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Garrett Seibert, project engineer with Nobis Group, described the addition and associated mechanical screening, two building-mounted lights and one pole-mounted light for the new parking area. The hospital’s design will add a small amount of impervious surface; Seibert said the project would tie into existing drainage and the engineering check showed negligible impact to peak flows. The board granted five waivers that the applicant requested to avoid a full boundary survey and certain checklist items that the applicant said would add little value to a campus-located, small-footprint project.

The waivers, read into the record, covered not showing surveyed property lines on the site plan, a full abutters depiction on the overall plan due to campus scale, mapping of nearby private wells/septic when the site is served by municipal water and sewer, surveying-line-based setbacks, and a limited snow-storage waiver given the small increase in parking. The board approved the requested waivers and then accepted the application as complete.

“Absolutely,” Seibert said when asked whether the existing sewer and drainage system could handle the modest additional loading from the addition.

The public hearing was opened and no members of the public spoke; the board approved the application with a standard set of conditions and as-built plan requirements. Conditions include submission of final signed and stamped plans (two 24x36 black-line sets, one 11x17 set and an electronic PDF), coordination with Wolfeboro Municipal Electric for any added power needs, erosion-control installation and maintenance during construction, as-built plan submission at project completion, payment of recording fees, limited vesting/vesting-start language (substantial start within 24 months for vesting), and that the applicant shall not increase sanitary sewer load beyond existing limits without separate approval.

Why it matters: The hospital will gain a permanent MRI room and more reliable on-site diagnostic capability than a temporary or mobile unit, and the project is small in scale with standard town-level oversight.

The board directed planning staff to ensure the applicant provides final drawings and the as-built submission when construction is complete; the approval includes the statutory appeals language read into the record.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","1 April 2025 Wolfeboro Planning Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Wolfeboro Planning Board granted requested waivers and approved a roughly 1,600-square-foot addition to Huggins Hospital to house a permanent MRI, along with five ADA parking spaces and limited site work, subject to standard plan-submission, erosion-control and as-built requirements.","taxTitle","Wolfeboro Planning Board , Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New Hampshire","taxId",68308,"location","New Hampshire","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6094644,"Planning board keeps pickleball center public hearing open, seeks traffic, noise and historic-impact studies",5959,819000,6778000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2842229-1c5975cffb31c1addc0cad555a8c0d34&start=819&end=6778","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2842229-1c5975cffb31c1addc0cad555a8c0d34/thumbnail_819000.jpg","/articles/6094644/New-Hampshire/Planning-board-keeps-pickleball-center-public-hearing-open-seeks-traffic-noise-and-historic-impact-studies","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6094644-e15956fa985b8e22099d527a4e125666/orig.mp4?Expires=1771157620&Signature=FA-FO3ALeuWNCYatHb4xfkOhoYvczlsNMnD4JoNemBu3esHT0~hB4N3z1AIO5AzuypzpCDj~ZaP9J3LHYIWHmeqRrq8nE4PuekXIj8BA2LDmfEpz5hfbaDFjVYj8YA46wVDa-6RFaS4SQF7wPthvMs5jOMkA-P2mj5iHLp3sZYn0ucfJdoMZCxnijB1QjLgEyjse2O2a1dxZj~te1zI3zaUSMtbwOuINP--PJXD8Gcyc5JdiN13k8D-jzmZb4cIOhxfwSIGVfToGGY0nF8IpiLrUdIhr8Bl6pBlqIv24kxfyPJlCG9IELmU95o~c~zCIitrPN6AFXH2KRoussE2U1A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Wolfeboro Planning Board on April 1 accepted a formal site-plan submission for a proposed 20-court pickleball complex at the Wolfeboro Center parcel but voted to continue the public hearing to May 6 so the applicant can supply additional studies and plan revisions requested by the board and the public.

