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Templeton commission grants negative determination for 68 Rainbow Drive with erosion-control conditions
Summary
The Conservation Commission issued a negative determination of applicability for an RDA at 68 Rainbow Drive for loam-and-seed repairs and a gravel driveway within the wetland buffer, with required erosion controls and a pre-construction visit.
The Templeton Conservation Commission on May 19 granted a negative determination of applicability for work at 68 Rainbow Drive, finding the proposed filling and gravel driveway within the buffer zone does not require a full Notice of Intent but imposing conditions including a pre-construction visit and erosion controls at the limit of work.
The legal notice in the hearing record identifies the project as a Request for Determination of Applicability filed by Philip Perron for Lot 68 Rainbow Drive at the Templeton Fish and Game Club; the hearing referenced the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (MGL c.131 §40). The application describes filling an eroded area with loam and seed and creating a gravel driveway within the hundred-foot buffer to a wetland identified in the notice as Partridge Pond.
Commission staff said on-site review found a natural drop-off and a small area of erosion next to the dwelling; the applicant said he would regrade using material already on site rather than importing fill. Staff recommended erosion controls at the limit of work and a pre-construction visit. The packet and testimony note the driveway plan measures 18 by 38 feet and an adjacent soil/grass repair area of 12 by 38 feet; timber landscape edging (2-by-2 timber) was noted for containment.
A motion to provide a negative determination with conditions (pre-construction site visit and erosion-control installation) passed on a unanimous roll-call vote. Commissioners recorded their votes as Amanda — yes; Joanne — yes; Dave — yes; George Andrews — yes; Christophe — yes; Kristoff — yes.
The commission’s decision places standard erosion-control requirements on the applicant and requires staff to perform a pre-construction inspection before work proceeds in the buffer area.
