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Board cites steep slopes, plans letter to deny Sweeney Peoples driveway approach
Summary
Selectboard members reviewed ANR slope mapping showing multiple approach points above the town's 25% slope limit and decided to send a letter (to be drafted by the Chair and a member) defining the slope limit and addressing the driveway access application for the Sweeney Peoples Family Trust (Brian Peoples).
The Chair explained the board examined ANR online slope layers for the Sweeney Peoples Family Trust driveway-access proposal and reported several points exceeding a 25% grade (examples cited at roughly 36% and 42%). "They're all greater than 25%," one committee member said after clicking sample points on the map.
Members concluded the proposed approach would require major regrading or engineering beyond typical driveway work, raising erosion and buildability concerns. The Chair said she and another member would draft a letter to Brian Peoples on behalf of the board stating that the approach as presented exceeded the town's slope limits and reiterating ANR's mapping. The board agreed not to take a field trip to the site after reviewing the data.
Next steps: the town will send the formal letter defining the slope limit and outlining why the current approach is unacceptable as presented.
