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Planning board approves Outerland Holdings' contractor's yard and office at Old Meeting House Road
Summary
The board approved a special permit and site plan for Outerland Holdings LLC to expand a contractor's yard and build a 4,000 sq ft accessory office at 348 & 350 Old Meeting House Road, with conditions including hours, no fabrication, inventory limits, waivers and a dark-sky lighting compliance amendment.
The Falmouth Planning Board voted July 7 to approve a special permit and site plan review allowing Outerland Holdings LLC to expand an existing contractor's yard and construct a 4,000-square-foot accessory office at 348 and 350 Old Meeting House Road.
Applicant Kevin Clauer told the board that, "Since our last hearing... there was the addition of the bollards" and that the gravel area in the rear was reinstated at Conservation's request; he said the team had answered board and engineering questions and was prepared to proceed. (Kevin Clauer)
The board'read motions found the 7.37-acre property meets zoning thresholds (minimum 3 acres in AGA zoning, front yard setback greater than required, not within the water resource protection overlay) and describes site features: 28 paved parking spaces (exceeding the required 27), a 22-space gravel overflow lot, and a 28-space gravel equipment area. Key conditions include construction per the approved plan; the submitted inventory list limiting vehicles, equipment and materials on-site; hours of operation limited to 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; a prohibition on fabrication at the site; and a three-year lapse clause if substantial use has not begun.
The board also granted requested waivers for traffic information, the landscape plan and lighting plan. After members raised dark-sky concerns, the board added an explicit dark-sky compliance condition to the site plan decision; that amendment and the final site plan review motion passed unanimously.
Outcome and next steps: the special permit and site plan review were approved with the listed findings and conditions. The decisions include standard requirements (address assignment with engineering, driveway permit, compliance with soil erosion controls and building code). The permit will lapse in three years if construction or substantial use has not begun except for good cause.