Paul Bog of Norway Plains Associates presented the Vander Heyden Family Pickleball Center application on behalf of the New Hampshire Lakes Region Pickleball Club and Wolfeboro Center LLC. The proposal calls for a 208-by-24-foot building containing eight indoor courts and 12 outdoor courts, roughly 34 acres of property, and an initial plan for 99 parking spaces that the applicant said would be reduced to about 90 spaces to comply with a 50% rule in the town’s regulations. Access is proposed via a 22-foot-wide driveway; stormwater treatment would use infiltration basins, rain gardens and porous pavement. The applicant told the board that the project will require New Hampshire Department of Transportation driveway approval, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (AOT) permitting for alteration of terrain, and an EPA construction stormwater permit.

The board accepted the submittal as complete and opened a public hearing. Dozens of residents and stakeholder groups then spoke, raising three central concerns: traffic and pedestrian safety at the Route 109/Route 28/rail-trail area, potential noise impacts on the nearby Wolfeboro Center Community Church (a property on the National Register of Historic Places), and stormwater/groundwater protection. Maggie Steer of the town Heritage Commission urged the board to watch for potential Section 106 review under the National Historic Preservation Act if any federal permitting (for example, an EPA permit) qualifies as a federal undertaking.

Residents reported past tournaments that drew hundreds of participants at other venues and urged the board to test the applicant’s traffic assumptions. Beth Baldwin, a longtime Wolfeboro resident, told the board she believes tournament traffic should be routed to Route 28 rather than Route 109 and asked the planning board to require an accurate baseline traffic study for summer months and tournament surge conditions. Noreen McDonald, trail ambassador for the Cotton Valley Rail Trail Club, warned that sight-distance and pedestrian crossing safety at Fernald Crossing would be affected by the proposed driveway on Route 109.

“We are extremely concerned regarding the increase in vehicles proposed to use only Route 109 to enter and exit,” McDonald said during public comment.

The applicant, represented by Paul Bog and by Joe (identified on the record as president of the New Hampshire Lakes Region Pickleball Club and appearing by GoToMeeting), said their operations historically ran tournaments without major parking failures and that some play would free up spaces at Foss Field. The applicant also described three underground 30,000-gallon cisterns planned to support fire-protection pumping; initial fills would be trucked in and the cisterns would tie to the site well for topping up, the presenter said.

Town engineering review comments from consultant Tighe & Bond and the planning office highlighted multiple technical items to be revised. The planning board requested — and included in its continuation motion — a specific list of materials and studies the applicant must provide for the May 6 meeting: feedback and any conditions from NHDOT on access and curb cuts (the applicant agreed to submit DOT applications after the meeting), a traffic study that considers existing summer baseline traffic and tournament surge, any Section 106/historic-preservation determinations triggered by federal permits, a noise-impact assessment or mitigation plan (consistent with the ZBA requirement that noise be addressed), responses to Tighe & Bond’s plan review comments, clarification of parking and porous-pavement choices (including snow-and-salt management), correction of an incorrectly labeled Wentworth Watershed Association reference on plan sheets, elimination or clarification of “function room” spaces that the Zoning Board of Adjustment did not approve, and updated site plans showing any other changes (for example, lighting and landscaping adjustments suggested by reviewers).

Chair Doug Breskin moved to continue the public hearing to May 6 and listed the requested deliverables; the motion passed on a voice vote. The board also directed staff to invite input from the Heritage Commission and to track DOT feedback when it arrives.

Why it matters: The proposal would create one of the town’s largest recreational facilities with repeated event activity; the scale and location raise potential safety, noise, historic-preservation and stormwater questions that could affect users of the rail trail, neighbors, and the nearby historic church.

