HARTFORD – Code Enforcement Officer Kay Hawkins resigned Monday night, citing the ongoing conflict between the town and the Pine Shores Homeowners Association.

Hawkins said she issued a building permit for a resident in the shoreland zone of the 50-plus-lot development on Canton Lake, and understood the Planning Board planned to revoke it because it wants to review it first.

“I have had it with this small stuff with Pine Shores. I gave a legal permit for this property. I resign as CEO and plumbing inspector as well,” she told the board.

On Tuesday, Hawkins said she will stay at her post until the town can find a qualified replacement or until the end of her term June 30.

Planning Board Chairman Dan Maddox refused to comment on the matter Tuesday night, referring questions to selectmen Chairman Scott Swain. Attempts to reach Swain were unsuccessful.

Planning Board member Vicki Brown said Tuesday night that selectmen announced at their last meeting that they want the Planning Board to review all permits issued for shoreland or wetland areas. But the Planning Board is not going to review the application in question, she said, because it was issued more than 30 days ago, so the legal time limit to do so has passed.

“We are reviewing the Pine Shores subdivision,” she said, “because of an amendment to the subdivision permit the association wants for waste disposal.”

“This is an approved subdivision in the shoreland zone,” said Hawkins, the code officer for Hartford, Minot, Hebron and Buckfield for the past 14 years. “I don’t have a clue why they are requesting me to go through this process.

“I am frustrated with the politics. It’s because they are making Pine Shores do a whole new complete subdivision application starting right from scratch again. And they’re going to see if everything that has been done in the past 10 years has been done right. I can guarantee that they’ve done what they’re supposed to do,” she said.

Pine Shores was developed by Patten Corp. in the late 1980s and received Planning Board approval in 1990. The original subdivision permit stipulated that owners be responsible for removing their trash. The association wants to remove that stipulation.

“This is such an emotional thing in the town of Hartford,” Hawkins said. “They’re not looking at a corporation. It’s our neighbors and friends, they serve on boards” in town.

“I’m customer oriented. I want people to get things in a timely fashion, and you know the building season only has a short season here in Maine,” she said. The Planning Board meets once a month, so if someone needs a permit the day after the board meeting, they have to wait a month for another meeting, she explained.

Maddox said the amendment cannot be done without a complete review of the subdivision, which means the board will treat Pine Shores as a new applicant for a subdivision.

Planning Board alternate Arthur Harvey suggested Monday that they work with subcommittees to facilitate all the paperwork involved in a new subdivision permit.

Pine Shores association Chairman Mike Swanick said, “In my opinion, we’ve not made any headway since January. I’ve been agreeable to all we’ve tried.”

Swanick agreed to the subcommittee approach, and Maddox scheduled a workshop for June 15 to set up the subcommittees.

Staff editor Mary Delamater contributed to this report.