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Needham conservation panel issues order of conditions for 74 Gary Road, requires riverfront restoration and monitoring
Summary
Chair Dave Harrer and the Needham Conservation Commission voted unanimously Jan. 9 to issue an order of conditions for work at 74 Gary Road (DEP file 234-941), allowing demolition and a new house while requiring riverfront restoration, a larger infiltration system and a two-year monitoring plan.
Chair Dave Harrer and the Needham Conservation Commission voted unanimously Jan. 9 to issue an order of conditions for work at 74 Gary Road (DEP file 234-941), allowing demolition of the existing house and construction of a new house and associated driveway while requiring habitat restoration and long-term monitoring in the riverfront area.
The commission’s decision requires the applicant to install a larger infiltration system per the engineer’s revised calculations, complete a riverfront restoration planting in the project’s mitigation area, and submit an operations-and-maintenance (O&M) plan before a certificate of compliance is issued. Commissioners also approved permanent demarcation of the 100-foot riverfront buffer and a prohibition on mowing beyond…
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