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Planning board presents wetlands conservation amendments proposing 75-foot upland buffer and setbacks
Summary
The Swansea planning board reviewed proposed amendments to the Wetlands Conservation District that would add a 75-foot naturally vegetated upland buffer and restrict certain activities within that buffer.
The Swansea planning board reviewed a package of proposed amendments to the town’s Wetlands Conservation District that would add a 75-foot upland buffer and strengthen development setbacks and allowed uses near wetlands.
Sherry, a planning board member presenting the amendments, said the changes were prompted by a townwide wetlands evaluation conducted for the conservation commission by Moosewood Ecological. "Most of our wetlands’ functions are compromised due to the loss of a naturally vegetated buffer," she said, and the amendments aim to restore that protective upland zone.
Key changes described by Sherry include: establishing a 75-foot naturally vegetated upland buffer as a development setback; allowing certain low-impact uses inside the…
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