Planning board moves to conditionally approve Millbrook Subdivision plan pending written parking agreement

The Searsport Planning Board reviewed the preliminary Millbrook Subdivision application and heard from the developer’s representative before taking a conditional procedural step toward approval. A committee member moved to approve the plan with a specific condition that the off-site parking arrangement be documented in a signed agreement among the town, the land trust, and the developer.

"I'll make a motion that we approve the preliminary Millbrook Subdivision plan with... a condition that the agreement for the parking lot, the town, the Crystal Mountain Land Trust, and the Colby's be in writing and it'd be a formal, contract," the committee member said. The chair and board discussed remaining checklist items—site-plan details, curb profile and a fire-plan approval—that staff and the engineer must finalize before any final recording.

Board members spent the hearing moving through the subdivision performance standards checklist and identifying which provisions were applicable, which were met, and which were not applicable to this project. On several checklist items the board recorded unanimous voice tallies when noting applicability. The transcript shows the motion to approve the preliminary plan, but a roll-call or formal recorded vote on that motion does not appear within the provided segments.

Next steps identified in the discussion include finalizing engineering drawings to show the sidewalk/profile where needed, obtaining required fire-plan sign-offs, and producing the written parking agreement the board asked be executed and recorded prior to any final action.