Limerick Planning Board Reviews Four-Lot Subdivision, Junkyard Concerns

The Limerick Planning Board reviewed a sketch plan for a four-lot subdivision on Parsonsville Road and accepted it, directing the applicant to revise the survey before returning on October 21. The board also discussed enforcement issues at a local auto business and a junkyard, and approved minutes from its August 5 meeting.

Key points

• The board accepted Christian Doyon's sketch plan for four lots off Route 160, with three lots having road frontage and a back lot using an existing 50-foot right of way.
• The board said the access road to the back lot must be built to the minor road standard, including paving, because it would serve as frontage, a point the applicant questioned over cost.
• The board asked for a revised plan showing lot sizes, building envelopes, and a hammerhead turnaround on the back lot.
• Code Enforcement Officer Stan Standifird raised concerns about the number of vehicles at Brian Austin's property, saying it may amount to an automobile graveyard or unpermitted used car sales.
• Standifird reported that Sean Girard is in violation of deadlines for a spillway and stormwater plan at 41 Range E Road, and that a junkyard at 366 Route 5 has an active violation for a missing water sample.
• Board member Marilyn raised additional alleged violations at the junkyard, including equipment in a fire lane and items within the required 100-foot setback.

Next steps

• The applicant will revise the subdivision survey and return to the board's October 21 meeting, when a site walk and public hearing may be scheduled.
• Standifird will contact Brian Austin to arrange a board site walk of his property.
• The board will post notice of the site walk at its next meeting.
• Standifird will issue a notice of violation to Sean Girard regarding the missed deadlines.
• The board approved the August 5 meeting minutes.

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