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Applicant for 284 New Canaan Ave to seek public hearings on corrective-action restoration and yard modification; commissioners raise buffer concerns
Summary
LandTech and AJ Penna representatives presented a corrective-action planting plan and a separate yard-expansion/modification at 284 New Canaan Ave; the commission set a public hearing for the corrective-action application for Jan. 28 and flagged concerns about tree loss, buffer width, stormwater controls and a proposed acoustical wall.
Representatives for 284 New Canaan Ave presented two related applications on Jan. 14: a corrective-action permit to restore an area where trees and vegetation were cleared, and a separate modification to an existing contractor-yard permit that would regularize prior clearing and add a yard expansion and an acoustical/demarcation wall.
Brian Carey, a professional wetland scientist with LandTech, said the corrective-action submittal documents dense replanting intended to return the disturbed area to a forested wetland. The planting plan calls for trees approximately 6 feet tall, 2–2.5-inch caliper, dense shrub layering and native seed cover; the applicant proposed a five-year monitoring program with annual reports to city staff. "We are going to replace all of the trees, with trees that are 6…
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