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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. FY 2019 ended with most committees on hold or meeting remotely due to the COVID Pandemic but the department was able to continue work on an update of the town’s Comprehensive Plan, staffing of the Planning Board, and revisions of the The Comprehensive Plan update has been hard at work this year. They developed a draft of the plan including a list of goals and strategies based on public input and data analysis. This draft is available from the town office and it should be completed in the 2020 Fiscal Year. For more information and ongoing updates contact the Town Planner, Scott Hastings. Thanks to all who served: Peter Bragdon (Vice-Chairman), Stephen Chandler, Linda Chase, Sam Coggeshall, Caitlyn Davison, Terry DeWan, Julie Fralich, Rebecca Klotzle, Don Libby (Chairman), Jean Libby, Karen Gillis, Barbara Seaver, Debra Smith, Ben Tettlebaum. Planning Board The Planning Board reviewed and approved seven new site plan applications, and one subdivision: Site Plan Reviews: • Amendment to approved plan, 1007 Interval Road. • Single-family home in the Historic District Gloucester Hill Road. zoning ordinance brought through the LMPC. Comprehensive Plan Update Committee

• Amendment to approved plan, Town Garage • Outdoor event venue, 181 Peacock Hill Road • Non-residential Building 137 Sabbathday Road • Amendment to approved plan 1084 Lewiston Road • Façade Change in the Historic District 391 Intervale Road Subdivision Reviews: • 2 Lot subdivision Gloucester Hill Rd.

Thanks to all who served: Charles Burnham, Eric Hargreaves (Vice Chairman), Rebecca Klotzle, Don Libby (Chairman), Doug McAtee, Ben Tettlebaum, and Jean Libby (alternate).

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