Planning board approves revised South High Street subdivision, reduces project to three units

The Bridgton Planning Board voted to approve the final subdivision and findings for a revised project on South High Street, reducing the development from five units to three single‑family condominium units. Chair called for the motion; Miss Cook moved, Miss DiPietro seconded, and the board approved the findings by voice/hand raise.

Jim Seymour, civil engineer and project manager with Sebago Technics, told the board the applicant, Mark Lopez, elected to modify the plan from five units to three with the same driveway orientation and efforts to retain existing trees and stone walls. "This is 3 with 3 bedrooms, so 9 bedrooms total," Seymour said, explaining the septic sizing and that the applicant proposes to keep the existing septic system with minor conservation measures. The engineer also reported stormwater recalculations and unchanged buffers.

Board members reviewed a draft of findings of fact and conclusions of law with redline changes prepared by staff. The chair asked staff member Laura Lee to clean up the redline copy before the chair signs the final document. The board did not add additional substantive conditions beyond the edited findings; the motion approved the final subdivision with those amended findings.

Next steps: staff will incorporate the board's redline corrections and file the signed findings. The applicant is expected to return any required recordable conveyances and technical documentation to meet recording standards.