By Melanie Price

LEWISTON -- Preliminary plans for a moderate-income subdivision named Rosebud Park to be built across from the school were considered by the city's planning and zoning commission Tuesday night.

Gina Distefano, a Lewiston resident, said she has owned the property across from the school for about a year and a half, and has been working on getting a permit to subdivide the property for about six months.

"The smallest lot size is 12,000 square feet and the largest is 22,000 square feet," said Distefano. "We will also have some 15,000 square-foot lots planned."

Distefano said the prices would start around $128,000 to meet FHA standards.

Bruce Karren, chairman of the commission, said Distefano had met the procedural obligations of the subdivision ordinance, including giving written notice to adjacent property owners in writing two weeks prior to the meeting.

Acording to the subdivision ordinance, recommendation must be given by the planning and zoning commission before any person seeking a permit can petition the City Council.

"We're restricted to a number of permits every year," said Max Gregory, a commission member.

Karren said there were a list of concerns the commission had about the project, including sewer space, frontage requirements, school parking, drainage problems, snow removal, children's safety, permit distribution, water supply, fencing and protection, curb and gutter and the Clean Water Act.

However, commission member Thom Smith narrowed down the concerns, saying any building project would have most of these issues, and that the commission needed to concern itself mostly with sewer capacity, drainage problems and children's safety.

Karren said Distefano was to meet with city engineers about the sewage and draining problems and return to the next meeting.

One local woman attending the meeting told Distefano that she would be the neighbor who is going to oppose this.

"I've lived in subdivisions and I've hated them," the woman said, adding that was the reason she and her husband moved to the country in the first place.

Distefano said the project will definitely have a positive impact on Lewiston, especially with the fees it will raise. Distefano's subdivision will be on the agenda for next month's meeting.

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