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Conservation commission to send violation letter after large yard‑waste piles found on town land at Parkerville Road
Summary
Commissioners agreed to send a formal notice to a property owner after large piles of yard waste were dumped partly on town land and near a wetland buffer; the commission will allow an adjacent property owner and their landscaper to remove materials on their property and set a compliance timeline for the dumper.
The Conservation Commission reviewed a complaint about persistent dumping and mowing at 25 and 27 Parkerville Road. Staff said a landscaper who mows for one owner reported that the neighbor is dumping large volumes of yard waste (grass clippings, leaves) that now extend onto town‑owned land and into the wetland buffer. Ben’s site observation confirmed a large pile of material on town land and across boundary lines.
Commissioners agreed to begin with a written enforcement notice to the property owner believed responsible for the dumping, listing the violation of disposal rules and the Wetlands Protection Act/local bylaw and requiring a cleanup and cessation of dumping within a set timeframe. The commission will allow the cooperating property owner and their landscaper to remove the material that sits on their parcel, but the dumping property owner will be responsible for removing material they placed on town land. Staff will draft the letter and circulate it to commission leadership and town counsel before mailing.
Commissioners emphasized a stepped approach: an initial courteous but firm compliance letter with a cleanup deadline, and legal enforcement steps if the dumping is not remedied by the timeline.
