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Planning board told state decommissioned well prompts proposed change to Aquifer Protection Overlay; council refers chicken and RV zoning to board
Summary
City staff explained that a decommissioned well embedded in an aquifer means the Aquifer Protection Overlay District map and restrictions will be revised; the city council also referred proposed zoning changes on keeping chickens and RV use to the planning board for review.
City staff told the Rochester Planning Board on March 17 that the proposed update to the Aquifer Protection Overlay District will remove a middle aquifer that is no longer a permitted water source after the city decommissioned a well there.
Planning Department staff said the city currently recognizes three aquifers under the overlay district. One of those, located in the center of the mapped area near Elmo Lane and parts of Chestnut Hill Road, previously had a permitted well. In 2018 the state raised concerns about…
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