This year’s event scheduled to take place June 12-20

By JOHN KOZIOL

Staff Writer

LACONIA — Site plan reviews for Bike Week 2004 begin this week and the Planning Department is encouraging all applicants to file as soon as possible to avoid "an overload of applications" in April.

Any property owner in Laconia who is considering any temporary use of their property during Bike Week 2004, scheduled to take place June 12-20, is encouraged to contact the Planning Department at 527-1264 to find out if temporary site plan approval is required.

The municipal Motorcycle Technical Review Committee reviews and approves the site plan applications.

The committee is due to hold its first meeting on Thursday.

The deadline for submission of applications for the Feb. 5 meeting is Jan. 19; the deadline for the March 4 meeting is Feb. 16; the deadline for the April 1 meeting is March 16; and the deadline for the April 29 meeting is April 12.

All completed applications, plans and fees must be received by the Laconia Panning Department, 45 Beacon Street East, by the above deadlines. Any applications filed after the stated deadline will be deferred to the following meeting. Incomplete applications will be returned.

Committee meetings are scheduled to take place at 1:30 p.m. in Room 200A at City Hall.

The Planning Department has said it must adhere to the deadline and meeting schedule to ensure all applications are reviewed thoroughly and to give applicants the opportunity to meet any conditions set by the committee.

Additionally, any vendor who plans to participate in Bike Week must have proof that the property owner has received approval by the committee before their vendor application will be considered for licensing.

Vendor licensing questions should be directed to Kerri Parker in the Tax Collector’s Office at 528-6331.