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Owners of Namaskett Road property plan new dune'compatible house on piles; conservation staff seek planting revisions
Summary
A proposed tear down and rebuild at 50 Namaskett Road would place a new house on pilings and add mitigation plantings; the commission and staff asked for revised planting plans and additional plan revisions and continued the matter to Jan. 22 for follow'up.
Tim Santos of Merrill Engineers and Tom Lee of Teal Studio presented Jan. 8 on a tear'down and rebuild at 50 Namaskett Road. The proposal calls for a new house on piles to meet Velocity Zone requirements, a pool with automatic cover, relocation of an on'site septic tank, and mitigation plantings totaling the two'to'one area requirement.
Tom Lee described a perimeter of native shrubs and planting masses intended to define the yard and support dune resilience; staff requested planting changes and raised concerns about some species (notably huckleberry and low bush blueberry) that have shown poor survival on some coastal sites. Alyssa (Conservation staff) asked for tree surveys, clearer tree removal markings, and a revised planting plan that relocates mitigation plants out of the FWA area where appropriate.
Outcome: The commission agreed to a continuance at the applicant's request to Jan. 22 to allow submission of revised planting and architectural plans. Staff will check distances of patios and finalize shrub counts before the next hearing. Project details include an increase of about 717 square feet in the A zone and 81 square feet in the B zone, which triggered mitigation calculations on the plan.
Ending: The commission set a Jan. 22 continuance and requested more detailed architectural cross'sections for the ground'level enclosed area and clarified planting species and locations before deliberations.
