of Bibbo Associates, architect/engineering consultants and landscape designer Glen Tyers) presented revisions that reduce building coverage, add foundation planting and larger screening trees, and incorporate infiltrator stormwater measures behind the house to reduce runoff. The team said they will minimize tree clearing where possible and coordinate septic and stormwater designs with the town engineer.
Members of the public — including Paul Chambers and George Gullen — thanked the applicant for changes but reiterated concerns about massing, visual height as seen from the traveled way, and long‑term maintenance and responsibility for the unpaved traveled way. Board members noted several engineering questions remain outstanding (access for pool construction, fuel delivery to a proposed propane tank, and confirmation of water‑line locations) and that the town engineer had not yet issued a recommendation.
Given the revised plans had not yet been publicly posted in final form, the board elected to adjourn the public hearing to allow the public time to review submitted revisions and to give the town engineer time to complete review before further action.
