Board requires clearer driveway and parking easement notation for Church Street reconfiguration

A central point in the board’s review of the 5 and 7 Church Street application was parking and how rights to use an existing concrete slab would be recorded on the plat.

One planning-board member questioned whether the reconfigured lots met setback and parking requirements and said the proposal risked producing an inferior product. Staff and other members responded that the combined site has enough spaces and that mutual easement language would make the arrangement workable. The board asked the applicant to place a clear note reference for the slab (described as note 6) on the driveway depiction so title companies will see the parking rights.

As one member observed, “As I started, they have enough parking on the site for the combined number of units, which is actually impressive to me in Philmont.” The board treated the placement of visible easement references on the plat as a required condition of acceptance for the public hearing.