With various development projects completed or underway in and around Boothbay, such as the major renovation of the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, residents now want to define what a “traditional” village looks like and how to preserve that feeling in their town.
The Boothbay Register reported that at a recent public workshop on the topic consultant Mark Eyerman listed characteristics of traditional New England architecture, including: pitched roofs, two-story structures and buildings located close to streets.
He advised Boothbay residents to write ordinances focused on lot development specifications, building location and parking.
Residents Jean Gibson-Reece and Lois Jean Berry raised questions about provisions in the town’s new comprehensive plan, which allows a convention center and two to six units on an acre in the village center, as well as more single- and multi-family residences in the village center and village fringe, the newspaper reported.
“There seems to be an awful lot allowed in a small area. It’s overwhelming,” Reece-Gibson said.
Boothbay’s Planning Board hopes to complete the task of merging the comprehensive plan and town ordinances in time for the May 2018 town meeting.