What’s next: The applicant will submit DOT and AOT permit applications, respond to the technical plan-review comments, and return to the planning board on May 6 with a traffic study, noise and historic-impact materials, and revised plan sheets addressing the reviewer comments and the board’s list of requested items.","After a lengthy public hearing with residents and preservationists, the Wolfeboro Planning Board accepted the New Hampshire Lakes Region Pickleball Club site plan as complete but continued the hearing to May 6 and requested a traffic study, DOT feedback, a noise/historic-impact check and revisions to several plan items.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6094651,"Wolfeboro planning board approves boundary line adjustment for two Island View Road parcels",608,206000,814000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2842229-1c5975cffb31c1addc0cad555a8c0d34&start=206&end=814","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2842229-1c5975cffb31c1addc0cad555a8c0d34/thumbnail_206000.jpg","/articles/6094651/New-Hampshire/Wolfeboro-planning-board-approves-boundary-line-adjustment-for-two-Island-View-Road-parcels","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6094651-e9d25e28f8a80861e5ae1a20eea74f3c/orig.mp4?Expires=1771157620&Signature=OxOq8jfaiYwFx3BYJTods4-zjh3R5uTDL47xjiMHhABStknKVzYNcOdKph~MhGl0bBkoysAF39X07OyT4yUGqhkFDRp9NnDPosERXJ9FOhosV03cfESwgSjrYPPsiTGhGEgOUYIXGlVnkno-qodKlxUNxhvxmTFvEc3khituZozg4udMWPFUUbQGwcO5ladZTlI2PKfUCDFy8DiysqQ004UbtYVb0eOPjqyQQ1YU7OgsPpQfnMQb9f6s1MF2uLq5wrINhe1l911Od1I6Rko8tzrMBqXixHAwUAzHrjP6z~2EYt1-V5byBFTp2BVJ7heZaxBtcsjvVUAEetcjshzh4w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Wolfeboro planning board members voted April 1 to approve a boundary line adjustment that transfers a roughly half-acre between two lots on Island View Road to accommodate a septic leach field installed under a previously issued shoreland permit.

The change affects 38 and 56 Island View Road (tax map 222-3 and 235-5) and was presented to the board as a formal submission and public hearing on behalf of David B. Cato, Beth Tomasello and the Philip Quartararo Revocable Trust. Randy Tetra of Norway Plains Associates said the adjustment follows a recorded easement that allowed a homeowner to install a state-approved leach field when an on-site septic failed.

The board granted waiver requests for portions of the subdivision checklist that the applicant said were redundant given existing on-file septic designs and prior shoreline permits. The waivers cited the subdivision regulations checklist items for topographic contours, percolation tests, and soil mapping (identified in the submission as sections 174.7.D.4, 174.7.D.5 and 174.7.D.6). Planning staff then read a set of nine conditions the board incorporated into its approval, including instructions to revise plan title blocks to list both property addresses, to set monumentation, and to record the final plan at the county deed registry within six months of the approval date per the recording instruction read into the record.

“The waivers were requested because both lots have already had a fully developed situation,” said Randolph R. Tetra, the applicant’s surveyor. “That information is on file with the town already with the septic designs and the shoreline permits for either lot.”

Board members voted to accept the application as complete, open the public hearing, and then approve the boundary line adjustment subject to the enumerated conditions. The final-plan requirements include submission of signed/stamped plan sheets, payment of recording fees, notation of the approved waivers on the recorded plan, and a certificate of monumentation.

The board read the appeals language required by state statute into the record and noted that failure to record the approved plan within the specified six-month period would render the approval null and void.

Why it matters: The change resolves a practical septic siting issue that followed a failed system, and it moves a lot toward shoreland compliance by adding land for the leach field away from the lake.

The planning board’s notice of decision lists the approved plan sheets by title and requires the applicant to submit final paper and electronic copies to the Office of Planning and Development prior to recording.

Speakers quoted or referenced in this article are recorded in meeting minutes and the project file.","The Wolfeboro Planning Board voted to grant waivers and approve a boundary line adjustment transferring roughly a half-acre to resolve a septic placement issue; recording and monumentation requirements were set as conditions.","actionData","errors"]

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