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New owner to expand Veil Lane house; commission requires mitigation and erosion controls near salt marsh
Summary
Down Cape Engineering presented plans for additions, patio and a new septic at 20 Veil Lane; the commission approved the work with conditions including removal of lawn and native plant mitigation to offset increased impervious area.
The Yarmouth Conservation Commission on May 1 approved additions, a patio and a new septic system at 20 Veil Lane after the applicant agreed to substantial mitigation near a bordering vegetated wetland and coastal bank.
Dan Ojala of Down Cape Engineering presented the application on behalf of new owner Thomas Moran, describing a modest expansion to an older home and a mitigation plan that removes lawn near a stone wall and replaces it with native shrubs and groundcover. Ojala said the site is elevated and ‘‘high and dry’’ above the wetland, though a small freshwater bordering…
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