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Developer granted waivers to fill isolated wetland for Barefoot Road industrial project
Summary
The Northborough Conservation Commission granted waivers to allow alteration and partial filling of an isolated vegetated wetland to build a proposed ~60,000 sq. ft. light industrial building at Barefoot/Salmon Pond Road, conditioned on mitigation and later stormwater review.
A developer seeking to build a light-industrial building near Route 290 won key conservation waivers from the Town of Northborough on Dec. 8, clearing an early regulatory hurdle while sparking questions from staff about stormwater pretreatment and options to replicate wetland functions.
The applicant team — represented by attorney Adam Baldarelli of Fletcher Tilton and developer Quentin Hart of Accord Development — asked the Conservation Commission for waivers to alter an isolated vegetated wetland they reported as roughly 10,700–10,965 square feet and to build a single-story, roughly 60,000-square-foot industrial building on the site. The commission voted to close the hearing and grant waivers from local regulations 4.1, 4.2 and portions of 5.3, subject to conditions and subsequent review of stormwater controls.
"We're proposing development of a light industrial building of approximately 60,000 square feet," Quentin Hart said in the…
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