Commission amends enforcement order at 14 Clover Lane — plantings installed, fence and lighting deadlines set; town counsel to draft fine options

The Nantucket Conservation Commission took further action on an enforcement case at 14 Clover Lane, where unauthorized vegetation clearing and other unpermitted work had been the subject of an earlier enforcement order.

Conservation staff reported that professional contractors installed the restoration plantings required by the enforcement order and that temporary irrigation and deer-protection work were in progress. Brian Madden, representing the property owner’s team, confirmed that plantings received “a heavy dosing of watering immediately after planting” and said Water Works was installing temporary irrigation. Madden said deer-fencing “has not yet fully been completed” but was in progress.

Abutters and their counsel said the planting work had been slow to materialize and that some required plantings remain on abutter properties. Attorney Dan Bailey, representing neighbors, said his clients remain concerned that plantings on adjacent parcels at 12 and 16 Plover Lane — which…