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Zoning board approves house in Watershed Protection District after stormwater and conservation conditions
Summary
The Zoning Board approved a special-use permit for a single-family home at 148 Trout Drive in the Watershed Protection District, with conditions including a maintenance agreement for the stormwater system and adherence to DEM and town stormwater rules; vote was 5-0.
The Town of Middletown Zoning Board on Jan. 28 approved a special-use permit to allow construction of a single-family home at 148 Trout Drive, a lot located entirely within Zone 1 of the town’s Watershed Protection District.
The board voted 5-0 to approve the petition after hearing technical testimony from engineer Michael Russell and legal presentation by David Martland, who said the lot is roughly an acre with about 11,000 square feet designated as the developable envelope under a Department of Environmental Management (DEM) permit. Russell told the board the house design and stormwater plan elevate the building area above the high water table with a retaining-wall terrace, underground stormwater chambers, permeable paver driveway surfaces, and a vegetated swale to manage runoff and preserve…
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