The Brunswick Planning Board held a meeting on April 28, 2026, reviewing four major development applications and an ordinance amendment. The board approved a final subdivision plan for Starwoods Subdivision, granted sketch plan approval for the Dion Farm Farmers Market and Brunswick Public Works Phase 1, and forwarded a stormwater compensation fee amendment to the Town Council. Public comment was heard on the Public Works relocation, with residents raising concerns about noise, pollution, and neighborhood impact.
Okay. Good evening. Good evening. Welcome to the April 28th, 2026 Brunswick Planning Board meeting. We have four cases before us tonight. Case number 25038 Starwoods Subdivision case number 26012. The Dion Farm Farmers Market Case Number 26011 Brunswick Public Works Phase 1 and Case Number 2601 Stormwater Compensation Fears and Ordnance Amendment. Next to Rob Steve Walker, next to Steve, Chris Baldwin. On my near left, Alison Harris, and next to Alison, Julie Erdman, Director of Planning and Development. Next to Julie, Jimmy Dealman, principal planner, and next to Jimmy, last but not least is uh Matthew James, our land use planner, and I'm Bill Dana. Who would like to introduce our first project? First, we have case number 2538, Starview Wood Subdivision. The planning board will review and act upon a major development review, final plan application submitted by Sidelines PA on behalf of the property owner, Chen Properties LLC for a nine-lot open space subdivision on a new dead end road. The subject property is located at 346 Old Portland Road, Map 13 lot 12, and within the rural mixed use or RM zone in the Shoreland Protection Overlay or SPO subdistrict and the shore land protection overlay stream protection or SPO SP subdistrict. Okay, thanks. Before I come to you, Joe, I'll just get a uh vote on uh application completeness. Uh the staff has reviewed the application and determined that it's complete. I'd like a motion to the effect that the planning board concurs with planning staff's conclusion that the basic major development review application materials have been submitted and that the application is complete such that the board may proceed with substantive review of the application and identification of any further information required from the applicant. Motion by Steve, second by Chris, all those in favor. That's unanimous of the board pre members present. Chris. All right. Joe, it's your show. Uh I just wanted to say before you start, I really appreciate the work you put in responding to staff review committees questions and concerns, and uh your answers are great. Thank you. Thank you. Uh my name is Joe Martin. I'm a civil engineer with Site Lines, and I'm here on behalf of the applicant. And I'm just gonna do a quick rundown of the the process and the uh the project as it stands today. So the project team is uh the applicant is is Chen Property LLC. Uh Sight Lines is the engineer and surveyor record for the project, and then we had um Albert Frick Associates. Uh they conducted a wetland delineation and vernal pool survey for the property, and they also dug uh multiple test pits on the property for uh sepping systems for the uh individual lots. So the review process for this project um for planning board, we need to need to come to you for for sketching and final. Uh we obtained sketch uh in October of last year, and we're here today, hopefully, to get a final approval uh from you as well. Um from the DP, because we're disturbing more than an acre of area. We're required to uh get a stormwater perm by rule. Uh we have submitted that and we received it, I think about two weeks ago. Uh we also need to obtain what's called the main construction of general permit, and that's a permit that's contracted between the uh the DEP and the uh earthwork contractor. They'll be working on the project. Uh we have submitted and received that as of last week as well. So we're all set from the standpoint of the DP. Um we have submitted a uh driveway entrance permit for um from main DOT. Uh we've received some comments from them responding to that, and at this point, I think we're just waiting for them to issue the permit. But uh last I've heard they have not issued that permit thus far. Um quick rundown of the project. So the total site is a little bit under 17 acres. It's located in the RM zoning district. But it has since been overgrown, and it's right now it consists of just many of the like small diameter trees that compose most of the property. So the project itself will consist of the construction of a new private roadway that will serve nine new single family lots. And the remainder of that area will obviously be developed for the roads and the new lots.