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Exeter planning board approves maintenance building and driveway for Pinerest Mobile Home Park with landscaping and drainage conditions
Summary
The board approved a site plan for a two‑car garage and small office (about 1,792 sq ft) at Pinerest Mobile Home Park (30 Ashbrook Road), adding conditions on drainage, downcast lighting, fees, and submission of a sketch of infill planting for planner approval before final plans are signed.
The Exeter Planning Board granted conditional approval June 25 for a 1,792‑square‑foot maintenance garage and office at 30 Ashbrook Road for Pinerest Mobile Home Park LLC. Applicant Henry Boyd of Millennium Engineering and owner Don Jensen described the proposal as a consolidated maintenance space to keep equipment on site and improve response to resident needs.
Henry Boyd told the board the building would avoid crossing a nearby man‑made wetland and would use stone infiltration trenches and grading to an existing open ditch to manage roof and driveway runoff. "Everything is pitched this way without a crown… we also have implemented on the back of the structure… a stone infiltration trench that will handle all of the roof runoff," Boyd said. Planner Dave Sharples had requested drainage information; Boyd said he provided a supplemental letter explaining the mitigation.
Board members asked about snow storage, lighting and a planting plan. The applicant confirmed the design proposes two downcast security lights (one at each end of the building) and showed two snow‑storage areas on the plan; the board required a sketch of the proposed infill planting along the property line to be submitted to the town planner before final plan signing. Conditions read by the planner included payment of all applicable fees, maintenance of landscaping with replacement of dead material, shielded downlit security lighting, no snow storage on planting areas, and submission of the planting sketch for planner approval.
Two nearby residents, Debbie Staples (33 Ashbrook Road) and David Alexander (31 Ashbrook Road), testified in support of the application, praising the owner’s stewardship and saying the proposal would be an improvement. "Everyone there is very happy with the way it's been run," Alexander said.
Why it matters: Approving the building enables the park owner to consolidate maintenance operations on site, which the board saw as improving responsiveness to tenants while requiring controls to protect wetlands and neighbors.
Next steps: Applicant must submit the planting sketch and satisfy conditions (fees, final drainage documentation) before the planner will sign the final plans.
