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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 the Comprehensive Plan Update Committee, as well as providing planning assistance on infrastructure projects. In FY 2018, staff focused on an update of the town’s Comprehensive Plan, staffing of the Planning Board, and revisions of the zoning ordinance brought through the LMPC. Comprehensive Plan Update Committee The Comprehensive Plan update has been hard at work this year. They have compiled and reviewed all the data needed to support the plan and undertaken public input efforts to make sure that the plan will represent the needs and wants of residents of the town. The comprehensive plan is similar to a business plan for the town in that it takes stock of what we have and where we are as a town; then sets goals for what we want to do in the future For more information and ongoing updates contact the Town Planner, Scott Hastings. Thanks to all who served: Peter Bragdon (vice chair), Stephen Chandler, Linda Chase, Sam Coggeshall, Ben Davison, Caitlyn Davison, Terry DeWan, Julie Fralich, Rebecca Klotzle, Don Libby (chair), Jean Libby, Steve Libby, Barbara Seaver, Debra Smith, Ben Tettlebaum. Planning Board The Planning Board reviewed and approved eight new site plan applications, and two subdivisions, and three amendments to existing subdivisions:

Site Plan Reviews: • Façade and landscaping changes to the Town Library • Public Works Garage, Lewiston Road • Auto Restoration Shop, Sabbathday Road • Residential Garage, Peacock Hill Road • Single Family Home, Gloucester Hill Road • Meat Processing Facility, Valley Farm Road • Shared Dock on Subdivision Common Land, Sabbathday Road • Amendment to Approved Self Storage Facility, Maine Street Subdivision Reviews:

• Addition of 1 lot to previously approved subdivision. Granite Ridge Road • Amendment for changes to lot lines and drainage, Sabbathday Road • Amendment to allowed use of common land in Subdivision, Sabbathday Road • 5 lot Subdivsion, Lewiston Road Upper Village • 3 lot Subdivision, Atwood Road` Thanks to all who served: Linda Chase, Christina Chase, Sam Coggeshall, George Colby (vice-chair), Jean Couturier, Caitlyn Davison (chair), Karen Gilles, Donald Libby, and Jean Libby (alternate).

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