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Board approves well‑setback variance for 0 Minot Street pending conservation approval
Summary
An engineer requested a Title 5 variance to allow a septic tank separation of 1 inch from estimated seasonal high groundwater; the board approved allowing a well within 10 feet of the right‑of‑way pending conservation commission approval, reserving the state variance if conservation does not grant relief.
The Gardner Board of Health on June 16 approved, pending conservation commission review, a local variance to allow a private well to be located within 10 feet of the right‑of‑way at a vacant parcel identified as 0 Minot Street.
Alec Chondrous, the project's engineer, asked the board to approve a plan that would meet state Title 5 regulations except for one requested variance: a reduction of the required 12‑inch separation between a septic tank inlet and estimated seasonal high groundwater to the minimum 1 inch allowed by 310 CMR 15 when the full 12…
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