LAKEVILLE — The owners of the Lakeville Hospital site and the Lakeville Country Club have each submitted plans to subdivide their respective parcels of land. 

These plans “freeze the zoning” of the sites to ensure zoning will not change as the developers finetune their projects for town review, according to Planning Board Chair Mark Knox.

The subdivision plans were presented and reviewed during a Planning Board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 8. No development plan was presented for either subdivision.

Robert Mather, a lawyer representing hospital site owners Rhino Capital, did not answer questions about the plan. He said a plan with further details will be submitted by June 10, 2023.

The plan proposes subdividing the hospital site into six plots of land with a road connecting Main Street to the six plots.

Planning Board member Nora Cline asked if site cleanup could start before development begins, and whether the hospital property would be maintained.

“That’s not being done right now,” Cline said of property maintenance.

The country club plan proposes to build Country Club Way, a road that helps drivers access Lakeville Country Club from Clear Pond Road. The plan was presented by Fred Keylor of Hancock Associates on behalf of property owners Derek and Madelyn Maksy of Webster Realty Trust.

The road would split the country club into two plots of land. One plot would contain the country club’s golf course, while the other would have solar panels.

If built, the road will end in a cul-de-sac by the clubhouse and be built on the current entrance to the country club.

Knox said that he wants the road built to a high standard because it could be used for pedestrian and vehicle traffic in case the area, which is zoned for business, is further developed.

That high standard means the road would have to be well-lit and have a sidewalk on one side. Abutter Sheila Cossette requested the removal of speed bumps on the road.

“We have constant traffic, and I would say that 90% of the people who come out of there do not pay attention to the speed bumps,” Cossette said. “We have motorcycle traffic, and it’s like, ‘who can make the loudest noise?’”

Cossette added that the town should first focus on removing fallen trees and ensuring that streetlights do not flood into nearby homes.

“This may never be done, but if it gets done, then yes,” Knox said about considering the removal of the speed bumps.

The hearing about the country club plan is scheduled to continue at the Planning Board meeting on March 9, 2023.