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Norwood commission issues negative determination for 25 East Hoyle Street with stormwater conditions
Summary
The Norwood Conservation Commission granted a negative determination of applicability for 25 East Hoyle Street (RDA Norwood 2025-06) but attached a special condition requiring the applicant to coordinate stormwater controls with the town engineer and conservation staff following debate about whether a man-made ditch receives groundwater.
The Norwood Conservation Commission on May 28 issued a negative determination of applicability for 25 East Hoyle Street (RDA Norwood 2025-06), contingent on special conditions requiring on-site stormwater management and coordination with the town engineering department and the commission’s agent.
The applicant, represented in the hearing by Morgan Bloom of Panther Residential and consultant Tom Schutz of Gauter Consulting, sought confirmation that a ditch along the western and southern edge of the 2.5-acre site is non-jurisdictional under the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Town of Norwood Wetland Bylaw. Schutz presented the town’s drainage studies (2004,…
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