Walpole Planning Board Minutes

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Town Hall

7 pm

These minutes are unapproved and will be reviewed for corrections at the March 2026 meeting.

Role Call: Chair Jeff Miller, Vice-Chair Dennis Marcom, Clerk Jason Perron, Joanna Andros, Trevor MacLachlan, Select Board Representative Steve Dalessio. Absent: Board member Jeff Harrington and alternate Travis Adams.

Call to Order: Mr. Miller called the meeting to order at 7 pm. There was a quorum present.

Review of minutes of January 2026 meeting: Mr. Perron made a motion to approve the January 2026 minutes as presented. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously.

New Business:

Site Plan: Lawrence & Lober – Preliminary meeting.

Rick Hamm, president of Lawrence & Lober Electric and Adam Steele, vice-president, were at the meeting to discuss preliminary plans for a potential building. Mr. Hamm said they were considering buying the former Abingdon Spares property on South Street for the business, which is now located in Bellows Falls, Vt. He is looking at building a 6,000-to-8,000-square foot building for his warehouse and office. He said he had about 25 employees, but most of those employees take the company trucks home at the end of the day. There already is plenty of space for parking in back of the building for employees, he said,  as well as more on the property. After a question from Board member Andros Mr. Hamm said the building would face toward Route 12.

Chair Miller said that the property has been designated at Residential B, so the buyer would need a Special Exception from the Zoning Board of Adjustment as well as a site plan application form the Planning Board. The Zoning Board meets the following week on a Wednesday and the person to contact would be Chair Tom Murray. Mr. Miller suggested that Mr. Hamm look at some of the buildings at the former Pinnacleview Equipment because all their buildings have a colonial architectural style and since this building would be the entrance to the town of Walpole it would be in keeping with the town’s architecture. Mr. Miller also suggested he consider the landscaping. Mr. Hamm and Mr. Steele left the meeting and will let the Board know if they would be back for a more formal meeting.

Old Business:

Public Hearing: 

Subdivision, Sabin Rock Farm LLC, 79 Reservoir Road,  owner Margie Palmer, Tax Map 10, Lot 26. One lot into three lots: Lot 1 9.58 acres, 559.67 feet road frontage, Lot 2 6.42 acres, 200.92 feet road frontage, Lot 3 17.99 acres, 771.21 feet, rural/ag zoning district. 

Mr. DiBernardo presented the project saying it changed from an original two-lot subdivision to a three-lot subdivision because there were already two residences on the property and that is not allowed according to Walpole’s Zoning Ordinances. Mr. DiBernardo pointed out the lot sizes and frontage, which all conformed to Walpole’s zoning ordinances now. Mr. Miller closed the hearing at 7:12 pm.

Mr. Perron made a motion to approve the project as presented. It was seconded by Mr. Marcom and it carried unanimously.

New Business:

Subdivision: Elisse McGuirk 2000 Living Trust, Tax Map 13, Lot 15, Valley Road and Tax Map 12, Lot 76, Valley Road in the Rural/Agricultural Zoning District. Surveyor Jon C. Buschbaum of Envirospect Land Services, LLC explained the project via speaker phone. 

There are two parcels of land across the street from one another on Valley Road. The notes on the plat says “the purpose of this plan is to subdivide Map 13, Lot 15 and Map 12, Lot 76 into 2 residential lots.” He said the plan for Tax Map 13, Lot 15, which is 38.7 acres, would be to  separate off the current residence on the property. That property is 1.94 acres.  Regarding the lot across the street, which is 13.4 acres, it would be divided into two lots one of 5.87 acres and one of 7.53 acres. Mr. Buschbaum requested a public hearing for the next month, March. Mr.  Buschbaum did not submit an application with the plat but said he would drop off the application and fees to the town by February 25th.

Mr. Perron made a motion to hold a public hearing at the March meeting for the subdivision of the McGuirk properties. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Subdivision William Allen, 142 Prospect Hill Road, Walpole, NH 03608, Tax Map 8, Lot 68, Residential A Zoning District. One lot into two lots. Lot 1 would be 1.48 acres with 254.21 feet of road frontage and Lot 2 would be 3.16 acres with 200. 63 feet of road frontage.

Surveyor Joe DiBernardo presented this project for Mr. Allen and asked for a public hearing on the matter in March. Mr. Marcom made a motion to hold a public hearing in March for the William Allen subdivision. Mr. Perron seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Adjournment

Mr. Perron made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion. The time was 7:31 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilou Blaine

Recording Secretary

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