10/21/2010 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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time of the rebuild, they were not sure where the vista corridor would have been. The Chairman feels that according to his recollection on many instances, any hands aping or landscaping outside of the house should be a separate a CI and there should be a policy set forth so that they can be consistent. He also would like to state that when vista pruning was made a bylaw their idea was 25% of the property that was adja ent-to the resource area rather than,25% based on a "right angle". This plan is not measured along the edge of the resource area. Mr. Talbot had believed that it was the width of the corridor. Agent McManus asks Mr. Talbot for a revised vista corridor plan. Mr. Talbot still believes that you take the measurement from the width and not the resource edge. Chairman Fitzsimmons states his dislike on the application and reiterates that it needs to follow regulations. He thea asks Mr. Talbot if he would like to continue or if he would life it voted on this evening. Mr. Talbot asks for the guidelines and Agent McManus.reads for the record the regulation for crista pruning. It states that the view corridor width may not alter more than % o the width of a naturally vegetated buffer strip as measured linearly from property line to property line along the edge of the wetland resource or o' in width as measured along the wetland edge, whichever is smaller. The bottom of the bank is the wetland resource area. Agent McManus states that he can only recommend a continuance with revised plans and instructs Mr. Talbot to show the vista corridor width length at the edge of the wetland. Lotion made, seconded and unanimously carried for a continuance until 1110412010 at :1 pm 7:15 Josephs onst tt Bight Circle) New Title 11 Septic System - FDA Resource Area: Buffer Zone to Coastal Bank Bill Weller from Weller Associates is representing the owner and he explains that the dwelling has a failed septic system. They will be utilizing the driveway area as it being the only option with the waterway in the back.. They developed a smaller footprint with the final design of the system which will have a smaller impact on the driveway and surrounding area. They are looking for relief with the setback from the property line of the street where as they are only ' instead of 10'. They will need to slightly raise the driveway but will maintain the.same type of driveway. The driveway actually has about 1.5x' of asphalt under the stones. They are using a [Coldtec] Chamber which is plastic and will have less impact on the entire site. Mr. Gurnee asks if the whole system is under asphalt and Mr. Weller confirms that it is and that the driveway grade will be raised slightly resulting in the driveway island depth being smaller. Agent McManus reads the BOH comments submitted. Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried for a Negative active Determina i n 7:18 stendahrl Condos SE 3-2622(251 shore Drive) Create/construct walking path, remove creosote timbers and replace with dry laid.stone wall, removal of invasive plant species and replantlrevegetated — NOI Contd to 1114110 @ 7:09pm Resource Area. Inland Bank Leading to Deans Pond The applicant requested a continuance to November 4, 2010 due to a scheduling conflict. Agent McManus would like to recommend a $100 continuance fee due to the fact that the contractor has requested several continuances because of his own scheduling conflict. He recommends charging a $100.00 continuance fee or the other option is that they can withdraw the application and start over. Lotion made, seconded and unanimously carried for a $100.00 continuance fee and to continue to 1110411 at 7:09 7:21 Warren Fields SE -2625 (12 Popponesset Island Ind.) Construct wooden patio (ATF) NO] Resource Area. Coastal BanklBuffer to Coastal Bank Jack Vaccaro from Vaccaro Environmental Consulting is the representative for the homeowner and explains that this is the second of two Notices of Intent that have been submitted in response to an 3