RUMFORD – A 303-unit subdivision received preapplication conceptual approval from the Planning Board last week.
The subdivision, known as Scotty Brook, is almost adjacent to Black Mountain of Maine and would be the town’s largest.
Bob Berry, an engineer with Main Land Development Consultants Inc., Livermore Falls, said Monday that his firm will now devise more detailed plans on such things as off-street parking, storm water design and sewer system layouts. He said he plans to present the new information to the Planning Board on April 5.
Cissel Enterprises Limited Liability Corp. is proposing 107 single-family house lots from one-quarter to three acres each, several dozen multifamily complexes totaling 145 units and a dozen or so single-family clusters totaling 51 units.
Gary Casey, chairman of the Planning Board, said a public hearing will be held on the project prior to a final decision.
“It’s quite a project,” he said Monday.
If all goes according to plan, Berry said construction on a portion of the 4.6 mile development road will begin in the fall.
One of the major concerns of the project is the possible effect on Scotty Brook, a thriving trout stream that runs through much of the proposed development’s 420 acres.
Berry said he will gather information and make proposals to lessen any possible effect on the brook as he prepares the application for the Department of Environmental Protection permit under the Site Location Law and Natural Resource Protection Act. He said he plans to prepare additional information for the Planning Board and for the environmental agency at the same time.
The project off the Isthmus Road is owned by Lem Cissel, who bought the land from Eugene Carlton several years ago when he arrived in the River Valley area. Cissel also developed Scrappers Domaine and the Pennacook Art Center.
Tentative plans call for selling large sections of the total acreage to builders who would construct the homes. A covenant in the property’s deed may call for an architectural committee to oversee the design of the homes, Cissel said last fall.
The town’s sewage system would service the proposed development. Private or shared wells would supply the water.
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