Planning board accepts Cram Road sketch plan as preliminary, schedules sitewalk and public hearing

The Limerick Planning Board voted to accept a preliminary sketch plan for a Cram Road parcel and scheduled a sitewalk and public hearing after the applicant presented the proposed subdivision.

The applicant, identified in the hearing as Gerard, told the board the parcel had originally been about 12 acres and is now about 7.5 acres including a right-of-way, with proposed lots ranging from roughly 1.43 to 1.57 acres. Gerard said the submitted survey from LinePro shows a hammerhead turnaround and that required road frontage would be met once the right-of-way is excluded. “This property is on Cram Road. I bought it at least 10 years ago,” Gerard said during his presentation.

Board members questioned lot sizes, frontage (a 175-foot frontage was noted), and driveway arrangements off the hammerhead. Staff confirmed the hammerhead dimension was enlarged to 20 feet to meet standards and that right-of-way acreage is excluded from lot calculations. Chair moved to accept the submission as preliminary and to set a sitewalk and public hearing; the board set the sitewalk for Sept. 2 at 6:00 p.m. and the public hearing for Sept. 9 at 7:00 p.m., passing the motion by voice vote.

The board recorded that two other lots on the same parcel (85 and 93 Cram Road) had been sold and that the applicant intends to market the newly created lots as buildable. The board asked the applicant to provide any outstanding corrective deeds (related to an easement) and to be prepared to address those documents at follow-up meetings.

The next procedural step is the sitewalk on Sept. 2, followed by the public hearing on Sept. 9, where the board will consider public input and any technical questions before deciding whether to approve the subdivision.