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Farmington Zoning Board grants four variances for Pintail Crossing, requires crosswalk signs before road dedication
Summary
The board approved four area variances for the Pintail Crossing apartment project—reducing front and rear setback requirements to accommodate existing buildings and an upcoming road dedication—and required the applicant to provide two pedestrian crossing signs at the community building crosswalk prior to dedication to the town.
The Farmington Zoning Board of Appeals granted four area variances for the Pintail Crossing apartment project (ZB 2026-0501 through ZB 2026-0504), approving reduced front- and rear-setback dimensions for existing apartment buildings and the community building to accommodate an anticipated dedication of Pintail Crossing Road to the town.
A Marathon Engineering representative told the board the filings are intended to "tighten up" deed and setback records so the road dedication can proceed; the representative said building 8 had been treated as the worst-case encroachment previously, and the current requests will cover each building’s existing condition. The applications reference Town Code Chapter 165, Section 79G, which establishes the setback requirements the variances modify.
After a staff clarification about a noticing error for one of the filings, the board chose to block the four variance applications together for consideration. The ZBA then waived full reading of the findings and issued determinations granting each area variance with conditions that prevent any future expansion into the granted setback without complying with Chapter 165.
For the community building variance (ZB 2026-0504), the board added a specific condition: the applicant must provide two pedestrian crossing signs with arrows to the town highway superintendent for installation at the crosswalk prior to the dedication of Pintail Crossing to the town. The applicant's representative agreed to notify the town when the signs will be delivered.
The board recorded its finding in the determinations that "the benefit to the applicant does outweigh any known detriment to the community or neighborhood" in each case. The decisions were presented as waivers of full reading and were adopted after voice votes recorded as "Aye" in the meeting transcript.
Next steps: The applicant and town attorneys were urged to coordinate to complete the road-dedication paperwork; town staff will expect delivery of the two pedestrian crossing signs before accepting the road dedication.
