After-the-fact permits have been obtained in both instances.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission ratified two settlements on Wednesday that will require two separate Franklin County landowners to pay $700 apiece for building infractions.
John T. Hawes Jr. has agreed to pay LURC $700 in two installments, due July 1 and Oct. 1, for placing a 70-foot-long mobile home on his property 43 feet from Route 156 in Washington Township without obtaining a LURC approval in 2002.
In addition, Hawes cleared vegetation in violation of standards within the 50-foot roadway buffer, constructed several decks on his previously permitted home and constructed a picnic shelter and a 9-by-10-foot shed, all without the proper permits, according to settlement agreement papers by David Rodrigues, LURC compliance investigator.
Rodrigues went on to mention that after being advised to stop construction and apply for the proper permits, Hawes continued building. Five unregistered and unserviceable cars were on the property as well, the investigator noted.
Since being written up by LURC, Hawes has obtained the necessary after-the-fact permit approval for construction.
In early June, Hawes agreed to the settlement. In addition to the civil penalty of $700, it will require that he re-establish a vegetative buffer by Aug. 1 in order the protect the area from pollutant runoff from Route 156.
Meanwhile in Coplin Plantation, John A. and Lucille Sevigny of Portland have been docked for constructing an addition in 1987 and deck in 1972 on their permitted home without a permit.
However, Rodrigues stated that the couple received after-the-fact permits for that construction in 1999, with the condition that they install a new sewage disposal system, remove a nonconforming deck and relocate another deck.
A site inspection in May 2002, however, revealed they had not moved the deck and that the information they had submitted in their application about where the camp sat was incorrect. According to LURC, the camp is 43 feet off Reed Road.
The Sevignys must pay $700 and agree to comply with the terms and condition of their permits. The couple signed the settlement in early June.
According to LURC Director Catherine Carroll, commissioners were unanimous regarding both decisions.
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