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ANNUAL REPORT Planning

The Planning Department is responsible for assisting Planning Board applicants and helping the community identify and achieve long-term goals associated with growth, land management, and economic development. The department provides support to the Planning Board, Land Management Planning Committee, Economic Development Committee, and New Gloucester Water District, as well as providing planning assistance on infrastructure projects. In FY 2017, staff continued to focus on planning efforts related to construction of a new public works facility for the Town, Upper Village planning initiatives, planning and implementation efforts at the Fairgrounds, and support relating to a culvert replacement on Morse Road. Planning Board The Planning Board reviewed and approved eleven new site plan applications, and one minor subdivision amendment. Site Plan Reviews: • Auto Repair Shop, Oz Drive • Storage Structure (site plan amendment), Lewiston Road • Residential Garage, Sabbathday Road • Residential Garage, Colebrook Road • Commercial Storage Building, Sabbathday Road (All the above projects located in Residential-Commercial and Groundwater Protection Overlay Districts) • Single-Family Residence, Intervale Road, Upper Village District • New Private Road/Driveway and setback waivers, Sabbathday Road, Limited Residential-Shoreland District • Dormer Addition, Intervale Road, Village and Historic Resource Overlay District • Event Barn/Venue, Intervale Road, Rural Residential District • Residential Addition, Cobbs Bridge Road, Village and Historic Resource Overlay Districts • Gravel Pit Expansion, Outlet Road, Limited Residential Shoreland, Resource Protection and Groundwater Protection Overlay Districts. Subdivision Reviews: • Pre-application Conference for Major Subdivision, Sabbathday Road, Limited Residential-Shoreland, Rural Residential and Groundwater Protection Overlay District. • Plan Amendment, Rosewood Lane, Rural Residential District Thanks to all who served on this Board: Amy Arata, Joe Bean, Jean Couturier, Edward Domas, Eric Hargreaves, Mark Leighton and, especially to Jean Libby, who served on the Planning Board from 1995-2017, serving many of those years as Chairman.

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