JOSEPH CHARPENTIER
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The Boothbay Harbor planning board Dec. 9 approved Boothbay Harbor Maritime Foundation s plans to renovate Carter s Wharf. BRMF President Deanne Tibbetts and Gartley and Dorsky Engineering and Surveying President William Gartley presented the project a second time after it was tabled Nov. 12 due to a pending permit with Department of Environmental Protection.
“Other than getting that DEP permit in hand, nothing else has changed,” Gartley said.
After the board found the application complete, vice chair Chris Swanson suggested a public hearing for due diligence. Swanson said the development is of public interest and because the applicants are not in a rush to begin the project, a hearing could not hurt. “I think we d be on safer grounds to have a public hearing for this application … The public can offer information concerning the proposed development activity (whereas) during a regular review . the public has no right to present information e