Town Of Searsmont

Planning Board Minutes

February 6, 2007

1. Call To Order: 7:00p.m.

2. Attendance: Chair: George Sprowl, Evie DeFrees,

Peter Jolliffe, Jack Degraff, Steve Porter, and Dave Marceau and a special

presentation by Stacy Benjamin, Bruce Brierley and Frank Theio.

3. Review of Applications and Requests: Frank was here for this meeting.

· James Lyons- whom is in violation after the fact of a permit was not able to make it to this meeting and will be here on March 6 2007 instead.

· Robert Davis at 220 Thompson Ridge Road, Searsmont met with the Planning Board to discuss his application for a 3x5 wooden sign on a T-bar for his home occupation.

Motion made to approve it, seconded, and passed unanimously.

· Richard Ames, a contractor representative for Mr. Cohen of 8 Penn Commons, Yaphank, N.Y. returned for a permit for a deck at the Jericho Road, address in Searsmont. Mr. Ames made the following changes to his previous plans:

· He removed the porch from his plans that was in the Flood Plain

Zone.

· Created less square footage for the addition: making it 16x20.

This permit fell under the guidelines for a minor site plan Flood Plain review because the expense of the addition will be not be greater than 50% of it’s current value. Also, he will not have to raise the house or porch by eleven feet.

Motion made to approve, with material requirements from Frank/CEO. seconded and passed unanimously.

4. Minutes: Review of January 16, 2007 minutes.

Motion made, seconded, and passed unanimously to except the minutes with minor changes.

5. Communications: Evelyn De Frees resigned her post on the Planning Board for

personal reasons.

6. New Business:

· Bruce Brierley called Maine Municipal Associate to find out what the

states definition is of a Right of Ways on abandoned roads and gave every

Planning Board member a copy.

· Frank presented the Planning Board with an article for Certificate of

Occupancy permit. The Board felt it needed more research before

presenting it to the public for vote.

7. Old Business:

· The Board discussed the FEMA application for a town flood hazard

application and discussed how and where it pertains to the towns

ordinances. The focus was to align their application to the towns

ordnances and have specific ordinance numbers assigned in appropriate

places. Further discussion will take place on this topic.

8. Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.