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Conservation commission grants negative determination for Tanner Street truck scale within wetland buffer
Summary
The Lowell Conservation Commission granted a Negative 3 determination for a truck-scale installation at 270 Tanner Street after project engineers said the work would be within the 100-foot wetland buffer but sit more than 50 feet from the wetland and would be managed under an existing Activity and Use Limitation (AUL).
The Lowell Conservation Commission on Aug. 13 granted a Negative 3 determination to Max Levine Co. to install a truck scale at the rear of a building on Tanner Street, after engineers said the work would be within the 100-foot buffer zone of a wetland but outside the immediate wetland edge.
Commissioners heard from the project engineer, Brian Malissi, who said the proposed installation would sit on existing paved ground "just beyond 50 feet from the wetland" but inside the 100-foot buffer requiring commission approval. Malissi described the layout and operational reasons for placing the scale behind the building, adding, "It's more of a turning…
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