LIVERMORE — The town’s Road Committee has finalized its list of road projects for the 2012-13 budget year, Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said Wednesday.

Schaub shared them with the Board of Selectpersons on Monday in the order the committee would like to see them done.

The first is to pave the portion of Norlands Road between Waters Hill and Gibbs Mill roads, Schaub said.

The second is paving on Richmond Hill Road, including minor reconstruction and drainage improvements. The third priority is to level Round Pond Road to restore the crown and stabilize it.

“If funds permit, drainage and (leveling) improvements will also be done on Norton Road,” Schaub said.

Highway Department Foreman Roger Ferland will work with paving companies to get quotes on paving costs.

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Schaub said he spoke to the board about the “temporary” parking of mobile homes in town, presumably while the final destination is being prepared, without getting a building permit from the town.

“There are at least five that we are aware of,” he said.

The mobile homes are not set up, but some are parked in a way that violates the town’s setback requirement, he said.

Some could be used for residential purposes, but it is pretty clear that some of the mobile homes will be used for storage, Schaub said. Either way, the town requires building permits for accessory structures and any structure that is 75 square feet or larger.

Schaub became aware of the issue after a neighbor to one of the trailers complained that there was a mobile home parked on a lot where site work is apparently under way, he said. He checked the files and found no building permit for the mobile home.

“In addition, taxable values are fixed throughout Maine every April 1,” Schaub said. “Our assessor has been advised of the unpermitted mobile homes that we’ve become aware of and the owner(s) of the property where any is parked on April 1 will receive a tax bill for it.”

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Some of the mobile homes don’t have much value, he said. “But we are obligated to know what and where they are so taxes are fairly assessed and buildings properly placed.”

State law prohibits the issuance of a transit plate to move a mobile home unless all assessed taxes have been paid, he said.

Selectperson Brenda Merrill suggested that he contact state Rep. L. Gary Knight, R-Livermore Falls, about legislation to require notification to the destination town, either when a transit plate is issued to move a mobile home or when the town of origination issues the required certification that all taxes have been paid, Schaub said.

dperry@sunjournal.com

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