Planning Board unanimously endorses two‑lot ANR at 175 Pleasant Lake Avenue

The Harwich Planning Board voted unanimously June 23 to endorse an Approval Not Required (ANR) plan that divides 175 Pleasant Lake Avenue into two lots, the board said.

Kieran Healey, the land surveyor representing owner Linda R. Hall, told the board the proposal creates one parcel of about 71,152 square feet and a second of just over 50,000 square feet, both of which meet frontage and upland area minimums. "They both have much larger than the minimum quantity," Healey said, adding both lots have well over the required upland and frontage measurements and front on the private Follows Road.

Board member Underbart said he reviewed historical USGS mapping and DPW records and concluded Follows Road existed before the subdivision control law and now provides safe access, including snow‑plowing and adequate turning ratios. "I looked at the USGS map available from 1943; Follows Road is on it," Underbart said.

After brief questions about the private‑way history and access, the board moved to endorse PB2026‑09. Chair Duncan Ver called for the vote; the motion carried unanimously.

The endorsement authorizes the applicant to record the plan and proceed with the separate lot conveyance consistent with Massachusetts General Laws chapter 41, section 81P and the town code.