2017.02.27 Council Agenda Item 05
Summary
Order to authorize the Town Manager to execute documentation to allow Maine Audubon to construct a 15'x24' greenhouse on its property.
A public comment period will be included with this item (5 minutes).
ACTION: Council action is anticipated.
Description
Maine Audubon is seeking Town approval to construct a 15'x24' greenhouse on their property in order to grow native plants transplants and seedlings. This property was deeded to Maine Audubon with various deed restrictions. A Partial Release document signed by the Town in 1981 includes permission to install “other structures” as long as “written consent" is obtained from the Town of Falmouth. In 2013, the Town Council approved a similar request to this one, allowing Maine Audubon to install solar panels on the property.
This project will also require a conditional use approval from the Zoning Board. Maine Audubon has submitted an application, and is scheduled for a hearing.
Attachments include:
- Letter from Peter Baecher, Properties Manager, Maine Audubon, describing the goal of the project,
- Conditional use application materials submitted to the Zoning Board for their review.
- Property deed
- Partial release documents: original 1981 release and 2014 solar panel release.
