SOUTHWEST HARBOR — A developer proposing to build a 40-home subdivision on the waterfront along Main Street is already marketing the homes, though he has yet to get approval for all of them from the town’s planning board.
Developer Jeff Crafts announced last week his plans to develop The Village at Ocean’s End in three phases on a 35-acre parcel adjacent to Western Way Condominiums. The project includes an events center, swimming pool, walking trails and, on the harbor, a boat club with a deepwater dock and a golf cart tunnel under Main Street.
Mr. Crafts has permits to build three homes on the property. One, which will be a model home, is under construction.
Building a fourth home on the property would trigger subdivision review by the town’s planning board, according to Southwest Harbor code enforcement officer Don Lagrange. Maine law states “no person may sell, lease, develop, build upon or convey for consideration, or offer or agree to sell, lease, develop, build upon or convey for consideration any land or dwelling unit in a subdivision that has not been approved by the municipal reviewing authority” which, in Southwest Harbor, is the town’s planning board.
Mr. Crafts maintains that at this point he is only offering the three permitted homes for sale.
… more
Property