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Uxbridge commission approves 770 Hathaway Lane wetland filing with monitoring condition
Summary
The Uxbridge Conservation Commission approved a notice of intent for a house and driveway at 770 Hathaway Lane (DEP No. 3121192) after the applicant revised plans to move grading outside the 100-foot buffer, relocate the well and add buffer plantings; the commission required monitoring reports for the two-year replication planting protocol.
The Uxbridge Conservation Commission on Sept. 15 approved a notice of intent for a proposed house and driveway at 770 Hathaway Lane (DEP No. 3121192), conditioned on monitoring the planting/replication area proposed in revised plans.
Peter Lavoie of D and L Design Group, representing the applicant, described “revised plans” that moved the driveway to the north so all grading would be outside the 100-foot wetland buffer, relocated the well to the rear of the house, and added planting to restore a previously disturbed buffer area. Lavoie also said the applicant reduced the size of the septic-turnaround area and installed three markers at the back of the house “that was a recommendation by the commission.” He told the commission that Natural Heritage provided a letter finding “it will not have an adverse effect.”
Commission members said the changes decreased impervious area and addressed prior concerns. Members asked that the planting plan be monitored as a replication protocol. The commission debated reporting intervals and agreed the planting plan should be monitored beginning with quarterly reports for the first year and then semiannual reports in the second year to ensure plant establishment and allow early corrective action if plantings fail.
After discussion, a motion to approve the notice of intent with a special condition requiring monitoring of the planting/replication area was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously.
What the condition requires: the approval includes a requirement that the applicant provide periodic monitoring reports documenting establishment of the specified plants and any replacements, with quarterly reports initially and six-month reports in year two, consistent with the commission’s standard replication monitoring practices. The Natural Heritage letter was entered into the file as part of the application record.
The commission did not specify enforcement steps beyond standard monitoring and reporting conditions; next procedural steps are that the applicant complies with the condition schedule and the commission/agent receive the monitoring reports for review.
