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Conservation commission confirms wetland boundary for Homeward Avenue parcels after peer review
Summary
Following a peer review and site inspection, the commission issued a positive determination confirming the location of a wetland boundary that projects buffer onto 48 and 52 Homeward Avenue and found no jurisdictional wetland in the area recently cleared; the binding boundary will guide future permitting.
The Conservation Commission issued a positive determination of resource-area boundaries for 48 and 52 Homeward Avenue after a site inspection and peer review.
Dave Crossman of B and C Associates told the commission he had re-examined soils and vegetation and that a wetland exists in the rear of 48 Homeward; he said soils in the disturbed area near the road are non-hydric and that the previously flagged wetland boundary further back is accurate. The commission had asked for a peer review and retained Art Allen to evaluate the site; Allen’s field work, including pit tests and auger samples, concluded the flagged boundary at the rear is a true wetland and that soils closer to the disturbed parcel are non-hydric.
Commissioners accepted the peer-review findings and voted to confirm the wetland line as shown on the reference plans, making that boundary binding for subsequent decisions under the Wetlands Protection Act. The commission’s positive determination requires that any future work that falls within the delineated resource area be reviewed and permitted in accordance with the Act.
