(Lamoine) — If a lull existed, it’s apparently over for the Planning Board. The July agenda includes four preliminary subdivision applications, three of them for the 11-lot minor subdivision limit. The fourth proposal is for a two lot subdivision.

Two of the proposed subdivisions are contiguous, between Needles Eye Road and Partridge Cove Road on property owned by Steve Joy and a corporation in which he’s the principal owner. The Planning Board will examine closely whether the proximity of those proposals constitute a major subdivision which requires the developer to set aside a large portion of the lot as open space.

Another proposed subdivision is on land owned by Duane and Julie Crawford between Shore Road and Lamoine Beach Road, and also proposes 11-lots. The same piece of land is also under consideration by the Public Works Study/Land Search Committee as potential municipally owned land for either school or other town purposes. (see related article below).

The two lot subdivision proposal comes from Gary Murphy and John W. Goodwin on Mr. Murphy’s land on Partridge Cove Road. The proposal would carve two house lots from the Murphy land.

The initial proposals are considered pre-applications and were reviewed by town staff prior to submission to the Planning Board. Code Enforcement Officer Dennis Ford noted questions for the Board on all three applications. If the Board finds the applications complete, a site visit on each parcel will be scheduled and the Board will await the full application. Once a full, formal application is found complete, then a public hearing would be scheduled, and the Planning Board could take action on whether or not to approve the proposals.