DRB approves Hammond family site plan for 4 Isle Ridge with construction conditions

The Development Review Board voted to approve the Hammond family's application for a new single‑family residence at 4 Isle Ridge, subject to conditions intended to limit construction impacts and preserve buffers. Catherine Harding, the town's building director, told the board that staff requires a gatekeeper on site during construction, a completed staging plan before a building permit, and that any roadway damage be repaired before issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

“We recommend a gatekeeper shall be at the site during all construction activities,” Catherine Harding said during her presentation. Agent Jared Gaylord described the design as a mostly one‑story residence using prefabricated wall panels to shorten construction time and said the project will use a single shared curb cut with the adjacent lot to reduce roadway impacts. Gaylord noted the proposed floor area is 4,228.5 square feet — well under the lot’s permitted maximum — and emphasized buffer planting and a shared curb cut as mitigation.

Board members pressed the applicant on how the buffer would be enforced if the two lots are later owned separately; Gaylord said the building department would condition a certificate of occupancy on restoration of landscaping if parcels convey. The board recorded a motion to approve the application with the conditions read into the record and voted in favor. The approval requires the applicant to meet the building department's enumerated conditions before issuance of a CO.

The board's action is conditioned on the staff recommendations listed in the record, including the gatekeeper, staging permit and on‑site parking behind construction fencing. The decision concludes the matter unless the applicant requests additional variances or modifications.