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Planning board approves Bartlett final site plan, asks for traffic signage condition
Summary
The Westport Island Planning Board approved the Bartlett final site plan after reviewing Section 10 criteria and related standards; members asked that final approval include clear traffic‑directional signage to reduce potential circulation conflicts.
The Westport Island Planning Board voted to approve the Bartlett final site plan application on July 8, finding that the proposal met the town’s site‑plan criteria and applicable standards.
The board’s chair led a point‑by‑point review of Section 10 criteria — including water and groundwater impacts, erosion control, road and driveway access, parking layout, emergency services, and the project’s fit with the town’s rural character — and asked members to register yea or nay on each item. Board members raised questions about the site’s access and recommended a condition requiring traffic‑directional signs to reduce the chance of drivers attempting to enter and exit at the same point.
A member who participated in the site visit said the visit was unusually busy and noted it would not reflect typical day‑to‑day traffic, but added that a single entrance and exit and clear signs would “make that a condition that we have traffic directional signs for an entrance and an exit and how people get to the parking,” to avoid vehicles converging in the same place. The applicant confirmed there are parking signs on site and said that no events are planned that would materially increase traffic.
After reviewing the standards and findings of fact presented in the public hearing record, a board member moved to approve the application based on those findings and conclusions of law; the motion carried by voice vote. The board closed the discussion by thanking the applicant for working with staff and volunteers to improve the application and for providing materials that helped the board apply the ordinance.
The board noted it will include any conditions agreed on the record when it issues the final documentation and that the CEO will sign permits as required after planning board approval. No vote tally by member name was recorded in the transcript.
The board moved on to other business following the Bartlett decision; next steps for the Bartlett project are for the applicant and town staff to complete any final plan paperwork and ensure any conditions (such as directional signage) are implemented before permit issuance.
