By Joseph Edgerton
Staff Writer

Another chapter in the JillErik Road saga came to an end, as the Allenstown Planning Board granted PAL Custom Home builders a lot line adjustment and subdivision.

The developers, Richard Paris and Dan Lapointe, went before the board on July 20 to request a lot line adjustment allowing them to build on two lots while keeping the road open.

Mark Wilson of Burd Engineering went over the blueprints for the project.

“The road will stay right where it is, with a 50-foot right of way around it,” he said. “We are proposing an adjustment that would make lots 29 and 30 the same size, while eliminating lot 31.”

As is, the road exists on a December 1989 driveway permit from the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. However, if Paris uses it as a private driveway, the state has the right to close the road.

Jim Rodger, planning board chairman, read a letter from the DOT.

“If JillErik is not a duly laid out town maintained road connected to Riverside Drive, the department will revoke the driveway permit, and JilErik will be physically closed at Route 28,” he said.

Resident Brian Durst was concerned as to whether or not money was being set aside for maintenance.

“Since 1989, has the town been receiving a grant to maintain the road?” he said. “Is Jillerik being deeded to the town?”

John Anderson of the planning board said that the road had been deeded to the town, but never recorded, and that a portion of the $69,000 that Allenstown receives annually has been allocated to JillErik.

Some residents were concerned after it was suggested that if the lot line adjustment was not granted by the board, the road could be closed down.

“If one end of the road is closed, emergency services will be delayed,” said Claire Audet. “A house could be burned down in the time it would take them to get there.”

The board approved the lot line adjustment on three conditions laid down by board member Tom Gilligan.

“I say that we accept the application with three stipulations,” he said. “First, the right of way for the lot abutting lot 30 be permanently and irrevocably deeded to the town. Second, that the planning board receives the deeds in 30 calendar days. And third, that the deeds are reviewed and approved by a town council 15 days after they are received.”

The motion was seconded by Anderson, and passed with four votes in favor. Bob Lee abstained.

The developers also submitted a subdivision application so that they could modify property lines around the JillErik Road area.

Wilson asked that since lot 31 would be unbuildable, lots 29 and 30 be changed to .297 and .299 acres, respectively.

The planning board unanimously granted the subdivision with the same stipulations from the lot line adjustment. Gilligan requested the the lot be clearly identified as a nonbuildable lot on town maps to avoid any confusion in the future.

After the meeting, Dan Lapointe said that the next step is seeing whether or not the town will incur some of the recuperative costs.

“I just wish I had known that lot 31 would end up unbuildable,” he said. “I mean, we completely cleared it out.”