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Board continues 3 Millbrook Road septic and bedroom‑count discussion to next meeting
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Summary
Owners and engineers asked for more time to resolve conflicting records about bedroom counts, wells and wetland setbacks for a property on 3 Millbrook Road. The board agreed to continue the item after staff and neighbors confirm which adjacent well is active and to allow the applicant to refine plans.
The Board of Health continued its review of a complex septic upgrade and bedroom‑count dispute at 3 Millbrook Road to the May meeting to allow additional fact‑finding and plan adjustments.
Engineer comments to the board described a constrained site within the Hammock Pond watershed with wetlands and existing structures: a main four‑bedroom house and a one‑bedroom cottage. Historical permit records show the original permit filings listed fewer bedrooms (a 1974 permit for two bedrooms and a 1995 inspection that noted three bedrooms), creating a disagreement over how many bedrooms should be used for septic sizing.
The current proposal would upgrade the system using an IA pressure‑distribution drip system sized for three bedrooms, and would require converting the cottage back to non‑habitable status (removing bedroom status) and removing one bedroom in the main house. The applicant reported constraints that limited how far the leach field could be moved from nearby wetlands and an apparently unpermitted neighboring well; proposed setbacks were improvements over the existing condition but still short of standard distances.
Board members said they were unclear which neighboring well was actively used and asked staff to contact the neighbor to confirm. The board asked the applicant to provide additional documentation of historical permits, well permits and to clarify which well is in operation on the adjacent parcel. The applicant and owner agreed to return next month with additional information and to discuss bedroom‑count solutions and required permits.
The board voted to continue the application to the next meeting to allow staff and the applicant to resolve outstanding uncertainties.
