Walpole Planning Board Minutes

 July 8, 2025

Town Hall

7 pm

Roll Call: Board Members: Present; Chair Jeff Miller, Vice-Chair Dennis Marcom, Clerk Jason Perron, Jeff Harrington, Joanna Andros, Trevor MacLachlan, Select Board Representative Steve Dalessio. Alternates: Travis Adams and Bill Carmody.

Call to Order: Mr. Miller called the meeting to order at 7 pm.

Minutes: Review of June 2025 minutes. Ms. Andros made a typo correction on page 1, second to last paragraph. Mr. Marcom moved to accept minutes as corrected. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion passed.

New Business:

Bevin Mitchell, signage at 32 Wentworth Road, Residential A district.

Bevin Mitchel made a request for signage for her B&B on Wentworth Road. Mrs. Mitchell said Matt Saxton was making the sign but it was not yet finished. She presented a picture of the shape of the sign. It is a 3-foot-by-2 foot free-standing sign and will be double-sided. It will be placed 10 feet from the road in the first of three driveways. She choose a shape similar to one that might have been used in the 1700s because that is the time period of when the section of her home she is using for the B&B was built. It will be on a post about 4 or 5 feet high.

Since the sign and placement conform to the Residential District Zoning Ordinance, there were no questions. Mr. Perron made a motion to approve the sign. Mr. Harrington seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Lot Line Adjustment: Robin Sanctuary. Property on 5 Hooper and 00 Old Keene Road, Town Map 8, Lot 8-2 in the rural/agricultural district. 

Ms. Sanctuary requested a public hearing on this matter. She wants to annex 1 acre from Lot No. 2 and 2 acres from Lot No. 3  to the lot abutting her property to the south, 27 Hooper Road. Mr. Perron made a motion to hold a public hearing for the lot line adjustment in August. The motion was seconded by Mr. Harrington and the motion carried.

DADUs: Mr. Tom Aldrich was at the meeting to discuss DADUs or Detached Accessory Dwelling Units.

DADUs are defined as “a residential living unit that is with the same single-family lot and provides independent living facilities for one or more persons, including provisions to sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel of land as the principal unit it accompanies.” 

Adjournment

Mr. Perron made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion and the motion carried. The time was 7:45 pm.

These minutes are unapproved and will be reviewed at the August meeting for corrections. 

Respectfully submitted,

Marilou Blaine

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