FARMINGTON — Reading the verbal description for the town’s village historic district, Christie James may have thrown the town’s Planning Board a curve ball Monday night.

James, an abutter to a proposed condominium project at 223 Main St., asked which district the long lots between Main and Front streets are actually in. While the lots are deemed to be outside the Village Historic District on Main Street, by definition, wouldn’t the properties be included in that zone with frontage on Front Street? she asked.

Planners said they would research the issue and applicant William Marceau agreed to give the board more time to work on the answer.

Town planners will meet again at 6 p.m. Wednesday for a work session on questions surrounding the Farmington Riverview LLC condominium proposal.

James, an abutters who has voiced her concerns through an attorney and engineer at previous meetings, told the board she had questions that weren’t being answered.

James has repeatedly urged the board to consider how the historical character of the town would be affected by the construction of condominiums near the downtown.

The district on Main Street runs from Anson to Academy Street, from Broadway to the river plain and on Front Street from Park to Depot Street, she read.

The back of her property and Marceau’s property both have frontage on Front Street, she said.

Until tonight, everyone has considered Marceau’s property part of the Village Residential District, Frank Underkuffler, town attorney said. The first decision for the board to interpret has to be what zone the property is in, and then the other standards of the town’s ordinances could be discussed, he said.

The intent of the zoning districts, when written, was to count the front of the property as frontage, there’s no double jeopardy of counting both the front and back as frontage, Code Enforcement Officer Steve Kaiser said.

After board Chair, Clayton King, asked the applicant for more time to research and work with the code enforcement officer and town attorney, Marceau initially wanted time to think about it but then relented giving the board more time. He first voiced his concern for the message being sent to Farmington’s business community about the time and effort needed for a new business project.

Marceau’s attorney Brian Rayback, his engineer and architect brought a revised version of the plan, the condominium association rules and bylaws to the meeting after questions were raised last Monday during a site walk and public hearing.

They proposed to move the building to the north slightly to keep it away from any setback standards. They also now propose to relieve the setback issue on the driveway by starting the driveway at the present edge.

James raised questions about fire safety and how fire trucks could clear roof supports on the building that were only 13-feet, 10 inches high. She also raised questions about snow and trash removal, privacy within her back yard and lighting for the new building.

Underkuffler said he would prepare a listing of standards that need to be met for both districts but the first decision  for the board has to be which district the property is in. The decision could alter other requirements, he said.

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