Planning Board approves 2.11-acre RSM Camp Sunapee subdivision after insurer requirement

Vice-Chair Jen Roberts and the Springfield Planning Board approved a subdivision that will separate a 2.11-acre parcel from a 73-acre property known as RSM Camp Sunapee, saying the change was driven by the owner’s insurer.

Brian Pratt, an engineer with Fuss & O’Neil and the applicant’s agent, told the board the subdivision was “100% insurance driven,” saying the owner’s insurer would no longer insure the residence if it remained on the same lot as the camp. Pratt said staff considered slopes and soils when sizing the new lot, and that the new parcel will have more than 500 feet of road frontage, exceeding the board’s 200-foot minimum.

Board members asked about two camp features near the proposed lot line. Pratt measured the bandstand at roughly 18 feet from the boundary and the generator at roughly 31 feet. The board agreed to issue waivers noted in the record for the bandstand (up to 18 feet) and for the generator (up to 5 feet) and added two conditions to approval: keep full-size 22"x34" maps in the subdivision folder and provide a copy of the State subdivision approval once received.

Dan Saulnier moved to approve the subdivision with those conditions; John Trachy seconded. The board conducted a voice vote in which all recorded members voted yes and the motion carried. The board closed the public-comment period with no speakers.

The board’s approval is conditioned on filing the full-size maps and providing the State subdivision approval; the applicant must submit the State approval when it is available before the file is completed in the town’s records.