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Conservation commission directs designated-agent approval for accessory building 10 feet from mapped wetlands
Summary
The Simsbury Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency directed staff to approve by designated-agent permit an application to place a 20-by-22-foot accessory building and associated fill in the Upland Review Area at 3 The Muse, approximately 10 feet from mapped wetlands, with erosion controls and conditions discussed.
The Simsbury Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency on July 15 directed staff to issue a designated-agent approval for application CC-25-18, a wetland permit to install an accessory building and bring in fill at 3 The Muse (assessor’s map C04, Block 203, Lot 010).
The application, presented by applicant and property owner Brian Catino, covers an accessory structure described in the filing as roughly 20 feet by 38 feet but later clarified by Catino as a 20-by-22-foot enclosed area with an attached open pavilion. Agency staff member Britney summarized that the project area is approximately 10 feet from the mapped wetlands and that the applicant proposes about 15 cubic yards of fill and the installation of silt fencing per the submitted plan. "The project area is approximately 10 feet from the mapped wetlands," Britney said.
The permit was handled as a designated-agent approval rather than returned for a full-agency significance determination. A commissioner moved that the commission "directs application…
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