By Peter Calvert

Planning Board Meeting, November 14, 7

Board: Chair Frank Winkler, Harland Dye, Katherine “Cricket” Keys, John Reynolds, and Bill Palmer.
Excused: Art Reed (joined by phone),   Joanne Callahan. Assisting: JoAnn Boerner, Clerk, Kent Manuel, DelCo Planning Board, and Al Mohr, Town C.E.O.
Present: Jeffrey Sweet, Nik Decker, Lester Bourke, and Peter Calvert, Andes Gazette.

A minor Boundary Line Adjustment application from property on Cross Mountain Road was reviewed by the Planning Board. Julia Leisenring has 84.5 acres that includes her home and requested to separate 6 acres from the bulk of the land which would be sold. Following the Public Hearing, where no neighbors raised comments or issues, this minor boundary line adjustment was approved by the Planning Board.
Howard Kipnes has 254 acres on Fall Clove Road he would like to divide into 5 parcels as a Major Subdivision request. Incidentally, a portion of his property crosses the Andes Town line into Delhi and a portion adjoins one edge of Hamden. Subdivision request: Lot #1 with his home on 107.36 acres. Lot #2 with 89.36 acres vacant land is in Delhi. Lot 3# would have 5.46 vacant acres and Lot #4 4.08 vacant acres. Lot #5 would comprise 56.256 vacant acres. Lots 3, 4, and 5 are on Fall Clove Road and pose no issues. Lot 1 has a road on the detailed sketch presented but Lot 2 would neither have a road nor the elevation potential for a road. Lot 2 contains mountain tops and without a road would be landlocked. Andes town code does not allow for landlocked properties. After debate, the Planning Board suggested Lots 1 and 2 could remain combined but denied the request as presented and sent the plans back to the owner for reconsideration and potential resubmission.~