KINGFIELD -- Jordan Ventures has presented the planning board with a final subdivision design for 13 house lots along the Carrabassett River at the northern end of the town's center.

Leslie and Robin Jordan and Plymouth Engineering representative Scott Braley submitted maps and information at the Monday night meeting. Braley explained plans to convert a 48-acre parcel into a subdivision of 13 residential units along the river, and to use Route 27 frontage for commercial buildings.

"Each lot has been tested and is suitable for a septic and even a well, if we don't use the town's public water system," Braley said.

The parcel of 2,279 feet of river frontage and 1,278 feet along Route 27 averages 1000 feet depth. Jordan Ventures included plans for a 135,000 square-foot building and a 60,000 square-foot building. The acreage is near the Jordan Excavation office. Riverside Haven will have a single road, Dunton Lane, to access house lots ranging from 40,000 square feet to three acres. All river lots are more than two acres. A public hearing will be held June 16 for abutters and town residents.

The board denied approval to a second subdivision request from Raymond contractor John Carver for plans to subdivide his 68-acre parcel on Tufts Pond Road. Carver will keep most of the acreage but has sold one 12-acre parcel and has proposed four additional lots.

The subdivision would cross Dyke Pond Outlet Brook. The board had asked Carver to present a complete lot plan denoting Dyke Pond, which is a significant wildlife habitat, according to Maine Department of Environmental Planning.

"A lot of water comes down over that mountain, and with a 12-to-14 degree grade, a road could be washed out with heavy rain or snowmelt," board chairwoman Betty Ann Listowich said. "We need to make sure there's adequate drainage."

Listowich will confer with code enforcement officer Douglas Marble to provide the board with more detail regarding the proposed road's ditch relief, culverts, and watershed concerns.