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Hopkinton homeowner asks board to transfer up to three-quarters acre of Bow land to regularize septic access
Summary
A Hopkinton homeowner told the select board Jan. 28 that a portion of his home's septic leach field sits on adjacent Bow-owned land and asked the board to consider a lot-line adjustment or an easement of up to 3/4 acre; board members asked the applicants to return with a formal survey and legal materials.
A Hopkinton homeowner asked the Bow select board on Jan. 28 to transfer or place an easement on up to three-quarters of an acre of Bow-owned land so the homeowner can own and maintain the septic leach field that serves his house.
The homeowner, Taylor Belanger, said he bought an abandoned house in Hopkinton in 2019, renovated it and later discovered that the house’s septic tank sits on his Hopkinton parcel while the leach field lies on an adjacent Bow parcel. "I bought the house from her and completely gut it, redid it, and that's where we stand with that," Belanger said during the public discussion.
Board members and residents described the Bow parcel as largely wetlands and urged protections. "It is…
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