Planning board discusses amended plan and conservation-restriction shift for town parcel

Aug 4, 2026

Board members reviewed an amended plan after driveway constraints and discussed a conservation-restriction amendment that shifts which 8 acres are excluded from restriction; a motion to endorse an AMR was proposed but the board deferred voting.

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The planning board discussed an amended plan for a parcel the town may acquire to provide parking and a connection to Mount Pigeon. The presenter said an engineering driveway layout proved infeasible, the matter went before the zoning board of appeals and "they approved the substandard lot" for the parcel the town would purchase, and the ANR has been signed and certified. "So now it is okay to be signed off by the planning board, and then we can file this," the presenter said.

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