FARMINGTON – Planning Board members approved several applications Tuesday night.
A proposal for a Quiznos Sub shop at Main Street and Farmington Falls Road was approved as proposed with four members approving the plan and Chairman L. Herbert York, Vice Chairman David Averill and Lloyd Smith opposing it.
Steven Field, one of two owners of the property at 317 Main St., told the board they expected to see 80 to 110 vehicles at the shop daily. Hours of operation will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
During public comment, Town Manager Richard Davis said that amount of traffic would be problematic. With three gas stations and a McDonald’s, the area is narrow and congested, particularly right by the intersection traffic light, agreed York. Davis requested that, should the board approve the permit, that they require the owners to provide signs and pavement markings to urge customers to use the Park and Ride lot for access to the business. The Department of Transportation has already provided a right of way behind adjacent C.N. Brown and through the lot, Davis said. Field said he had no problem with the suggestion.
Clayton King Jr. moved to approve the permit as presented without Davis’ request. It was seconded by Bill Marceau who earlier suggested the town might need to re-evaluate the stretch of road to relieve traffic.
In another matter, York recused himself from the board as members considered his application to sell two lots from a 13-acre woodlot he owns off Davis Road. The two lots, 3.28 acres and 2.27 acres, are to be sold to one family which plans to build a single-family home on the larger lot on the west side of a right of way that separates the two. They do not plan to build on the opposite side and, according to York, want to buy it “for protection,” which he defined after the meeting as their not wanting neighbors across the street.
During a public hearing on the matter, neighbors were concerned with sewage treatment for the home. The property is capable of handling a subsurface sewage disposal system large enough to provide for a four-bedroom home, according to a letter from a certified site inspector.
The board unanimously voted to approve the application with York abstaining, Tom Eastler absent and Kyle Warren voting as an alternate.
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