PARIS — The following items were discussed at Monday’s meeting of the Board of Selectmen:
Cornwall Preserve
The Hillside Cemetery on Paris Hill Road is running out of space and the town is being asked if it could be expanded into the adjacent Cornwall Nature Preserve. Town Manager Phil Tarr said the original deed from Alice Cornwall forbids subdividing the property.
Selectman Ted Kurtz said it could be legal if the Cornwall family agrees to allow the town to subdivide the preserve. The big legal question, Kurtz said, was whether the fact that the land was deeded to the whole town means that a single resident could stop the subdivision.
Kurtz said he spoke to Stanley Cornwall, who said he would be agreeable to letting the cemetery have a couple of acres.
Chairman Bob Kirchherr said the board would need to see more formal communications from the cemetery and the Cornwall family.
Sidewalk tractor
Tarr said the sidewalk tractor has been broken for a while. He said he’s not happy with the service of the company repairing it, but it’s the only one that can work on it. The company hasn’t been good about responding to inquiries, Tarr said.
Kirchherr suggested contacting the manufacturer to complain about the long turnaround.
The town is renting another tractor until it gets the old one back.
Housing safety
The town is looking into its housing safety rules after revelations of the living conditions in some Norway apartments. Paris Fire Chief Brad Frost and Norway Fire Chief Dennis Yates are setting up a meeting with Avesta Housing on rental unit rules. A date hasn’t been decided.
Land use committee
Dennis Creaser of the Land Use Advisory Committee gave an update on the committee’s recent conversations. The committee suggested making an “attractive, quaint, pedestrian-friendly village” on Main Street around Market Square.
There was also discussion about sexually-oriented businesses. No one thought they were good for the town, Creaser said, and the committee proposes increasing the minimum distance between the buildings and the property lines, making it difficult to open such establishments on Route 26.
– Tony Reaves
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