SOUTH HERO DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD MINUTES September 23, 2026
Members Present: Doug Patterson (Chair); Gareth Hunt; Liza Kilcoyne; Nate Hayward (via Zoom); Tim Mullen.
Members Absent: Justin Myers, Sherry Dupont; James Brightwell (Vice-Chair)
Others Present: Erica Frost; Martha Taylor-Varney (ZA).
Changes to the Agenda
There were no changes.
Public Input
None.
Administrative Review of a 2-Lot Subdivision at 273 West Shore Rd. (27-17-WS273 – Benjamin and Erica Frost)
The warning was read. ZA Martha Taylor-Varney presented the application to the Board.
The Applicants are proposing to subdivide a 0.8-acre lot from their 2.9-acre (Lot 1) lakefront lot at 273 West Shore Rd. The new lot (Lot 3) will also have frontage on the lake (61+/- ft.). An existing 15-ft. wide right-of-way straddles the lot’s south boundary for access to a landlocked lakefront lot west of WS273. This ROW will be widened to 50 feet as the proposed new lot, then will retain the existing width beyond that. There is a new WW permit for a 3BR home on Lot 3, with an on-site drilled well. No building envelope, contours, or natural features are shown on either lot.
The 7BR home on WS273 was recently damaged in a fire and is to be demolished soon. There are yet to be plans for the reconstruction of this home. There are no current plans for development of Lot 3 for the foreseeable future.
D. Patterson – Can part of the ROW be on neighboring property? Erica Frost – The owners (Spainer) of McBride Bay LLC have given their permission.
N. Hayward – Can the Applicant sign an agreement with the neighbor. Could a condition of approval include that?
D. Patterson – Where is the 100-ft. line from the lake? It is shown on the Tudhope wastewater plan. It also shows contours.
**G. Hunt moved to add the Tudhope wastewater plan to the record; L. Kilcoyne second. All in favor.
7:38 – D. Patterson closed the hearing.
Review of Minutes
L. Kilcoyne moved to approve the minutes of September 9, 2026; G. Hunt second. All in favor.
Administrator’s Report
- Schedule –
October 14, 2026 – Site plan review for a retail bait shop at 509 US RT 2
October 28, 2026 – 2-Lot Subdivision Review at 45 Sunset View Rd.;
Conditional Use/Site Plan Review for Auxiliary Agriculture Use (Compost) at 138 Ferry Rd.
November 11, 2026 – no hearings scheduled.
November 26, 2026 – no meeting.
The move to the new Town Office in early November will impact the location of DRB meetings. The October 14thand 28th, and November 11 meetings will be at the Worthen Library.
Adjournment
7:48 – T. Mullen moved to adjourn and move to deliberative; L. Kilcoyne second. All in favor.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha Taylor-Varney, ZA
Signed: _________________________________________ Date: ____________________
For the Development Review Board
These minutes are unofficial until approved at the next regularly scheduled meeting. All motions were unanimous unless otherwise indicated.