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Conservation commission orders repairs and stop‑work after pipe cutting, lakeside grading and wetland excavation
Summary
The commission directed DPW to restore a town‑owned stormwater pipe cut on Sunset Drive, issued a stop‑work order and requested elevation verification for a lakeside grading dispute, and issued enforcement and emergency orders for separate wetland and well emergencies.
The Town of Charlton Conservation Commission took several enforcement actions, including directing the Department of Public Works to restore a town‑owned drainage pipe on Sunset Drive, issuing a stop‑work order while engineers verify elevations at a lakeside property dispute, and issuing an enforcement order after an unpermitted excavation drained a wetland at Cranberry Meadow Shore Road.
Sunset Drive pipe: Commission staff reported that a property owner at 173 Sunset Drive had cut a town‑owned stormwater pipe located in a town easement. Staff said the town owns and maintains the pipe and that cutting it is prohibited by the commission’s rules. The commission voted to have DPW return the pipe to its prior configuration. The motion to have DPW restore the pipe was approved.
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