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Baldwin board approves administrative revision to Jamie McDonald subdivision and waives fee
Summary
The board approved a revision that renumbers lots in the 2022 Jamie McDonald subdivision (no new lots created) and waived any additional fee, finding the change administrative in nature.
The Baldwin Planning Board voted April 23 to approve a revision to the Jamie McDonald subdivision (Map 5, Lot 14) that renumbers existing lots and makes no new divisions of land. The board characterized the change as an administrative clarification to an earlier 2022 approval and chose to waive any additional fee for the revision.
Jamie (the applicant) told the board the revision does not create new lots or dwelling units; it only renumbers existing lots "to make it look cleaner." A board member moved to waive any fee associated with the revision on the grounds that the change did not constitute a substantive new subdivision, and the board approved the motion and the revised final plan. Signatures were taken to file the revised plan.
Why it matters: the decision maintains the current subdivision footprint while clearing up numbering and record-keeping for the town’s files, and it avoids imposing an additional fee on the applicant for a non-substantive administrative update.
The board noted that the applicant should be prepared to coordinate with the fire chief and Emerald Trail LLC on any shared fire-protection or water-access obligations tied to the adjacent properties, as discussed on other agenda items.
