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Salem Country Club wins negative determination for irrigation upgrade; commission requires notice and erosion controls near wetlands
Summary
The Peabody Conservation Commission issued a negative determination for Salem Country Club’s planned irrigation system replacement, with conditions that commission staff be notified before work near wetlands and erosion controls be installed when work is within 20 feet of resource areas; motion passed 6-0.
The Peabody Conservation Commission on May 7 granted a negative determination of applicability for Salem Country Club’s plan to replace its 30-year-old irrigation system, with conditions requiring advance notice and localized erosion controls where trenches approach wetlands.
The commission’s decision matters because the golf course contains multiple wetland areas and intermittent streams; commission members said they were satisfied that most new pipes and heads will be installed in upland buffer areas but wanted…
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