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Belgrade planning board tables 970 Manchester Road subdivision, asks applicant for deeds and survey
Summary
The Belgrade Planning Board tabled a minor subdivision application for 970 Manchester Road after the applicant presented a resurvey showing a 4.37-acre lot; the board asked for deeds, a full survey and any requested waivers and voted to continue the matter in two weeks.
The Belgrade Planning Board on July 2 voted to table preliminary consideration of a subdivision filed for 970 Manchester Road so the applicant can supply missing documentation, including full deeds and a certified survey.
Chair Sarah Van Get opened the hearing and read the application, which lists the applicant as Pierre (transcript also shows variants) Dion and the property as Map 2, Lot 4A. A representative said a recent resurvey by Sean Tyler reduced the area proposed to be broken off to about 4.37 acres, putting that parcel under the town’s 7-acre threshold and classifying the project as a minor subdivision rather than a major one. “We get it under the 7 acres,” a representative said during the presentation.
Planner/board staff reviewed the ordinance’s submission requirements and told the board the current survey does not show contiguous land and ownership for all lots that are part of the overall parcel. The planner listed mandatory items for a complete preliminary application — including a standard boundary survey with monuments, contour lines, property-line bearings and distances, documentation that the subdivision is not in a flood-prone area and evidence of title — and said some additional items (phosphorus-control plan, hydrogeologic assessment, erosion-control plan) could be considered for waiver but would require a written request with justification.
Board members said they were comfortable sending notice to abutters now so the public has an opportunity to attend the next meeting, but they also asked the applicant to supply the missing deeds and a complete survey so the board can make findings of fact and law at that later meeting. Chair Van Get called for a motion to table the application; the motion carried on a recorded voice vote with four members voting yes and none opposed.
The board set the matter for the next meeting in two weeks and advised the applicant to provide the missing deeds, a complete survey showing all lots in the parcel and any written waiver requests ahead of that session.
What happens next: The applicant will supply the requested documents and the board will revisit the subdivision at its next meeting, when it may be able to complete findings of fact and law and either accept the preliminary application or require additional materials.
